Hailing from south africa now based in amsterdam the self taught ceramist uses earthenware paper clay as his canvas drawn to its transformative powers and fragile magic.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics.
Ruan hoffmann is a self taught ceramist born in pretoria south africa.
You could say i was sidetracked by the possibilities.
Ruan s art challenges conventional assignments of form and function.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
Find your favorite dinnerware serveware vases shower curtains and more.
Project room for contemporary art cape town 3 march to 29 2008 ruan hoffmann at us gallery university of stellenbosch south africa.
Ceramicist this pretoria based ceramic artist is best known for the intimate musings amusing visuals and sometimes outrageous commentary that he paints onto roughly made clay plates.
I m really curious and impatient with ceramics.
Hailing from south africa now based in amsterdam the self taught ceramist uses earthenware paper clay as his canvas drawn to its transformative powers and fragile magic.
Ruan hoffmann warren editions even though he is a painter ruan hoffmann b 1971 is most commonly known for his autobiographical ceramic pieces and has worked with the ceramic medium for 18 years.
From newspapers pictures politics friends what i see around me.
2011 ruan hoffmann anthropologie gallery 50 rockefeller plaza new york 1 june to 28 july 2011 ruan hoffmann new ceramics at iart gallery wembley square cape town.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
It is abstract deformed and subversive.
1971 my career in ceramics happened by default.
The ideas for my plates come from all over the place.
You never know what to expect.
Shop artist ruan hoffmann s home decor at anthropologie.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics collection.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
The medium responds well to me and i enjoy playing with clay.
He has worked with ceramics using plates bowls tiles vases.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
Picasso has been one of his great.
The lettering is bold and a bit messy but at the same time has very traditional letter forms.
A large number of his plates and bowls that he produces are made with paper clay.
Ruan hoffmann south africa b.