Synapse Artworks

Synapse Artworks is the web presence of Brian Besch, an artist producing works in clay, screen-prints, and conceptually driven sculpture.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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I have not forgotten about the approximately three faithful readers of this horrendously un-updated blog (Hi mom). Honestly. I have just b...
Friday, August 10, 2007

Open For Business

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Blank walls are lame. Instead of standing there awkwardly looking from your beer to that white splash of nothingness and back again, get yo...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Worth of Causal History - porcelain, walnut, blood, iron oxide, plexiglass

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This work is indicative of my testing the more conceptual waters again. The impetus for this work was an exploration of how the value of ar...

Arch Teapots - slipcast porcelain from original moulds

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This is the last teapot mould I fabricated before leaving my studio space at UW-Madison. I enjoyed the engineering problems associated with...

Sake Set - slipcast porcelain from original moulds

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These are three examples of the sake sets I made, all slip-cast porcelain. The wood-fired versions were fired in Michael Schael's anaga...

Pint Cups - slipcast porcelain

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I created a simple pint cup mould to quickly cast the clay substrates needed for my foray into screen printing with clay experiments. I did...

Curved teapot - slipcast porcelain from original moulds

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After graduating in 2003, I continued working at UW-Madison as a non-degree student, putting my more conceptual work on a back-burner for a ...
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Brian Besch
I am an artist producing primarily ceramics and screen prints. I received a BFA and Philosophy Major from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My output meanders from functional ceramics to aleatoric screen prints to more conceptual clay sculpture. I'm interested in intention versus arbitrariness in a work of art, and blurring the lines between art, science, and philosophy.
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