Museum of Contemporary Craft is hosting an exhibit entitled The Ceramics of Gertrud and Otto Natzler. The nearly 100 pottery pieces on display are from several private collections and West Coast museums. Altogether, the items represent a range of forms that the Natzlers created over the course of many years.The Ceramics of Gertrud and Otto Natzler exhibit includes the viewing of two documentaries, The Ceramic Art of the Natzlers, Artists of the World Series (1966) and Earth, Fire, Water and Wind: The Ceramics of Otto Natzler (1992). This is a rare opportunity to see the Natzlers at work in their studio and hear them tell about their ideas, processes, and products in their own words.
The museum has also posted an audio podcast of a lecture by Otto Natzler on their website MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org. The lecture was originally delivered at this same museum in 1975 along with a retrospective entitled Natzler Ceramics.
In order to demonstrate the influence that the Natzlers' work has on ceramics today, there are are selected vessels on display by two contemporary artists, Jeremy Briddell and Adam Silverman. The entire exhibit is open each week Tuesday through Sunday from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M., with a late closing of 8:00 P.M. on Thursdays. For more information, contact the Museum of Contemporary Craft at 503.223.2654 or online. There is a detailed, illustrated brochure about the Natzlers and the exhibit at http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/pdf/2008_08_Natzlers.pdf.
