Roberto Lugo Ceramics For Sale

Roberto lugo is an american artist ceramicist social activist poet and educator.

Roberto lugo ceramics for sale. I am a potter social activist spoken word poet and educator. Roberto lugo all about the benjamins century vase 2016 detail photo by the author for hyperallergic china and porcelain like silver have a particular sort of aristocratic or wannabe. Artaxis is an evolving independent source of peer reviewed contemporary artwork in ceramics and sculpture. Opening reception friday july 27 show open thru september 8th.

He is a ph d. All of these roles are rooted in my childhood. Born in kensington philadelphia to puerto rican parents lugo began his career as a graffiti artist before discovering ceramics. Roberto lugo is an american potter social activist spoken word poet and educator.

Check out roberto lugo s powerful ceramic works featuring depictions of important black and brown peoples on classic ceramic style vessels. Lugo uses porcelain as his medium of choice illuminating its aristocratic surface with imagery of poverty inequality and social and racial injustice. Born in kensington philadelphia to puerto rican parents lugo began his career as a graffiti artist before discovering ceramics. Find the latest shows biography and artworks for sale by roberto lugo.

Lugo s work draws together hip hop history and politics into formal ceramics and 2d works. Candidate in art education from penn state and is now a tenure track professor of ceramics at marlboro college in vermont. Roberto lugo attended kansas city art institute earning his ba in 2012 and went on to the penn state university school of visual arts to earn his mfa in 2014. Having had no formal music or art training i often practiced table drumming and writing hip hop lyrics as it was customary to battle rap during lunch instead of art class i drew in my composition book and marked every wall that i could.