中文简介：

本书深入调查了100多件历史悠久的普埃布洛陶器。

陶器是美国西南部印第安人历时持久的艺术形式。几个世纪以来，普埃布洛人制作了美丽的陶器，上面通常绘有复杂的图案，用于日常活动，如烹饪、食物储存、收集水，以及用于仪式。在查科峡谷和梅萨维德等古代遗址中能够发现这些类型的器皿。

制陶的传统在美国西南部的普埃布洛社区中继续蓬勃发展，虽然陶器仍然以实用为目的，但也通常为艺术市场而生产。自普埃布洛人的祖先时代起，陶器就主要由妇女制作。这些陶器是用天然粘土，采用线圈法制作的，手绘后在户外烧制。每个普埃布洛人的设计各不相同，但许多符号和图案是共有的。

本书的显著特点是其内容是由普埃布洛社区成员选择的。本书没有依赖英美艺术史的解释，而是突出了美国原住民的声音和观点。来自西南地区21个普埃布洛社区的60多名参与者，其中有陶艺家和其他艺术家，以及作家、策展人和社区领袖，他们从新墨西哥州圣菲高级研究学院的印第安艺术研究中心和纽约的维尔切克收藏中选择了一两件作品。然后，他们可以自由地以他们希望的任何书面形式、散文或诗歌表达他们的想法。他们生动多样的贡献揭示了陶器不仅是一种实用的艺术形式，也是一种强大的无形元素，是普埃布洛文化的核心所在。

本书通过精美的摄影作品，展示了普埃布洛陶器的非凡历史和美感，同时生动呈现了这一基本的美国本土艺术的复杂叙事和故事。

英文简介：

An impressive survey of more than 100 pieces of historic Pueblo pottery.

No art form is more associated with the Native Americans of the Southwest than pottery. For centuries, Pueblo people have made beautiful pottery, often painted with intricate designs, for everyday activities such as cooking, food storage and gathering water, and for ceremonial use. Vessels of these types have been found at ancient sites including Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde.

The tradition of pottery-making continues to thrive among Pueblo communities in the Southwest, and while pottery is still made for practical purposes, it is also commonly produced for the art market. Since the time of the Ancestral Puebloans, pottery has been made predominantly by women. The pots are created from natural clay using a coil method; they are hand-painted and then fired outdoors. Designs vary from one Pueblo to another, but many symbols and motifs are shared by the Pueblos. Grounded in Clay is remarkable for the fact that its content has been selected by Pueblo community members. Rather than relying on Anglo-American art historical interpretations, this book foregrounds Native American voices and perspectives. More than 60 participants from 21 Pueblo communities in the Southwest – among them potters and other artists, as well as writers, curators and community leaders – chose one or two pieces from the collections of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School of Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Vilcek Collection in New York. They were then given the freedom to express their thoughts in whichever written form they wished, prose or poem. Their lively, varied contributions reveal the pottery to be not only a utilitarian art form but also a powerfully intangible element that sits at the heart of Pueblo cultures.

With magnificent photography throughout, Grounded in Clay showcases the extraordinary history and beauty of Pueblo pottery while bringing to life the complex narratives and stories of this most essential of Native American arts.