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RICHARD
NOTKIN

Notkin reinterprets the Chinese Yixing teapot form to question
nuclear-energy programs and American foreign policy decisions.

Richard Notkin, Heart Teapot: Hostage III, from the series Yixing,
1990, stoneware, 6 1∕8 x 10 ½ x 6 3⁄8 in.

Richard Notkin, Military Intelligence I, from the series Yixing,
1989, stoneware, 6 x 10 x 6 ½ in.
Richard Notkin, Ellipsoidal Brain Teapot, Nuclear
Winter, from the series Yixing, 1993, stoneware,
10 ½ x 8 ½ x 8 ½ in.
Richard Notkin, Nuclear Nuts Teapot, from the series Yixing,
1991, stoneware, 5 ¼ x 5 ½ x 3 ½ in.

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