n the decade of
the 50’s, the clay art activities had been abandoned in
Uruguay. A few artists worked on ceramic giving it only
a functional importance and it was not considered as a
work of art.
This was broken when Carlos PaezVilaró exhibited a series
of ceramics by Pablo Picasso, before the amazed people in
Montevideo.
This experience caused a great change in Carlos Páez
Vilaró and from then on he alternated his painting with
ceramic works.
He felt tempted to express his ideas in the turning wheel
of a rustic turn worked by a wooden pedal.
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While he
modeled the clay he became more and more enthusiastic
when his hands made the clay hold its shape and he
could see his
plates and pots magically coming out from the firing
process.
This increased his labor as ceramist and to enrich his
knowledge he worked directly with workers of energy
companies.Since his first exhibition, other artists
got tempted too, and in that way, the stuck wheel of
this craftsmanship moved on again. |
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The
result of these experiences and the eagerness shown by the
young people to learn led him to found with his friend
Ariel Rodriguez
the ""Ceramic Craftsmen School in La Paz,
Canelones, Uruguay), 1952. It was followed by the
"Montevideo Craftsmen
Workshop" and finally the "Ceramic Center"
in San Pablo, Brazil, 1973.
He confirmed his vocation when he visited Pablo Picasso’s
workshop in Villa California, France in 1957. There he was
able to
get in touch with the bulls, goats and owls enameled on
dishes and plates exhibited on the shelves in Madoura. |
The exhibition made by Carlos Páez Vilaró in Montevideo,
1959, was the result of twenty seven ceramics that Pablo Picasso
had generously given to him.
Half century have passed from his first exhibition and the
ceramic art remains as a favourite passion beside his easel.
Along his many travels all over the world one of his ceramic was
left in each place as a representative sample of his talent.
One plate after the other show the steps he followed in his
searching of art.
At the present time, Carlos Páez Vilaró, in his workshop in
Punta Ballena, is mostly influenced by nature to create his
pieces
with clay, water and
fire.
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