Viola Frey

Family Portrait

1995

Medium
ceramic and glazes
Dimensions
84 x 82 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches (213.4 x 209.6 x 87.6 cm)
Inventory Number
VF-3303CS
Credit Line
Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, gift of Rena Bransten, 96.39
Exhibition History
  • 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
  • 1997   The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (catalogue)
  • 1995   Viola Frey: Arguments, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Bibliography
  • 2024    de Bos, Cynthia, Nancy Lim, Viola Frey with Charles Fiske, Jenelle Porter, and Jodi Throckmorton. de Bos, Cynthia, and Jenelle Porter, eds. Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World. Oakland: Artists’ Legacy Foundation and New York: Gregory R. Miller, forthcoming September 2024.
  • 2017    Made in California: Contemporary Art. Los Angeles: Bonhams, October, 2017.
  • 2010    Clowes, Jody. “Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey.” American Craft Magazine. December 2009 - January 2010. 34-35.
  • 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    Peacock, Leslie Newell. “A ‘Bigger, Better’ show.” Arkansas Times. August 26, 2010.
  • 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).
  • 2009    Roberts, Lee B. “Larger than Life: RAM features the extra-large work of Viola Frey.” The Journal Times [Racine, WI]. July 15, 2009. http://journaltimes.com/out_and_about/larger-than-life-ram-features-the-extra-large-work-of/article_d2d470ca-9684-5c23-9b17-896f65ea9812.html
  • 2009    “Goings On: Your Calendar of Milwaukee Events.” Milwaukee Home and Fine Living. May 2009. 8.
  • 2009    Dunigan, Peggy Sue. “Castoff Art.” ExpressMilwaukee.com. April 21, 2009. http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-6260-castoff-art.html
  • 2003    Peterson, Susan and Jan Peterson. The Craft and Art of Clay, 4th edition. New York: The Overlook Press, October 2003.
  • 2002    Johnstone, Mark and Leslie Aboud Holzman. Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002.
  • 1999    “Viola Frey.” Revista Internacional Ceramica. 1999. 33-35.
  • 1997    Demetrion, James T. The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions 1992-1996. Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1997.
  • 1997    Kernan, Michael. “Art Night on the Mall.” Smithsonian. July 1997. 28-31.
  • 1995    Viola Frey: Arguments. San Francisco: Rena Bransten Gallery, December 1995.
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