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04.11.2015
Carpenters Workshop Gallery LONDON PRESENTS 'CERAMICS' BY ROGER HERMAN
Carpenters Workshop Gallery is proud to announce its latest collaboration with German artist, Roger Herman.
The Los Angeles-based artist will exhibit for a solo show his collection of ceramic bowls and vases painted in bold, vivid colors, at the gallery’s London space. Throughout Roger Herman’s career, there has been a focus on controversial themes of mortality and pornographic references in both his painting and ceramics, which has fascinated his fans.
However, his exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery will showcase an alternative side of his ceramic works that experiment with color, another central aspect or the artist’s work, the artist himself saying that the subject of his work is always paint.
Roger Herman’s use of color is renowned in his recent work. Despite its characteristic arbitrariness, there is real mastery in the works that the artist creates, which brought him recognition as the West Coast king of the 80s neo-Expressionist movement.
Control he had mastered in his painting on canvas was taken away from him when he began to use clay. The artist became fascinated by how the colors changed during the glazing process, which ironically gave him more freedom to enjoy the sensations of learning to be an artist in a different way.
ABOUT ROGER HERMAN
Roger Herman was born and educated in Germany, moving to L.A. in 1977. He started his career as an artist by working on large canvases, using his signature, bold, colorful style.
This seemingly improvised brushwork is present in all of Roger Herman’s work, ranging from ceramics to painting and woodcut prints. His pieces have been exhibited all over the world including New York, L.A. and Paris to name but a few.
CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY
COLLECTING DESIGN
Carpenters Workshop Gallery transcends classical borders in terms of art and design. Its proposal stands just at the intersection of these two universes: reaching precisely a symbiosis of art and design.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery produces and exhibits functional sculptures by international rising and already established artists and designers going outside their traditional territories of expression.
The gallery is actively involved in the research and production of the limited edition works exhibited. The choices are guided by the research of an emotional, artistic and historical relevance; a relevance that appears as an evidence.
