Howard Kottler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American ceramist
Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1930
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 21-Jan-1989
Profession: ceramist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Howard Kottler
- Howard William Kottler (March 5, 1930 – January 21, 1989) was an American ceramist, conceptual artist, and professor of ceramics at the University of Washington, credited as a seminal force in redefining the direction of contemporary American ceramic art.Influenced by the Bay Area funk art movement, he is best known for his multiple series of decal plates that rejected traditional studio ceramic practices that emphasized and valued hand-made objects, and focusing instead on mass-produced store-bought plates and commercial decals to create pieces decorated with appropriated images from popular culture to convey Kottler's political, social, and personal messages.
- Based on these works, he developed a reputation for using coded images, wordplay, and biting humor which established Kottler's reputation as a satirist and decalomaniac.
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