Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
b. 1939
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Medium
Ceramic
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Displayed: Ceramics Hallway
Location
Hughes Fine Arts Center, Dept. of Art & Design
Artist Bio
Clayton G. Bailey was born in Antigo, Wisconsin in 1939 and is now currently active in Port Costa, California. Bailey studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1957 to 1962 where he received his B.S. in Art Education in 1961 and M.S. in Art and Art Education in 1962. Originally starting out as a glass blower, he abandoned it quickly for ceramics. Bailey is most known for his odd and quirky ceramic sculptures and animated scrap metal robots. The slogan "Think Ugly" was painted on the wall of his first ceramics class as a reminder that "beauty" is a familiar and safe attitude towards art and that he and his students should seek out the new, unusual and uncomfortable in the ugly. Bailey has work in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution and several other museums, including his own Bailey Art Museum that was created in 2013 and a sculpture at the University of North Dakota.
Additional Information
Exhibition poster featuring character from sculpture: https://commons.und.edu/age/2/
Condition
Very good.
Condition Notes
Chip on knife
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”