Arthur González
sculptor, painter, symbolist
“Arthur González is one of the most established California sculptors today. He is known for his compositions that juxtapose incongruent and eccentric figurative elements that evoke conflicting responses.”
—Patti Warashina, ceramic artist and professor emerita, University of Washington
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THE EGO DIARIES
collection of reaction drawings on art magazine covers
Thompson Giroux Gallery
Chatham, NY
Solo exhibition
July 30 – September 3
“The history of myth is the history of understanding reality through story and representations. Myth is a tool for the clarification of life, as is a periscope for the skies.”
—Arthur González
You may have heard
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MIND+MATTER: Five Bay Area Sculptors
Over 80 works by Robert Brady, Arthur González, Beverly Mayeri, Nancy Selvin, and Richard Shaw. Each investigates clay’s materiality while evoking profound expressions of life experiences, contemporary issues, psychological explorations, and reflections of popular culture.
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Ceramics Now features González as cover story
González is one of the most assiduous ceramic artists in the world, with hundreds of exhibitions over more than thirty years. He expresses so many emotions that threaten to erupt into reality; you can feel them just by looking at his works. Why did he choose this career path? What is the role of figurative in his works?
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Omens and Observations: Harry Clewans and Arthur González
Arthur González is a ceramic sculptor with training as a painter and therein lies the adventure, “What happens when a painter exists in sculptural ideas?” He uses clay and other materials to construct his sculptures and takes his inspiration from the figure, found objects, books and even the shape of the inner ear, “traversing the object and the image together.”
200-page retrospective of ceramic sculptures and paintings
Broken Magic
the work of Arthur González
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