Hailing from south africa now based in amsterdam the self taught ceramist uses earthenware paper clay as his canvas drawn to its transformative powers and fragile magic.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics collection.
Ceramicist this pretoria based ceramic artist is best known for the intimate musings amusing visuals and sometimes outrageous commentary that he paints onto roughly made clay plates.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
It is abstract deformed and subversive.
The ideas for my plates come from all over the place.
1971 my career in ceramics happened by default.
Ruan hoffmann warren editions even though he is a painter ruan hoffmann b 1971 is most commonly known for his autobiographical ceramic pieces and has worked with the ceramic medium for 18 years.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
Picasso has been one of his great.
Shop artist ruan hoffmann s home decor at anthropologie.
You could say i was sidetracked by the possibilities.
From newspapers pictures politics friends what i see around me.
I m really curious and impatient with ceramics.
2011 ruan hoffmann anthropologie gallery 50 rockefeller plaza new york 1 june to 28 july 2011 ruan hoffmann new ceramics at iart gallery wembley square cape town.
You never know what to expect.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
Ruan s art challenges conventional assignments of form and function.
A large number of his plates and bowls that he produces are made with paper clay.
He has worked with ceramics using plates bowls tiles vases.
Ruan hoffmann south africa b.
Project room for contemporary art cape town 3 march to 29 2008 ruan hoffmann at us gallery university of stellenbosch south africa.
Ruan hoffmann is an amazing ceramic artist and painter who is from south africa.
Find your favorite dinnerware serveware vases shower curtains and more.
Ruan hoffmann is a self taught ceramist born in pretoria south africa.
The lettering is bold and a bit messy but at the same time has very traditional letter forms.
His pieces for anthropologie are both classical and ultra modern.
