Esoteric Survey

#WeedPotWednesday broke 200 today Antonio Prieto via farnsworthmodern
Here are some really good ones...
Super sick Doyle Lane via rewirela
Early (1946) Harrison McIntosh via andrewmromano
Rose & Erni Cabat via cebthree Nice pairing with Maxwell Yellen 
Another nice grouping via gonkedglookedslurped
A rock form via themodernera
I'm a sucker for rock pots. This one, viarosecitymodern
I was showing off with all my Wayne Chapman pots.
Heath studio joined in too.  Great one Tung!

The Journal of the American Art Pottery Association Rose Cabat is the cover girl on the new issue of the bi-monthly journal distributed to members of the American Art Pottery Association. It also includes a great article on Doyle Lane, so I'm deeming this the weed pot issue.  Cabat turned 100 on June 27th! Celebrating 100 Years: Rose Cabat by Bruce Block
The Incomparable Doyle Lane by Linda and James Haggerty

The publication is only available to members of the American Art Pottery Association.New members get all the back issues for the entire year, so it's a good deal to sign up. As an alternative, it will be available on the back issues section of the AAPA website in a few months.Update: You can email Linda at the AAPA to get a copy now: Lindalscarrigan@aol.com
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The Doyle Lane Summit happened this past Saturday at The Landing / Reform Gallery. It featured a panel discussion and book release for the exhibition,Doyle Lane: Clay Paintings  The star of the show, the Mutual Savings and Loan mural, accompanied by felt chairs by Tanya Aguiniga and Eames in the audience.
It was a packed house.  A lot of hands raised when it was asked who owned a piece by Lane. 
Seated, left to right: Jill Moniz- Former curator at California African American Museum, Gerard O'Brien- Owner of Reform, Rudy Estrada- Close friend of Doyle's; and Ben Sarar- another close friend and the photographer whose images captured a rare look at Doyle in his element, creating art.The curator, the dealer, the friend/patron and the friend/photographer each shared their perspectives on Lane. The topics ranged from art, friendship, race, religion, sexuality and even toxic Superfund sites. Here, Rudy is recounting how Doyle would give him and the other neighborhood kids weeds pots when…

#WeedPotWednesday  is blowing up on Instagram!  Well, not really, but there have been some good ones, like this beautiful Otto Heino Via cebthree
Sweet blue form Via themodernera
No weed pot Wednesday would be complete without Doyle Lane Via timowero
Purple Patrick Kennedy Via alamodern_
The stylized set up Via gonkedglookedslurped
Glass weed pot by James Wayne Via moderncactus
Doug Ayers wood weed pots Via Ayers vase addict ayersfan
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Doyle Lane Summit featuring a panel discussion and a book release and signing  for the catalogue Doyle Lane: Clay Paintings  Saturday, June 28th 2 PM at Reform Gallery
More on the exhibition, here.

Doyle Lane's Midcentury ceramics the star of Reform Gallery show Read it in the LA Times

Doyle Lane : Clay Paintings The Landing at Reform

Lent by the California African American Museum



The star of the exhibition is an 18 ft. long clay mural that was commissioned for an office in 1963. 


Installation in 1963. It lived on that wall until it was moved to Reform.

Gerard O'Brien and artist Takashi Murakami
Artist Tanya Aguiniga, her husband Todd, and baby Io.
The smallest clay painting in the show.


Doyle Lane display of small clay paintings at Reform in 2005.
Doyle Lane (1925-2002) You do not want to miss this exhibition.