"When you paint on something you change your perception of what it is."
Artist Betty Woodman reflects on a Minoan terracotta larnax in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
Betty Woodman, born 1930, is an American artist. The vessel and ceramics have been at the center of her practice for the past 60 years.
Betty Woodman (American, born Norwalk, Connecticut, 1930)
The Ming Sisters, 2003
Glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer and paint; 32 × 81 × 8 in. (81.3 × 205.7 × 20.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gift of The A. L. Levine Family Foundation, by exchange, 2003 (2003.413a–c) © Betty Woodman
