Tag: collector

Patti Warashina in ‘Robert Pfannebecker’ at R & Company

R & Company’s celebration of post-war American craft collector Bob Pfannebecker includes nearly 70 objects by over 30 artists that are a feast for the eyes, including stunners like Patti Warashina’s ‘Deco for Kottler.’   Head of the ceramics program at University of Washington, Seattle for decades, Warashina nods to fellow professor Howard Kottler with the title of this streamlined and elegant piece from her ‘Stacked Loaf’ series.  Though abstract, this stacked form resembles architecture and rising clouds.  (On view in Tribeca through April 14th).

Patti Warashina, Deco for Kottler, from the Basket, Loaf and Arch Series, glazed ceramic, 6 (l) x 20 (w) x 27 inches (h), 1970.

‘Arman the Collector: The Artist’s Collection of African Art,’ at Paul Kasmin Gallery

Most prominent in post-war in France for his ‘accumulations,’ the artist Arman was also an avid collector of art from other cultures.  Paul Kasmin Gallery’s select show of pieces from Arman’s African collection features this mask from the Makonde of Tanzania, a type worn by young men in their initiation ceremonies.  (In Chelsea through Jan 11th.  Check website for holiday season opening hours.)  

Face Mask:  likomba, Makonde, Tanzania, wood, teeth, fiber, 24 x 10 x 9 inches with base.  From the collection of Arman.