Totem 1998

£3,600

Category

Design / Mid-Century Modern / Vintage Vessels

Room Entrance Hall / Corridors /

Room Family / Living Room /

Room Garden / Conservatory / Patio /

Designers / Home Suite

Artist

Rodney Blumenfeld

Reference

11250

Rodney Alan Blumenfeld B.1953.

Totem

63 cm high

Earthenware clay, press moulded, with metalic oxides and matt glazes

South African B.1953. Rodney Alan Blumenfeld creates deeply textured, sensual and motif-laden ceramic forms. Each innovative and unique art piece strives to maintain a traditional tribal identity transposed into contemporary art,craft and design. Within each singular expression of creativity lies a precious reminder of ritual and custom, exuding presence of age-old mystery while spontaneously arousing vital powers of the imagination.

Training

Bachelor of Architecture - University Natal South Africa, 1980

Ceramic Science - Technikon, Durban, Natal, 1986

Awards

Judges Award - Ceramic Artists Association of W.A. Annual Exhibition - September 2009

City of Melville Art Awards - Highly Commended 2009 - WA

Longhouse Reserve - New York - USA

Klenot/Dekora - Palace of Culture, Prague - Czechoslovakia 2000

Art for Asia - Hong Kong - China 1997

Design Award National Ceramics Biennale 1996 - South Africa

1st Prize Corobrik Ceramic Expo - South Africa 1989

Private Collections

Bill Clinton - Former President USA

Nelson Mandela - Former President of South Africa

Tina Turner - Singer and song writer

Peter Gabriel - Musician

King Goodwill Zwelitini - King of the Zulu Nation

Sir Niall Fitzgerald - Global Chairman Unilever - UK

Public & Corporate Collections

K.H. Eberle Museum - Basel Switzerland

Longhouse Reserve - New York

Museum of Modern Art - Montreal Canada

Fort Lauderdale Airport - Florida USA

Durban Art Gallery - Johannesburg Art Gallery

Hilton Hotel - Johannesburg

Hyatt Regency Hotel - Johannesburg

Unilever Corporate Headquarters - South Africa

U.S. Embassy - Pretoria, South Africa

Ernst & Young - La Lucia Ridge - South Africa

Sibaya Casino Complex - Natal, South Africa

Exhibitions

T.V.H.Gallery - Sydney - September 2009

Fremantle Contemporary Art Gallery - Fremantle W.A.

Margaret River Gallery - Margaret River W.A.

Aspects of Kings Park - Perth W.A.

"Klostere" Gallery - Freiburg - Germany 2002

Longhouse Reserve - The Hamptons - New York - USA

Klenot / Dekora - Palace of Culture - Prague - Czechoslovakia 2000

The Westminster Craft Show - London - UK 1999

Art for Asia - Hong Kong - China 1997

Casa Nova Gallery - Santa Fe - USA

Kizo Gallery - Umhlanga Rocks - South Africa

Association of Potters of Southern Africa

African Art Centre - Durban - South Africa

Portrait of an Architect - Portfolio Art Foundation - South Africa

Sana Gallery - Santa Fe - USA

Andrew Ususkin Gallery - Hampstead - London - UK

Bayside Gallery - Durban - South Africa

Africa Gallery - Umhlanga Rocks - South Africa

Gallery on the Square - Johannesburg - South Africa

Johan Smith Gallery - Clarence - South Africa

Kim Sacks Gallery - Johannesburg - South Africa

Provenance: Private Collection.

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Height 61 cm / 24 "

Width 30 cm / 12"

Depth 1 cm / "

Period

20th Century

Year

1998

Medium

Pottery

Country

South Africa

Collectors / Designers