The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection Sept. 2014

This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, held at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin–Madison, September 4–November 30, 2014. © 2014 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Chazen Museum of Art, 750 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706–1411 Support for the exhibition has been provided by the Chazen Museum of Art Council, the Madison Arts Commission, the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chazen Museum of Art Endowment Fund, and an anonymous private donor. ISBN-13: 978-0-932900-04-3 ISBN-10: 0-932900-04-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Human condition (Chazen Museum of Art) The human condition : the Stephen and Pamela Hootkin collection / Russell Panczenko, curator ; Garth Clark, essayist ; Christy Wahl, curatorial assistant. pages cm "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition The Human Condition: The Stephen and Pamela Hootkin Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, held at the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin/Madison, September 4/November 30, 2014." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-932900-04-3 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-932900-04-6 (alk. paper) 1. Ceramic sculpture, American—20th century—Exhibitions. 2. Ceramic sculpture, American—21st century—Exhibitions. 3. Figure sculpture, American— 20th century—Exhibitions. 4. Figure sculpture, American—21st century—Exhibitions. 5. Hootkin, Stephen—Art collections—United States—Exhibitions. 6. Hootkin, Pamela—Art collections--United States--Exhibitions. 7. Ceramic sculpture—Private collections—United States—Exhibitions. 8. Figure sculpture—Art collections—United States—Exhibitions. I. Clark, Garth, 1947- Theater of the figure. II. Chazen Museum of Art. III. Title. NK4008.H86 2014 730.973'07477583--dc23 2014027730 Editor: Kirstin Pires Designer: Distillery Marketing & Design Objects in the exhibition were photographed by Gavin Ashworth 2

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