This Pottery Man and Shop Dog scene

This sculpture titles “Pottery Man and Shop Dog scene” is a ceramic sculpture that was created by Rex Hogan in collaboration with  Suzanne Reese Johnston and Whelchel Meaders. All three of these artists primarily create ceramic vessel and sculpture forms based around cockerels, birds and other creatures.

The above artwork depicts a man sitting on a box next to a dog holding a bottle of moonshine with a sign behind him reading “a pottery man and his shop dog” as well as “yes, i’ve been making face jugs a long time, why do you ask?”. The sculpture is 14.5 inches  tall, 14 inches deep and has a base of 10 inches in diameter. Further more, the dog figure within the Sculpture is 6 inches tall and 6 inches deep, whist the male figure is 13.5 inches tall, 4 inches wide and 5 inches deep.

On of the things I like the most about this sculpture is how loose the design of the figures are as they have an almost illustrative look to them. I also like how although the artists have different styles, each part of the sculpture works well together, from the way the figures are sculpted to the detail on the characteristic ‘jug head’.

Bibliography

Johnston, S., Hogan, R. and Meaders, W., 2021. Rex Hogan Collaborative Pottery Man DP1775 – Christopher Park Gallery. [online] Chickenmanart.com. Available at: <https://www.chickenmanart.com/folk-and-outsider/pottery/rex-hogan/rex-hogan-collaborative-pottery-man-dp1775.html> [Accessed 21 March 2021]. – (Johnston, Hogan and Meaders, 2021)