Hellmann's Mayo

Karen Shapiro

Karen Shapiro's ceramic interpretations of commercial home products are made at a scale that makes them uncanny, odd, despite their painstakingly close mimicry of their sources. Her ceramics play off the impact of Pop art but also invoke the material commonplace of domestic spaces traditionally managed by women.
Artist
Date of Birth
(b. 1947)
Date
late 20th century
Medium
Raku-fired clay
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 7 in. (31.75 x 17.78 cm.)
Accession #
2011.1.273
Credit Line
Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter
Category