[PAR] [TLE] Peter Voulkos [SEP] Peter Voulkos (popular name of Panagiotis Voulkos; January 29, 1924 – February 16, 2002) was an American artist of Greek descent.  He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art.  While his early work was fired in electric and gas kilns, later in his career he primarily fired in the anagama kiln of Peter Callas, who had helped to introduce Japanese wood firing aesthetics in the United States. [PAR] [TLE] Art in the San Francisco Bay Area [SEP] The history of art in the San Francisco Bay Area includes major contributions to contemporary art, including Abstract Expressionism.  The area is known for its cross-disciplinary artists like Bruce Conner, Bruce Nauman, and Peter Voulkos as well as a large number of non-profit alternative art spaces including New Langton Arts, Intersection for the Arts, and Southern Exposure.  San Francisco Bay Area Visual Arts has undergone many permutations paralleling innovation and hybridity in literature and theater.
[PAR] [TLE] Peter Voulkos [ SEP ] Peter Voulkos ( popular name of Panagiotis Voulkos ; January 29 , 1924 – February 16 , 2002 ) was an American artist of Greek descent . He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures , which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic crafts and fine art . While his early work was fired in electric and gas kilns , later in his career he primarily fired in the anagama kiln of Peter Callas , who had helped to introduce Japanese wood firing aesthetics in the United States . [PAR] [TLE] Art in the San Francisco Bay Area [ SEP ] The history of art in the San Francisco Bay Area includes major contributions to contemporary art , including Abstract Expressionism . The area is known for its cross - disciplinary artists like Bruce Conner , Bruce Nauman , and Peter Voulkos as well as a large number of non - profit alternative art spaces including New Langton Arts , Intersection for the Arts , and Southern Exposure . San Francisco Bay Area Visual Arts has undergone many permutations paralleling innovation and hybridity in literature and theater .
San Francisco Bay Area is known for which cross-disciplinary artist born on January 29, 1924 ?
San Francisco Bay Area is known for which cross - disciplinary artist born on January 29 , 1924 ?
Peter Voulkos
Peter Voulkos