HELLER GALLERY
303 10th Avenue, New York, NY
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams MA
June 24 to September 25, 2021
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The Melting Point is the degree when solid becomes soft, eventually becoming liquid and a boiling point is reached. Glaze melts, clay and glass soften, surface and form become pliable. This exhibition surveys a diverse group of artists whose use of the melting point is central to their practice.
Used metaphorically, as the planet warms we are finding ourselves closer to the melting point both physically and socially. In 2020, forces combined under pressure of the COVID virus, politics exploded and nature responded with melting ice, raging fires and extreme weather. Likewise, artists use the melting point as a metaphor in their work to express their political beliefs and sound the alarm using the fragile materials of glass and ceramic.
The exhibition is a collaboration between Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA on the MASS MoCA campus and Heller Gallery, located in the Chelsea Art District of New York City. The co-curators and gallery directors are renowned specialists in their fields, Leslie Ferrin (ceramics) and Katya Heller (glass).
VIEW THE EXHIBITION CATALOG HERE
PRESENTATION at Ferrin Contemporary
PRESENTATION at Heller Gallery
EXHIBITING ARTISTS
PAST PROGRAMMING
PUBLIC EVENTS
Receptions
Thursday, June 24, 2021,
5:00pm – 8:00pm
at Heller Gallery
Saturday, July 24, 2021,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
at Ferrin Contemporary
VIDEO | PUBLIC RECEPTION | 7.24.21
exhibit tour and artist talk featuring Sydney Cash, Gregg Moore, Bobby Silverman, Raymon Elozua, Sally Silberberg, and Tom Patti
VIDEO | CURATOR CONVERSATION | 9.15.21
Rising Waters artist talk featuring Courtney M. Leonard, Paul Scott, and Norwood Viviano, moderated by Jami Powell, PhD
SELECT PRESS
MELTING POINT in the Boston Globe
8.5.21 Cate McQuaid gives a quick glance at the exhibition in The Ticket section of The Boston Globe.
Arriving at the MELTING POINT in Destination Williamstown
7.20.21 Destination Williamstown interviews Ferrin Contemporary Director Leslie Ferrin and gets to the historical heart of MELTING POINT.
Have we reached the Melting Point?
Climate change, social injustice explored in ceramic, glass works at Ferrin Contemporary.
7.16.21 Jennifer Huberdeau of The Berkshire Eagle reviews MELTING POINT.
BUSINESS MONDAY: Did people buy art during COVID?
6.28.21 Julia Dickson of The Berkshire Eagle reports on a “difficult but successful” year for Berkshire gallerists.
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