Arnold (Arnie) Zimmerman

Teapot Abstraction

12 x 13 x 7

Arnie Zimmerman (1954-2021) was a highly acclaimed ceramic sculptor, beloved in the field. He was best known for creating ceramic sculptures that redefined ambition and scale in the field of ceramics. His work, ranging from the monumental to the miniature, from the figurative to the abstract, embodies his fearless exploration of surface, color, and form. Zimmerman's art embodies the movement of ceramics into the mainstream of contemporary sculpture through successive bodies of work exploring modernist abstraction, figural expression, and moral and philosophical themes.

Zimmerman's work are held in numerous public collections in the U.S. and abroad including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Museum of Art & Design, NYC; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; Museum of Art at RISD; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY; Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Portland Art Museum, OR; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

For Zimmerman, "clay is the mother of all physical art materials. Humans used it first for utilitarian objects and to express the mysterious connections to the spirit world. They processed it with water, shaped it by hand, dried it in air and made it permanent with fire." He was a lover of history and the ways in which ceramics can provide a deep connection to humanity as a form of historical record. His lifelong commitment to clay was his continued endeavor to "walk in the truth of the infinite ways humans have used this material."

Donated by the Grainer Family

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