Michael Frimkess

Michael Frimkess studied ceramics in California with Peter Voulkos, pursuing the abstract expressionist sculptural mode of his teacher. On a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he was introduced to historic ceramics, specifically Greek and Chinese pottery. Frimkess began modeling his forms on what he had seen, decorating them with narrative imagery, often with satirical or humorous intent. He and his wife Magdalena, a painter, have frequently collaborated.