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Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter

Institution
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
Grant Cycle
Fall 2018
Amount
$75,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support

Ron Nagle has made stunning, entirely unique small sculptures since the 1960s, producing a body of work that is as original as it is mischievous. He mixes allusions to modernism, middlebrow culture, and the specific pop sensibility of Northern California in exquisitely formed works that are often no bigger than a few inches. This exhibition marks his first survey in the Bay Area in over twenty-five years and features twenty ceramic sculptures on custom pedestals designed by the artist and 15 drawings, mostly ink on paper, from the past two decades of Nagle’s career. The exhibition selection is augmented by more than 100 images of his work presented in the catalogue along with scholarly essays. Ron Nagle: Handsome Drifter is an important exhibition for an artist whose exquisite work deserves to be better known.


Sudoku Seppuku, 2019 Ceramic, glaze, catalyzed polyurethane, and epoxy resin 5 ¾ × 5 × 3 ¾ in. (14.6 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm) Collection of the artist
Handsome Drifter, 2015 Ceramic, glaze, catalyzed polyurethane, and epoxy resin 3 ¾ × 4 × 3 in. (9.5 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm) Collection of Joachim and Nancy Hellman Bechtle
PM Dom, 2013 Ceramic, glaze, catalyzed polyurethane, epoxy resin, and aluminum 7 × 5 × 4 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 10.2 cm) Collection of Rafael de Cardenas
The Bad Clown, 2003 Porcelain, glaze, china paint, and epoxy resin 4 ¼ × 9 ¼ × 4 in. (10.8 × 23.5 × 10.2 cm) Dennis Gallagher and Trish Bransten Family Collection
Night of the Hunter, 1998 From the Thin Fins series Ceramic, glaze, underglaze, china paint, and epoxy resin 4 × 5 ¼ × 2 in. (10.2 × 13.3 × 5.1 cm) Collection of Richard E. Goldman

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