Ken Price
Selected works from L.A. Louver solo exhibitions
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 2008
Ken Price / 
Cocodo, 2008 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
9 x 14 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (22.9 x 36.8 x 34.3 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Argonne, 2008 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
9 1/2 x 16 x 10 1/2 in. (24.1 x 40.6 x 26.7 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price
Works on Paper
L.A. Louver, 2005
Ken Price / 
Hot Bottoms, 2005 / 
watercolor on paper / 
11 x 9 1/2 in. (27.9 x 24.1 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Outside of Town, 2005 / 
watercolor on paper / 
9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Peace in the Valley, 2005 / 
watercolor on paper / 
9 x 6 in. (22.9 x 15.2 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price: Works on Paper
Sculpture from 2005
L.A. Louver, 2005
Ken Price / 
The Heap, 2004 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
17 H x 21 x 15 in (43.2 x 53.3 x 38.1 cm) / 
Base size: 46 H x 32 x 30 in (116.8 x 81.3 x 76.2 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
McLean, 2004 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
19 1/2 x 23 x 19 in (49.5 x 58.4 x 48.3 cm) / 
Base size: 44 H x 34 x 30 in (111.8 x 86.4 x 76.2 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price: Sculpture from 2005
Sculpture
L.A. Louver, 2004
Ken Price / 
McShann, 2004
acrylic on fired ceramic
7 1/4 x 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in (18.4 x 18.4 x 18.4 cm)
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Tristano, 2004 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 in (14.5 x 19.6 x 16.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price: Sculpture
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 2002
Ken Price / 
Kabongy Balls, 2002 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
16 x 21 1/2 x 16 in (40.6 x 54.6 x 40.6 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Toots, 2002 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
21 x 24 x 16 in (53.3 x 61 x 40.6 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography,  Ken Price
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 2001
Ken Price / 
Flare, 2000 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
11 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in (29.2 x 59.7 x 59.7 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
 Hunchback of Venice, 2000 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
13 1/2 x 27 x 13 1/2 in (34.3 x 68.6 x 34.3 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Mo, 2000 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
13 x 24 x 28 1/2 in (33 x 61 x 72.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 1999
Ken Price / 
Half Mast, 1999 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
8 1/2 x 15 x 11 in (21.6 x 38.1 x 27.9 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Pink Pearl, 1999 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
13 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 10 in (34.3 x 39.4 x 25.4 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 1997
Ken Price / 
Echo, 1997 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
12 x 26 1/2 x 17 3/4 in (317.5 x 67.3 x 45.1 cm) / 
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Optimist, 1997 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
18 x 17 x 11 in. / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price
Ken Price
L.A. Louver, 1996
Ken Price / 
Bogo Stuff, 1995 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic  / 
8 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 9 in (21.6 x 31.8 x 22.9 cm) / 
 Private collection
Ken Price / 
Phantom, 1995 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic
26 x 27 x 21 in (66 x 68.6 x 53.3 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price
Recent Sculpture
L.A. Louver, 1994
Ken Price / 
True Blue, 1994br>
acrylic on fired ceramicbr>
14 5/8 in (37.14 cm) highbr>
Private collection
Ken Price / 
Ruby, 1994 / 
acrylic on fired ceramic / 
16 3/4 x 10 x 10 1/2 in (42.5 x 25.4 x 26.67 cm) / 
Private collection
Installation photography, Ken Price: Recent Sculpture
Bio

1935 Born, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Died, Taos, NM

Education:
1959 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1957 Los Angeles County Art Institute
1956 University of Southern California, BFA
Studied at Otis College of Art and Design (formerly the Los Angeles County Art Institute)

biography
Portrait of Ken  Price. .
Selected L.A. Louver exhibitions
10 Oct - 8 Nov 2008
Gallery exhibition
14 Oct - 12 Nov 2005
Gallery exhibition
21 Jan - 19 Feb 2005
Gallery exhibition
4 Mar - 10 Apr 2004
Gallery exhibition
Selected museum exhibitions
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Buffalo, NY
27 Sep 2013 - 12 Jan 2014
Museum exhibition
Resnick Pavilion
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
16 Sep 2012 - 6 Jan 2013
Museum exhibition
Scripps College
Claremont, CA
21 Jan - 5 Apr 2012
Museum exhibition
University Art Museum, California State University
Long Beach, CA
27 Aug - 27 Oct 2002
Museum exhibition
Selected articles
Knight, Christopher. "Kenneth Price dies at 77; artist transformed traditional ceramics."
Los Angeles Times. 25 February 2012.
www.latimes.com

Knight, Christopher. "Ken Price's voluptuous works seduce in LACMA retrospective"
Los Angeles Times. 13 September 2012.
full article, PDF | www.latimes.com

Finkel, Jori. "Sculptor Ken Price captured from all angles for LACMA retrospective"
Los Angeles Times. 7 September 2012
full article, PDF | www.latimes.com

Pagel, David. "Making many parts come alive"
Los Angeles Times. 17 October 2008
full article, PDF | exhibition page

Drohojowksa-Philp, Hunter. "A Life in Clay"
Artnet Magazine. 29 October 2008
full article, PDF

Pagel, David. "Off into the world with a playful guide"
Los Angeles Times. 21 October 2005
full article, PDF
Miles, Christopher. "Ken Price: LA Louver"
Artforum. June 2002
full article, PDF | exhibition page

Pagel, David. "Price Purges Anxiety and Sets Libidos Free"
Los Angeles Times. 28 June 2002
full article, PDF | exhibition page

Knight, Christopher. "'Small' Is Stunning"
Los Angeles Times. 31 August 2002.

Knight, Christopher. "Price's Lush Work Defeats Language"
Los Angeles Times. 26 January 2001
full article, PDF | exhibition page

McKenna, Kristine. "Reshaping the Image of Clay"
Los Angeles Times. 7 January 1996
full article, PDF | exhibition page

Wilson, William. "Ken Price and Ed Moses: Individualists in Tandem"
Los Angeles Times. 4 June 1994
full article, PDF | exhibition page
Artist website
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