THREE ARTISTS SHAPE THEIR VISIONS by Elizabeth Michelman Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts - Clay has always served as a carrier of culture, from creation myths and cookery to architecture, painting, sculpture and writing. Three sculptors currently exhibiting hand-built clay structures at Pine Manor College have adapted this medium to their contemporary idiom. Each one experiments to fulfill her individual aesthetic, expressive and communicative goals. Pursuing a woman-centered vision of birth, death and eroticism, Ellen Schön creates objects that exude desirability. Her centered vessels are typically rounded or lobed, with the largest dimension under 24 inches. They call forth in either sex the primal wish to be suckled at the breast and enveloped in the womb. Their profiles allude to many organic forms — pods, fruits, fungi and feminine mysteries. Despite their controlled … [Read more...] about ALT CLAY AT PINE MANOR