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MICHAEL
LUCERO

Lucero’s colorful ceramic works deftly combine painting and sculpture to
create hybrid forms that reflect and comment on contemporary society.

Michael Lucero, Ram Figure, ca. 1975,
earthenware and acrylic, 24 x 6 3⁄4 x 11 ½ in.

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Michael Lucero, Untitled (Hanging Ram), 1976, hand-built white earthenware,
glazes, enamel, wire, moss, steel chain, and fur, 29 x 26 x 18 in.