Forgotten ceramist Zuzana Zemanová by Katarína Hubová
Ceramic work of Zuzana (Žulka) Zemanová is mostly spread among her family, friends and other people as well as in the Slovak National gallery and the Gallery and the Bratislava City Gallery. However, hardly anybody knows her work now.
Zuzana Zemanová was born as the youngest sister of painter Janko Alexy in the town of Liptovský Mikuláš in 1910. She applied for the School of arts and crafts in 1930 to make her dream of modelling to come true. She was already a professional hat maker at that time. She applied to the ceramic department headed by Júlia Horová at that time. Functional and simple shapes with significant and elegant glazing dominate the work of Zemanová. Her ball-shaped vases are inspired by traditional shapes and wheel rotation. However, it is not certain whether she made the pieces by herself or commissioned skilled artisans to do the work for her. Vases dominate in her work. Shapes and dimensions and colours of glazing are the most dominant characteristics of her work. Figurative compositions, bowls, candlesticks and lamps inspired by the Secession represent a different aspect of her creative work. Žulka Zemanová died after disease, at the age of 59 (1969).
Further articles magazine Craft, Art, Design 01/2011:
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- Folk costumes at the folklore stage shows by Alena Rybáriková
- Transformations of the folk costume and dance from the Zemplín region by Dana Kľučárová
- Folk costume – decoration for folk ensembles Lúčnica and SĽUK by Nora Čechmánková
- Božena Adamicová - Embroidered Easter eggs by Nora Čechmánková
- Bread packings - Hemp reminiscences by Božena Adamicová
- Rings in water 2010 by Adriena Pekárová
- Benches in Devín by Adriena Pekárová
- Norwegian and Slovak project TEXNORSK comes to an end by Mária Fulková
- Forgotten ceramist Zuzana Zemanová by Katarína Hubová
- The harvest festival by Darina Arce
