Viola Frey

Fire Suit

1983

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
98 x 32 x 23 inches (248.92 x 81.28 x 58.42 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-5015CMS
Credit Line
Collection of San José Museum of Art, purchase with funds contributed by the Council of 100, partial gift of Byron Cohen, and additional funds from the Collection Committee, in honor of the San Jose Museum of Art's 35th anniversary, 2003.16
Exhibition History
  • 2015   Character Studies: Clay from the Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
  • 2012   Renegade Humor, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
  • 2009   Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (catalogue); also traveled to Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
  • 1984   Viola Frey, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Bibliography
  • 2016    Taylor, Robert. “Bursts of color, quilts and Capra relieve winter’s gloom in Bay Area museums.” San Jose Mercury News. January 11, 2016.
  • 2012    Throckmorton, Jodi. “A Different Approach: Joan Brown, Viola Frey, and the Feminist Art Movement.” In The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World, edited by Robert Cozzolino, 220-227. Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2012.
  • 2012    Marks, Ben. “’Renegade Humor’ at the San Jose Museum of Art Lacks Punch(lines).” KQED Arts. , KQED, February 13, 2012.
  • 2010    Hirsch, Faye. “Viola Frey.” Art in America. May 2010. 153.
  • 2010    “Museums and Sights.” Timeout.com. February 28, 2010. http://www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/museums-attractions/bigger-better-more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2010    Di Marzo, Cindi. “A Human Museum Without Walls.” Studio International. February 10, 2010. http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/a-human-museum-without-walls---bigger--better--more-the-art-of-viola-frey
  • 2009    Taragin, Davira. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2009.
  • 1994    “Star Home: Art as Roommate.” Star Magazine. November 6, 1994. 1-2, 4-6, 8.
  • 1988    Larsen, Susan C. Viola Frey: Monumental Figures 1978-1987. Los Angeles: Asher-Faure; San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, 1988.
  • 1984    Sims, Patterson. Viola Frey. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1984.
  • 1984    Sims, Patterson. “Viola Frey at the Whitney.” Ceramics Monthly. November 1984. 51-53.
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