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.
The lettering is bold and a bit messy but at the same time has very traditional letter forms.
The medium responds well to me and i enjoy playing with clay.
Project room for contemporary art cape town 3 march to 29 2008 ruan hoffmann at us gallery university of stellenbosch south africa.
You never know what to expect.
Ruan hoffmann is an amazing ceramic artist and painter who is from south africa.
Ruan hoffmann is a self taught ceramist born in pretoria south africa.
He has gained a reputation for his highly individual pieces.
Ruan hoffmann south africa b.
Find your favorite dinnerware serveware vases shower curtains and more.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
1971 my career in ceramics happened by default.
Ruan s art challenges conventional assignments of form and function.
The ideas for my plates come from all over the place.
It is abstract deformed and subversive.
His pieces for anthropologie are both classical and ultra modern.
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.
A large number of his plates and bowls that he produces are made with paper clay.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics collection.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
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.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
From newspapers pictures politics friends what i see around me.
He has worked with ceramics using plates bowls tiles vases.
I m really curious and impatient with ceramics.
Picasso has been one of his great.
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.
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.
