"At 80, Ceramics Legend Ron Nagle Is Still Perfecting His Otherworldly Scultures," Artsy Online, by Alexxa Gotthardt, December 3, 2019. Leave it to Ron Nagle to imbue something as mundane and funky... Read full biography
"At 80, Ceramics Legend Ron Nagle Is Still Perfecting His Otherworldly Scultures," Artsy Online, by Alexxa Gotthardt, December 3, 2019. Leave it to Ron Nagle to imbue something as mundane and funky as cheese with poetic significance. On a recent afternoon in his San Francisco home and studio, the... Read full biography
"At 80, Ceramics Legend Ron Nagle Is Still Perfecting His Otherworldly Scultures," Artsy Online, by Alexxa Gotthardt, December 3, 2019. Leave it to Ron Nagle to imbue something as mundane and funky as cheese with poetic significance. On a recent afternoon in his San Francisco home and studio, the 80-year-old sculptor hiked up his sleeve to reveal an upper-arm tattoo depicting a hunk of holey Swiss, or maybe Tilsit. “Cheese means good things in one’s own lifetime,” Nagle told me with a smile.... Read full biography
"At 80, Ceramics Legend Ron Nagle Is Still Perfecting His Otherworldly Scultures," Artsy Online, by Alexxa Gotthardt, December 3, 2019. Leave it to Ron Nagle to imbue something as mundane and funky as cheese with poetic significance. On a recent afternoon in his San Francisco home and studio, the 80-year-old sculptor hiked up his sleeve to reveal an upper-arm tattoo depicting a hunk of holey Swiss, or maybe Tilsit. “Cheese means good things in one’s own lifetime,” Nagle told me with a smile. “And I guess I got the cheese.”. In Nagle’s unique parlance, cheese stands for success—and a couple weeks after his 80th birthday, we spoke about what that big, slippery word means to him. He just opened large shows at London’s The Perimeter and... Read full biography
"At 80, Ceramics Legend Ron Nagle Is Still Perfecting His Otherworldly Scultures," Artsy Online, by Alexxa Gotthardt, December 3, 2019. Leave it to Ron Nagle to imbue something as mundane and funky as cheese with poetic significance. On a recent afternoon in his San Francisco home and studio, the 80-year-old sculptor hiked up his sleeve to reveal an upper-arm tattoo depicting a hunk of holey Swiss, or maybe Tilsit. “Cheese means good things in one’s own lifetime,” Nagle told me with a smile. “And I guess I got the cheese.”. In Nagle’s unique parlance, cheese stands for success—and a couple weeks after his 80th birthday, we spoke about what that big, slippery word means to him. He just opened large shows at London’s The Perimeter and Vienna’s Secession, following exhibitions earlier this year at New York’s Matthew Marks Gallery and Kassel, Germany’s Fride... Read full biography
Ron Nagle - Artist Info
About Ron Nagle: Books
Books & Publications (7)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection