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Sculptural Dinnerware<\/h1>\n

A Special Exhibition presented by
\nThe International Museum of Dinnerware Design at
\nGifts of Art Gallery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
\n\u0003Taubman Health Center South Lobby
\n1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48109
\nMarch 16 – August 28, 2020, 8 am – 8 pm
\nmed.umich.edu\/goa\/exhibits.htm<\/a><\/span> | 734.936.ARTS (2787)<\/h5>\n

Dining is a multi-dimensional experience.  It involves all the senses. While all dining implements (plates, flatware, stemware) have 3 dimensions, some are created more sculpturally than others. In fact, some are <\/em>sculpture.
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\nThe International Museum of Dinnerware Design celebrates dining experiences and memories.  It collects functional dinnerware as well as fine art referencing dining. This exhibition features sculptural artwork that will make the viewer stop and look, including a larger-than-life abstraction of a knife, fork and spoon set created from clay in the 1990s by William Parry; a 20-piece European dining vignette created in \u201cscribbled\u201d wire by Portuguese artist David Oliveira; a fanciful L\u00e9opold Foulem Royal Benevolence <\/em>cake stand; baby\u2019s ceramic feeding dishes in pastel glazes with recumbent clowns and children\u2019s adorable trains for dining in colorful plastic; beautiful lidded pouring vessels in coral and cedar green created by noted designer Russel Wright; and Frog Fruit Loops <\/em>by California Funk artist David Gilhooly. Visitors to the exhibition can expect to see Rosenthal porcelain plates from Germany with the theme of Mozart\u2019s Magic Flute<\/em>, a Hall China Art Deco red-glazed car-shaped teapot from the 1930s, Mid-Century Modern luncheon snack sets, in addition to green frogs in faux cereal, and baby ware that will make one grin.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>William Parry (American, 1918 \u2013 2004)<\/em>
\nKFS (Knife Fork Spoon) 28:  Stand, 1994<\/em>
\nwhite stoneware with black copper oxide slip<\/em>
\n Knife:  17″ x 4.5″ x 4.5″<\/em>
\n Fork:  16″ x 5″ x 5″<\/em>
\n Spoon:  19.5′ x 4.5″ x 4.5″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2012.3 Gift of Amanda Parry Oglesbee and Brian Oglesbee<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nDavid Oliveira, (Portuguese, born Lisbon 1980)<\/em>
\n dinnerware still life with wine bottles and glasses, 2012<\/em>
\n wire sculpture, galvanized wire<\/em>
\n wine bottles H:  14″ <\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2012.15 Museum Purchase<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nL\u00e9opold Foulem (Canadian, b. 1945)<\/em>
\nRoyal Benevolence cake stand, 2016<\/em>
\n found objects<\/em>
\n H:  9.75″  Diam: 23″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2016.133 Gift of the Artist<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to admiring each sculptural work aesthetically, think beyond the obvious. When viewing Bill Parry\u2019s abstract knife, fork, and spoon set, note their resemblance to objects recovered archaeologically in both surface treatment and form. A close look at David Oliveira\u2019s wire scribble dinnerware reveals not only wine bottles and wine glasses, but spilled wine. Keep looking and one can see not only a place setting of dishes but also a stack of dirty <\/em>dishes \u2013 all created from galvanized wire. The artist L\u00e9opold Foulem lives in Montreal where he created his captivating cake stand from found objects, including repurposed dinnerware. Did Marie Antoinette really utter the words \u201cLet them eat cake\u201d?<\/p>\n

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\nRed Wing Pottery, Hankscraft<\/em>
\n 3 pink, lavender, and blue  clown-shaped baby feeding warming dishes and matching cups, ca. 1940s<\/em>
\n ceramic, cork<\/em>
\n clowns L: 9.25″ W: 6.5″<\/em>
\n cups H: 3″ L: 4″  Diam: 3″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2012.39, 2012.43, 2012.77, 2014.30, 2013.50, 2014.27 Gifts of Margaret Carney and Bill Walker and Museum Purchases<\/em><\/p>\n

About those clown dishes \u2013 ceramic baby food warmers were necessary in the 1940s and 1950s when the easiest way to keep baby food warm was in hollow ceramic feeders that held hot water.  Introduced in 1967, the microwave oven was not in common use in home kitchens until the 1970s. These colorful clowns manufactured by Red Wing Pottery for Hankscraft must have been popular since there are so many still available to day.<\/p>\n

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\nChow Chow Feeding Trains for Children, ca. 1940s-1950s<\/em>
\n yellow, pink, blue, and white plastic<\/em>
\n train L: 13.5″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2014.67, 2013.124, 2013.154 Museum Purchases<\/em><\/p>\n

Not all dinnerware is clay-based or <\/em>for adult diners. However, colorful plastic Chow Chow Trains <\/em>from the 1950s would delight young and old alike. The train car and engine held the food, the removable smoke stack cup served milk or juice, and the set was made even more appealing by a fork and spoon in the shape of train engineers or conductors. Color the train\u2019s body in pink, blue, yellow, red, green and even clear plastic with white accents, and the result is a definite winner for children\u2019s fun times dining experiences. <\/p>\n

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\nSteubenville Pottery Company, Steubenville, Ohio<\/em>
\n Russel Wright, American, 1904-1976, designer<\/em>
\nAmerican Modern coral and green lidded water pitchers, 1939-1959<\/em>
\n china, glazed<\/em>
\n H:  7.75″  L: 7.5″  Diam: 6.25″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2018.230, 2018.231 Museum Purchases<\/em><\/p>\n

The well-known iconic American designer Russel Wright (1904-1976) designed the popular American Modern <\/em>dinnerware sets manufactured by Steubenville Pottery between 1939-1959.  Many couples married during those years chose these dishes as their wedding china in chartreuse and black chutney, cedar green, coral and granite grey, etc. Not only was the mixing and matching of colors encouraged, but new shapes were frequently added to the line. These two lyrical water pitchers demonstrate his masterful design skills.<\/p>\n

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\nDavid Gilhooly (American, 1943-2013)<\/em>
\nFrog Fruit Loops, 2010<\/em>
\n ceramic<\/em>
\n H:  4.5.”  Diam:  7.25″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2019.167 Museum Purchase<\/em><\/p>\n

California Funk artist David Gilhooly (1943-2013) created wildly creative ceramic faux food in imaginative dinnerware, frequently involving green frogs in hot cocoa, sandwiches, cereal, salad, etc. His Frog Fruit Loops <\/em>from 2010 is a feast for sleepy breakfast eyes. Honestly, it looks good enough to eat until the diner spots the telltale  green frogs frolicking in the milk and cereal.<\/p>\n

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\nRosenthal, Germany<\/em>
\n Bjorn Wiinblad, designer<\/em>
\n Rosenthal<\/em> Magic Flute white salad plates<\/em>
\n porcelain, glazed and decorated<\/em>
\n Diam:  8.75″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2018.234, 2018.235 Museum Purchases, funded through the generosity of Heide Klein<\/em><\/p>\n

Rosenthal China in Germany has created many exquisite fine dining services since 1879. In one memorable design created by Bjorn Wiinbald, the plates are sculptural on the wide porcelain border surface with 3D images of characters such as the Queen of the Night and Papageno from Mozart\u2019s opera \u201cThe Magic Flute.\u201d This inspired dinnerware has gilt script on the back with libretto from the opera.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Hall China Company, East Liverpool, Ohio (established 1903)<\/em>
\n Automobile Chinese Red Teapot, ca. 1980s<\/em>
\n china, glazed<\/em>
\n H: 4″  L:  9″ W:  4.25″ <\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2014.221 Gift of Bill Walker and Margaret Carney<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, teapots have been designed in a multitude of sculptural forms for centuries. The sculptural teapot creations from Minton and Meissen are most unforgettable (think writhing snakes and monkeys with babies!), which IMoDD does not yet own. However, IMoDD has many remarkable teapots in its permanent collection. The Hall China Company, in East Liverpool, Ohio first produced this Art Deco red automobile-shaped teapot designed by Leonard Brindley in June, 1938. It was discontinued in January 1939.  There was a plan to also create a companion airplane teapot but it never happened.<\/p>\n

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\nGlidden Pottery, Alfred, New York 1940-1957<\/em>
\n Glidden Parker, designer (American, 1913-1980)<\/em>
\n snack sets, triangular plates and covered winged cups, ca. 1953<\/em>
\n stoneware, glazed (viridian)<\/em>
\n plate L: 9.75″ x 7.25″ cup W: 5.75″ H: 2.75″<\/em>
\n International Museum of Dinnerware Design<\/em>
\n 2017.40, 2014.26 Gift of John Dolan, Mary Beth Sootheran, and The Andover House and Museum Purchase<\/em><\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t so popular any longer, but at one time, ladies would play card games and snack on a sandwich and soup at the same time.  The snack sets would tidily balance on one\u2019s knees. Glidden Pottery, located in Alfred, New York, made the ideal snack sets circa 1953. Each stoneware plate was triangle-shaped with just enough room for a sandwich and with an indentation for the cup of soup, which was served in a very chic winged cup with a circular lid to keep it warm. Glidden Pottery utilized modern production methods of slipcasting or ram pressing, but each of its more than 300 shapes was individually glazed and hand-decorated. These two luncheon snack sets were glazed with their new viridian glaze.  Glidden Pottery even referred to this line of dinnerware as \u201cSculptured Stoneware\u201d in their advertisements in popular magazines. It is one Mid-Century example of the convergence of good design and playfulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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