‘SHUT UP THE MUSIC’ BY RAY SMITH (1980s) RESTORED of the Bouffiolx & Châtalet

of the Bouffiolx & Châtalet school

Adhesive labels were also sometimes attached to the ceramics

that was carved into the clay while the vase was still spinning on the potter’s wheel

5 inch Diameter 1

‘SHUT UP THE MUSIC’ BY RAY SMITH (1980s) RESTORED of the Bouffiolx & ChâtaletAn early mixed media collage on Masonite from contemporary Mexican American painter and sculptor RAY SMITH (b. 1959). Smith often employs art historical references in his postmodern compositions, and he pays conspicuous tribute here to the Spanish Cubists of the early 20th century with stenciling and strips of newsprint. The vaguely aggressive title and the clippings from global political hotspots both point toward the radical daring that much of his