Jody Mussoff

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Jody Mussoff
Born1952
Pittsburgh
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCarnegie-Mellon University
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Known forceramic arts

Jody Mussoff (born 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American ceramist and artist, living in Virginia.

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Biography

Mussoff was born in 1952 in Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania. [1] She received her art training at Carnegie-Mellon University and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Her work was included in the exhibition Graphic Masters III, held at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum in 2010. [2]

Work

Mussoff's brightly colored drawings [3] represent people and animals from her imagination. She uses a cross-hatching technique, and leaves much of the background blank. Her ceramics are earthenware, also brightly colored, decorated with people and animals. There is humor and a surrealistic quality to her drawings and ceramics.[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

Mossoff's drawings have been described by The Washington Post as "technically brilliant", [3] while The Orlando Sentinel observed that her drawing's richly colored skin again stands out, although here to more quirkily psychological effect." [4]

The Baltimore Sun described her drawings as having a "degree of understated humor that keeps the message from becoming heavy-handed." [5]

Collections

Mussoff's work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art's Corcoran Collection, [6] the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, [7] the Princeton University Art Museum [8] Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] University of Maryland, [9] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [10] Yale University Art Gallery, [11] the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Kunsthalle Nürnberg, and the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts. [2]

Mussoff is listed in major artist databases. [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jody Mussoff". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Jody Mussoff—Graphic Master – Smithsonian Libraries / Unbound" . Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  3. 1 2 Protzman, Ferdinand (1996-06-01). "JODY MUSSOFF, FIGURING IT ALL OUT". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  4. ↑ Twardy, Chuck (1990-09-09). "'FACES AND PLACES': PICTURES WITHOUT THE FRAME OF CONTEXT". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  5. ↑ Dorsey, John (31 December 1994). "Mussoff's drawings speak quietly on life". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  6. ↑ "Collection Search". Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  7. ↑ "Jody Mussoff | Princeton University Art Museum". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-07.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Jody Mussoff | University of Maryland Art Gallery". www.artgallery.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  9. ↑ "Jody Mussoff, "Pencil" (1995)". PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  10. ↑ "Clara: Database of Women Artists". Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  11. ↑ "American Art Museum - Collections". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  12. ↑ Art and Artist Files in the Smithsonian Libraries Collections
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