Trevor King Ceramics

King s art practice is motivated by a desire to document these shifts formulating projects relating to identity labor art and entropy.

Trevor king ceramics. Trevor king aluminum 7. A wax form made of the pot s inside is then cast in aluminum capturing evidence of throw lines or. View the profiles of people named trevor king. Trevor king aluminum 3 2015 aluminum ceramic shell.

Join facebook to connect with trevor king and others you may know. According to his artist bio king s experience growing the son of a western pennsylvania steelworker having witnessed the regional post industrial transformations directly informs his practice. The works are made by blending wheel thrown processes with lost wax casting methods. Trevor king representation texts and publications biography cv cv view all.

Notions stillnessness my grandfather s pots trevor king is a visual artist based in queens new york. Over the course of his career he has quietly but steadily been building a body of work that is autobiographical sure in its handling and aware of the contemporary art scene. Trevor king is a visual artist working in ceramics sculpture and video. Trevor king s ceramic sculptures aim to understand utility.

Born in western pennsylvania king witnessed the regional transformations associated with post industrialization. Facebook gives people the power to. Working between sculpture video and installation king s undertakes open ended immersive projects that ruminate on the endurance of the human spirit in the face of time and mortality. Trevor king is an artist whose practice incorporates ceramics sculpture video and installation to examine personal history.

Trevor king yellow water jar 1 2019 stoneware underglaze 21 x 18 x 18 inches. Trevor king s aluminum series articulates the mysterious inner spaces of ceramic vessels. I begin by throwing voluminous porcelain forms on the potter s wheel typically using the stacked bowl construction utilized for making moon jars. Trevor king yellow moon jar 2018 stoneware underglaze 16 x 13 x 13 inches.

The works are made in a series of steps that involve throwing a clay vessel and then using the thrown pot as the vehicle to cast its own shape. Having grown up the son of a steel worker in western pennsylvania king witnessed the regional transformations associated with post industrialization. April 29 june 10 2018. Trevor king representation texts and publications biography cv cv.

Aluminum ceramic shell and hardware 12 5 x 12 5 x 15 inches. New york working in sculpture ceramics video and installation trevor king s artistic practice materializes questions relating to identity labor art and entropy.