Cerbera Gallery

Ken Price was an American artist best known for his small-scale ceramic sculptures which resembled biomorphic blobs, sliced geodes, and surreal teacups. Derived from Mexican-folk pottery, geology, erotic objects, and surf culture, Price’s influences were imaginative and eclectic. “You can see the whole piece and all of its surface detail in one glance. So it’s very easy to visualize those pieces as being any size, especially monumental,” he once said of scale in his work. Born on February 16, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA, Price studied at the Chounaird Art Institute and under the ceramicist Peter Voulkos at the Otis Art Institute, before going on to get his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1959. After finishing...