Lugo’s works reimagine traditional European and Asian ceramics, adding a 21st-century street sensibility.
Roberto Lugo: Undermining Indifference
Roberto Lugo upcoming lecture at SOFA Chicago. Posted on the Artaxis News page.
“I didn’t see my life going anywhere,” said Lugo, who grew up in a series of burned out and damaged homes that his father—a Pentecostal preacher, factory worker, and occasional vendor—was repairing.
#Salmos 145:14 Sostiene Jehová a todos los que caen, Y levanta a todos los oprimidos. #Evangelista Roberto Lugo #Rhema
Roberto Lugo's "Ghetto Garniture" is a contemporary ceramic art exhibition that unfolds the history and current landscape of cultural diversity.
PHILADELPHIA — Of all the astonishing things Roberto Lugo has done in his career — from creating a DIY potter’s wheel and mixing his own clay from dirt in an urban scrapyard, to creating a new genre of hip-hop-inflected political porcelain — the most radical might be that he is head over heels in love with something rather uncool in the contemporary art world: skill.
This paper looks at the creative work of “ghetto potter” Roberto Lugo. Through the examination of his various forms of art-making, various discussions regarding the intersections of ceramics, hip-hop, and visual culture are explored. Through these intersections, issues related to access and equity are explored. This paper explores topics and issues important to visual culture and art education.
In which contemporary ceramic art both enshrines Lugo's heroes and gives us a porcelain manifesto about Black Lives Matter.
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Seth Rogen's new favorite potter walks us through his massive vessels, which insist on facilitating improbable cross-cultural conversations.
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The Philadelphia-based potter re-contextualizes the traditional neoclassical vase with representations of his community
Bottle Form. Stoneware, wrapped in bailing wire, gold luster, fumed with stannous chloride, etched with glass etching solution, 26 in. hi...
Roberto Migotto
Product Information The Pink Tenango embroidered textile is carefully applied to a linen substrate and bordered with a traditional linen-covered mat. This product is offered in four framing options: black, white, and maple mouldings in a modern cap, and lucite. A white linen is paired with our wood mouldings, set back with linen-covered spacers; a natural flax linen is paired with the lucite. Our signature gold St. Frank plate is featured in the bottom right-hand corner of each piece. Framed dimensions differ based on the frame option selected. Lucite: 56.75" W x 48.5" H Black or White: 58.25" W x 50" H Maple: 57.75" W x 49.5" H Please note that as unique, handmade art, no two pieces are ever exactly the same and color varies across monitors. Our website photos are a close representation of this work, but may not be identical to the piece you receive. Provenance This intricate St. Frank embroidery is handmade by the indigenous Otomí people of Tenango de Doria in central Mexico. The Otomí faced an economic crisis in the 1960s caused by severe drought in their predominantly subsistence farming region. As an alternative source of income, the Otomí women popularized the Tenango embroidery textile craft through the revival of an ancestral technique. Today, skilled Otomí textile artists are in demand outside of their local communities as appreciation for this vibrant embroidery has traveled well beyond its humble origins. In recent years, Otomí embroidery has become an iconic textile print, appearing in the work of top interior and fashion designers. Even the cult French fashion house, Hermès, collaborated with Otomí artists to release an exclusive line of Hermès iconic scarves featuring the distinctive Tenango designs. The symbolism and iconography in this textile design reflect time-honored traditions and beliefs of harmony with nature. The whimsical flora and fauna embroidered motifs can be traced back to pre-Aztec Mesoamerica and are said to originate from cave paintings. Textile designers draw the animals and plants from memories, dreams, and mythical imagination; the forms are then embroidered. Each character bears significance. For example, the deer is said to carry wealth; the rooster, to announce a good harvest. Therefore, this piece offers not only its homage to the Otomí heritage, but also the notion of luck and prosperity.
Bottle Form. Stoneware, wrapped in bailing wire, gold luster, fumed with stannous chloride, etched with glass etching solution, 26 in. hi...
