Michael Frimkess (born January 8, 1937) is an American ceramic artist who lives in Venice, California. In the 1950s and 60s, he was a pupil of Peter Voulkos, a prominent figure in the California Clay Movement. Frimkess' pottery is noted for its classical style, employing forms from Greek, Chinese, and Indigenous American antiquity. His wife and collaborator, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, paints his ceramic pieces, often using anachronistic, contemporary images like Minnie Mouse or Condorito. He is also well-known for his innovative wheel-throwing and firing techniques.
MichaelFrimkess (born January 8, 1937) is an American ceramic artist who lives in Venice, California. In the 1950s and 60s, he was a pupil of Peter Voulkos...
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (born 1929, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan artist who works in ceramics. She is best known for her sculptures of cartoon...
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human sculptures are also very moving." MichaelFrimkess is another master of the California clay movement. Frimkess was a student of Peter Voulkos, and adopted...
art collection—including works by Alighiero Boetti, MichaelFrimkess and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Mark Grotjahn, and Ed Ruscha—as well as from their...
Watson, Charles White, Joseph Mugnaini, Herman "Kofi" Bailey, and MichaelFrimkess. Together husband and wife team, Yvonne and Curtis collaborated on...
There he studied (under Voulkos) with Billy Al Bengston, John Mason, Mike Frimkess, Paul Soldner, Henry Takemoto and Jerry Rothman. Price writes about the...
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