Biography
Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Bud Latven’s career in furniture making began in the early 1970s and transitioned to lathe art in the early 1980s. Over the years his work has been shown in many gallery and museum exhibitions including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington and the Victoria and Albert museum in London.
Kevin Wallace, Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, presents a biography of Bud Latven and his work in the following article, Materiality of the Voids: The Deconstructed Forms of Bud Latven, published in Craft Arts International. (read article)
History
Articles & Publications
The Art of the Lathe by Patrick Spielman
- Anne Carlisle, Wood: Revisited, (Philadelphia, PA: The Center for Art in Wood exhibition catalog, 2016) 43, 52-3, 80-1.
- Emily Zilber, Beyond Boundaries: Wood Art for the 21st Century, (Chicago, IL: SOFA exhibition catalog, 2014) 7, 27, 2.
- Kevin V. Wallace, Materiality of the Voids – The Deconstructed Forms of Bud Latven (Australia: Craft Arts International Pty Ltd, 2014) 56-60.
- Holly Hotchner et al, Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design (New York, NY: The Monacelli Press LLC, Museum of Arts and Design, 2012), 12, 52-53.
- Glenn Adamson et al, Turning to Art in Wood: A Creative Journey (Philadelphia, PA: Schiffer Publications LTD, Atglen, PA, 2011) 200, 202, 250, 255.
- Kevin Wallace, The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Wood Art and the Lipton Collection (Los Angeles, CA: Fine Arts Press, Long Beach Museum of Art, 2011) 125-26, 204.
- Elisabeth Sovik, Conversations with Wood, The Collection of Ruth and David Waterbury (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2011), 146.
- Mark Baker, Featured Artist (London, UK: GMC Publications, Woodturning magazine, June 2011), 96.[more… ]