IN THE GALLERY

Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND, installation view, 2023. Photo by John Polak.
Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND, installation view, 2023. Photo by John Polak.
Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND, installation view, 2023. Photo by John Polak.
Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND, installation view, 2023. Photo by John Polak.

Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND

At Ferrin Contemporary | April 22 – June 11, 2023

ALSO IN THE GALLERY

Paul Scott, "Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Broken Treaties, Standing Rock, After Ryan Vizzions, with Mega Mae Plenty Chief, Lakota Oyate on horseback, No. 3", 2022, transfer print collage on Wm Penn's Treaty transferware plate by Thomas Goodwin c.1835, 10.5 x 10.5 x 1.25". Red, blue, and white transferware plate, with updated decal imagery of Standing Rock, ND. The imagery is of Mega Mae Plenty Chief, a Lakota Oyate on horseback, posed in front of the police and military present and opposing. They are the single figure if front of the entire army presence, signifying the resistance to drilling for oil in the US on Native American Lands. Subject matter for the artwork includes the following artist series: New American Scenery, Native American, Antique, Energy, Environment, Race, Indigeneity

Paul Scott | Views of New York & Broken Treaties

Part of SELECT WORKS At Ferrin Contemporary | Spring, 2023

Celebrating 40 + Years of Ceramic Art in The Berkshires & Beyond

Connecting Artists, Collectors & Art Professionals by Developing Exhibitions, Creative Projects, & Collaboration Opportunities

EXHIBITIONS

Current Projects & Museum Exhibitions

"Conversing in Clay: Ceramics from the LACMA Collection", at LACMA, Lost Angeles, CA, August 7, 2022 - May 21, 2023. Installation view of Courtney Leonard, "Red Algae | Log:17-1", 2016, ceramics, coiled and woven earthenware, steel base, 19 x 20 x 6". Collection of the Crocker Museum of Art. "Red Algae | Log:17-1" from Leonard's "Abundance" Collection. The pieces shown in the photo are coiled, basket bowls. Courtney Leondard's work is made of brown clay and net-like coils and the smaller artwork is a white ceramic bowl, about half the size of Leonard's piece. both works are casting dynamic shadows that display the intricate and dramatic patterns.

ARTISTS

Artist Portfolios & News

Chris Antemann, "Flames and Feathers I and II (A Pair of Tulip Vases from A Place for Flowers Series)", 2022, Porcelain, Right Facing (I): 17.5 x 15 x 13”, Left Facing (II): 18.5 x 12 x 13”.

COLLECTIONS

Available Works & Selections from Collections

Linda Sikora, 'Faux Wood Group'. 2014-2018, stoneware, polychrome glaze, group footprint 12" x 3' x 2', Individual works: 5"-12" in height. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2021. John Polak Photography - selection of ceramic vessels with faux-wood surface decoration.

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