About albert pfarr
Albert Pfarr is a sculptural ceramics artist, making eye catching-works of art.
Albert Pfarr was born and raised in Huntington, New York. As of now, he lives in Yonkers New York. He went to school at Alfred University, earning his MFA in sculptural ceramics. He taught ceramics at Alfred University, University of Massachusetts, Russell Sage College, Washington University, and State University of New York-New Paltz. He owns a private studio in Manhattan's Greenwich House Pottery. Albert Pfarr, being a very popular sculptor ceramic artist, has been exhibited in many art museums, studios, and schools, some including The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center in Denmark, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Albert Pfarr is a sculptural ceramic artist. When his pieces are finished, they can weigh up to a thousand pounds, being normally 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide. At the bottom of all of his works, he rounds the bases, so they are "functional". All of his works of art are interchangeable, and reusable, with every piece being recyclable into use for other pieces. His throws his work, using a peg in hole technique to allow each piece to be removed to be put into another piece, or remade and recycled. Albert Pfarr is inspired by how atoms form and are shaped to make countless things including humans and the whole world. He uses that to fuel the oddly shaped works of art he has. He describes it as "creating a game for himself". He takes pieces from many works of art, putting them on others, seeing what new shapes he can create.
Albert Pfarr is experienced in advanced throwing, advanced hand building, and building kilns, (gas, electric, car kilns, soda, raku). some of his other technical skills include firing,forming clay and glaze, general kiln maintenance, electrical wiring, installation of computerized kilns, and kiln safety systems. He is also very well known for his glass blowing and wood working.
Albert Pfarr was born and raised in Huntington, New York. As of now, he lives in Yonkers New York. He went to school at Alfred University, earning his MFA in sculptural ceramics. He taught ceramics at Alfred University, University of Massachusetts, Russell Sage College, Washington University, and State University of New York-New Paltz. He owns a private studio in Manhattan's Greenwich House Pottery. Albert Pfarr, being a very popular sculptor ceramic artist, has been exhibited in many art museums, studios, and schools, some including The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, the Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Center in Denmark, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Albert Pfarr is a sculptural ceramic artist. When his pieces are finished, they can weigh up to a thousand pounds, being normally 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide. At the bottom of all of his works, he rounds the bases, so they are "functional". All of his works of art are interchangeable, and reusable, with every piece being recyclable into use for other pieces. His throws his work, using a peg in hole technique to allow each piece to be removed to be put into another piece, or remade and recycled. Albert Pfarr is inspired by how atoms form and are shaped to make countless things including humans and the whole world. He uses that to fuel the oddly shaped works of art he has. He describes it as "creating a game for himself". He takes pieces from many works of art, putting them on others, seeing what new shapes he can create.
Albert Pfarr is experienced in advanced throwing, advanced hand building, and building kilns, (gas, electric, car kilns, soda, raku). some of his other technical skills include firing,forming clay and glaze, general kiln maintenance, electrical wiring, installation of computerized kilns, and kiln safety systems. He is also very well known for his glass blowing and wood working.
This piece to me, looks like a Christmas tree. The piece has many extending pieces of clay, twisting, looking almost sharp. All of which come to a point. On three of the "layers" there are many thicker, hollow pieces extending out, which at the end of them, they're left open. The top of the piece is thicker and wider, towards the center the pieces don't extend as far out, becoming thinner, and opening up towards the bottom with the pieces extending more out and wider, like a Christmas tree. The top is in a ball-ish shape. The center of the piece is a slab of clay, that the many pieces are inserted in, making the whole project interchangeable and recyclable. I think what makes this project so successful, is how abstract it is, it catches the person walking by eye. Any person would stop and look at any piece of art created by Albert Pfarr, and the story behind how he comes up with all of this, also amazes many people. The fact that he reuses most of the pieces of his art work also seem to amaze many people, including me.