The Farm at Black Mountain College bhm Originally created on clay the

Originally created on clay the motifs were pressed and cut into soft speckled clay and tinted with underglaze

Mother of George

“Wiley’s canvas surfaces are a mirror reflection of America’s unceasing search for new meanings from the ruins of the Old World of Europe and Africa

cubistic and highly charged painterly symbols

flirting with the worlds of Surrealism and Pop

The Farm at Black Mountain College bhm Originally created on clay theA record of the rise and fall of the BMC farm that foregrounds the voices of a new cast of characters Black Mountain College (BMC) was a wellspring of 20th century creative unorthodoxy. From its founding in 1933 and over its celebrated 23 year history, the small liberal arts school in rural North Carolina attracted a remarkable number of famous and soon to be famous artists, writers and visionaries including Anni and Josef Albers, Ruth Asawa, John