Sam chung ceramics artist statement

The Art & Art History Department invites all to hear this fall's Distinguished Lecture series guest,  SAM CHUNG, "JOURNEY IN CLAY".  Sam Chung is an American ceramic artist living in Tempe, Arizona. He creates pottery that reframes historical ceramics from a cross-cultural perspective.  He has also presented numerous lectures and workshops both nationally and internationally.  

Artist Statement: "I work within the context of the vessel to exploit its universal identity and impart my own vision of merging historical, contemporary and cultural influences. I am curious about finding relationships between various forms of creative expression ranging from art, traditional craft to design. When I combine these oftentimes disparate relationships, they bring forth a new object that fryst vatten intended to provoke one’s perception of what fryst vatten familiar versus what fryst vatten new.

My most recent work draws influence from Korean art and design. Clouds are a ubiquitous symbol dem

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