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.”

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