Paul Kotula Projects is pleased to present A View of Earth: The Architect’s Eye, Selected Ceramic Art from the Collection of Anne and George Crane November 23 through January 11.The exhibition features vessels and sculpture made by many noted figures in the canon of Contemporary Ceramics. It also celebrates Anne Crane (1924-2012), a pioneering Modernist architect who worked for the famed Japanese American architect Minora Yamaski from 1950-1954. Crane’s innovative residential designs grace Metro-Detroit. A reception will be held on Thursday, December 5 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. The Cranes’s daughter, Janet Crane-Conant and her husband Mike Conant will be present.
A View of Earth: The Architects Eye includes the work of such luminaries as Toshiko Takeazu, whose traveling retrospective Toshiko Takeazu: Worlds Within is currently on view at Cranbrook Academy of Art. It also includes the work of Ralph Bacerra, Val Cushing, Anne Currier, Ruth Duckworth, John Gill, John Glick, Jun Kaneko, Jim Melchert, Ron Nagle, Gustavo Perez, Beatte Kuhn, Marilyn Levine, Robert Turner, George E. Ohr, Peter Voulkos, Marie Woo and more. Together, the grouping reflects Crane’s astutely trained eye and adventuresome spirit.