Bloomington, Indiana-based artist Malcolm Mobutu Smith’s wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics merge volumetric abstractions of vessels such as cups and scoops with the imagery of clouds—a motif that spans cultures and media, from Ming dynasty ceramics and embroidered kimonos to tattoos, graffiti, and cartoons.
DESIGNER/
Malcolm Mobutu Smith
DATE/
2018
MATERIALS/
Stoneware, slip and glaze
DIMENSIONS/
21.5 x 21.5 x 20 cm
STYLE/
Contemporary
HERITAGE/
United States
SHIPS FROM/
Bloomington