AESTHETIC INFLUENCE:

AESTHETIC INFLUENCE: THE ART OF CHINESE SCHOLAR ROCKS The artists are Virginia Pfau-Thompson from Arizona, Richard Hirsch from New York, Howard Koerth from Oklahoma, Chang Ching-Yuan from Taiwan, and Keith Ekstam from Missouri. Many of the ideas surrounding Chinese Scholar’s Rocks are explored by this group of artists. This includes concerns such as references to utopian existence, a search for paradise in a less-than-perfect-world, geologic imagery, and utilizing the requisite Scholar’s Rock base or plinth as a stage for visual activity. Largely made of clay, the work by this distinct group of artists also employs glass, plastic, wood and found objects as needed.