The first monograph on a beloved American ceramicist who has been making joyful and original work for nearly 80 yearsBorn in 1931 and living in New York Alice Mackler today is still pushing forward not only her own art but also the boundaries of contemporary art across sculpture painting drawing and collage. While long beloved and admired by artists Mackler over the last few years has finally found the wide and enthusiastic audience she deserves. With a focus on the female figure Macklers work is as Matthew Higgs writes in this book visceral accumulation of her experiences translated into a material form. vibrant voluptuous ceramic sculptures evoke the Venus of Willendorf as well as versions of the female form by Willem de Kooning Gaston Lachaise and Niki de Saint Phalle.