Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics.
Project room for contemporary art cape town 3 march to 29 2008 ruan hoffmann at us gallery university of stellenbosch south africa.
Ruan s art challenges conventional assignments of form and function.
Ruan hoffmann is an amazing ceramic artist and painter who is from south africa.
I m really curious and impatient with ceramics.
Ruan hoffmann ceramics collection.
Hailing from south africa now based in amsterdam the self taught ceramist uses earthenware paper clay as his canvas drawn to its transformative powers and fragile magic.
His pieces for anthropologie are both classical and ultra modern.
You never know what to expect.
He has gained a reputation for his highly individual pieces.
Ruan hoffmann amsterdam netherlands.
Ruan hoffmann warren editions even though he is a painter ruan hoffmann b 1971 is most commonly known for his autobiographical ceramic pieces and has worked with the ceramic medium for 18 years.
Ceramicist this pretoria based ceramic artist is best known for the intimate musings amusing visuals and sometimes outrageous commentary that he paints onto roughly made clay plates.
The medium responds well to me and i enjoy playing with clay.
Shop artist ruan hoffmann s home decor at anthropologie.
1971 my career in ceramics happened by default.
A large number of his plates and bowls that he produces are made with paper clay.
Ruan hoffmann is a self taught ceramist born in pretoria south africa.
The ideas for my plates come from all over the place.
Ruan hoffmann south africa b.
Picasso has been one of his great.
The lettering is bold and a bit messy but at the same time has very traditional letter forms.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
It is abstract deformed and subversive.
For 20 years ruan hoffmann has been embracing contradiction through his work.
You could say i was sidetracked by the possibilities.
From newspapers pictures politics friends what i see around me.
Hailing from south africa now based in amsterdam the self taught ceramist uses earthenware paper clay as his canvas drawn to its transformative powers and fragile magic.