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Title
Peter Shire, L.A. artist
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Photo Collection;
Creator
Leonard, Gary
Contributor
Part of the Los Angeles Neighborhoods Project. Made accessible through a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Peter Shire shows his molding and shaping technique on this slab of clay, which might possibly become one of his famous teapots. He is known for his revolutionary, sculptural, geometric interpretation of the traditional teapot, using sun-bleached pastel glazes, uncanny angles, and a jumbled collage of parts. Although he has ventured into architecture, furniture, fashion and painting, Shire keeps returning to ceramics. His paintings are done on slabs of clay in ceramic glazes, focusing exclusively on his life in Echo Park; he has made over 500 of these painted tiles. In addition to this work, Shire has done various commissions for public places and private buildings throughout Los Angeles as well as other cities, states, and countries. Solo exhibitions have appeared in places like Las Vegas, Seattle, Hawaii, Chicago, Washington D.C., Italy; and museum exhibitions have appeared in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and as far as Israel, Japan, London, Germany. Photograph dated February 16, 1984.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067953
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection;
GPC_b1_f2_i8; A-009-232 4x5
CARL0000070711
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/3592
Subject
Shire, Peter
Ceramic teapots
Ceramics--California--Los Angeles
Artists--United States
Echo Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Neighborhoods Collection photographs

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