Ceramic Artist: Scott Ross at Kadema, CSUS

 Scott Ross

Tuseday, Feburary 11, 2020, 2:10-- 2:30PM,

Kadema Hall, Ceramic Classroom

Scott Ross, who is a ceramic sculptor, gave a short lecture to Contemporary art history and Ceramic class. When we got to the classroom, he had already created two abstract pieces and presented them on the floor. Two ceramics students were helping him to stomp clay inside of a framed wood structure.

Ross explained his point of view of the difference between Pollock and Rothko's abstract paintings. He said that Pollock’s painting is more a trace of his physical movement, but Rothko’s is about describing  his emotions. Ross wanted to make sculptures for installation in private places. I understood what the intention of his work was. he wanted to have a relationship between his work and the person who owns it, but I felt sorry to hear about that for those who can’t have artwork because of their economic situation.

Ross showed his sketches for the pieces on the floor. He said that after they dry, he will put them together to become a piece and it will be taller. His gestures of sketch become very solid-looking ceramic sculptures in order to deliver his gesture movement. It was an unexpected artist talk and I felt that personal gesture creation is important to deliver artist intention. 



Ross shows sketches

 

  Ross explains how sketches can be built into the clay shape

Scott Ross and Min