SANTA MONICA, CA.- This selected survey of 20 works spanning the fifty-year career of Peter Voulkos is presented at the Frank Lloyd Gallery during the month of May, 2011. From his earliest work to the monumental late sculpture, Voulkos established himself as a leader. Widely known for that groundbreaking work in the medium of fired clay, Peter Voulkos also made bronze sculpture since 1960, as well as etchings and monotypes. Although primarily known as a ceramic artist, Voulkos cast many works in bronze during his career, and several examples are included in this exhibit. Voulkos also maintained an interest in painting and printmaking. That interest was reflected in the interrelationship of surface quality and incised line. Voulkos’ line quality, alternately sinuous and deeply incised into the etching plate, is directly related to the use of sgraffito in the surface of his ceramic sculptures. These elements convey the same