The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics, 1946 Onward
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Anne C Currier
1950Born Louisville, Kentucky
EDUCATION
1972BFA School of the Art Institute Chicago, Illinois
1974MFA University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1986—Professor, School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Anne Currier is known for creating ceramic sculptures are an exploration of the interplay between inside and outside and which is which. They are hard-edged, slab built and have the appearance of being larger in scale than they actually are. Typically, Currier’s sculptures are monochromatic often referencing the colors of winter in western New York.
Her pieces challenge our understanding of mass, volume, positive and negative space and how they interact.
Anne Currier was the recipient of a Virginia A. Groot Foundation Recognition Grant in 1991.
An excerpt of an interview with Anne Currier conducted May 22, 24 and June 16, 2006, by Mary Drach McInnes for the Archives of American Art’s Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is available here:
http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-anne-currier-13581.
Public Collections
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California
MacKenzie Fine Arts Center, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyung-ju, South Korea
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
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Materials: White Earthenware
Method: Slab Built
Dimensions: H. 20.5 x W. 24 x D. 10.5 inchesSurface Technique: Glaze
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified October 13, 2022. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/currier