What types of art do you specialize in?

We specialize in contemporary ceramics from the 1950s onward, including clay and porcelain sculptures.

Do you offer collection services?

Yes, we work with private collectors and artist archives to organize, document, and appraise ceramic art collections for deacquisition or placement.

Can you help with exhibition development?

Absolutely, we collaborate with museums and cultural institutions to develop and present ceramic art exhibitions.

Do you provide touring programs?

Yes, we curate and organize touring exhibitions for contemporary ceramic artists.

What are legacy projects?

Legacy projects include customized services for artists, such as retrospective catalogs, exhibitions, and museum acquisitions.

Project Tag: Caroline Slotte

Jul

2019

EARTH PIECE, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Earth Piece

July 20, 2019- January 5, 2020

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Named after Yoko Ono’s 1963 Earth Piece, a score that invites the reader to “Listen to the sound of the earth turning,” this exhibition examines artists who have combined clay and ceramics with performance art, photography, conceptual art, and even land art. Far from being used as “just another material,” clay comes freighted with millennia of associations with material culture. Earth Piece highlights the work of well-known figures from the art world, as well as lesser-known artists whose work shaped the field of ceramics into a vibrant discipline that is equally at home in both domestic and contemporary spheres.

Featuring the work of Ferrin Contemporary artists:

Raymon Elozua

Caroline Slotte

Earth Piece July 20, 2019- January 5, 2020 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Going Blank”, 2010, reworked second-hand ceramics, 10″

Caroline Slotte, “Tracing Series (5)” 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 10.5″.

Caroline Slotte, “Going Blank Again” 2016, reworked second hand ceramics.

Raymon Elozua, 2016, photo: “02 Blur S&S 10-7-6_1799″ 2010, archival inkjet print, 17 x 22”; sculpture: “H: IMF-02″ 2016, terra cotta, white stoneware, glaze, steel rod, steel plate, 23.5 x 17.5 x 20”.

Dec

2017

REVIVE, REMIX, RESPOND

THE FRICK PITTSBURGH

7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA

February 17–May 27, 2018

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

In 2017, twenty contemporary artists were invited to respond to and produce new works that reference the art, objects, and social history of The Frick’s collections.

Many contemporary artists are breathing new life into the ceramic medium by reviving and reinvigorating age-old concepts. This reinvention is distilled into the use of 18th-century processes and techniques to create new motifs and the depiction of stories inspired by history — often with a commentary or critique on modern society.

This topic is particularly relevant to the current state of the ceramics and museum field as it answers the questions of how history meets contemporary. How can artists draw on the rich artistic traditions of ceramic history while reinvigorating their relevance in a society that prizes the contemporary? Likewise, how can museums use contemporary ceramic art to illuminate and reinvigorate historic collections? The Frick Pittsburgh is committed to using the voices and artworks of contemporary artists to meaningfully engage our audience and our collections with issues and ideas relevant to the present day. Revive, Remix, Respond is an exciting opportunity to continue that dialogue.

Organized by Dawn Reid Brean, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at The Frick Pittsburgh with Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary, the museum has invited artists to submit work that is inspired by, responds to, or relates to historic ceramics in The Frick Pittsburgh’s permanent collection. Highlight’s from the museum’s collection include Clayton, the historic Gilded Age home of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick and its impressive array of fine and decorative arts objects; 18th-century Chinese porcelains purchased by Frick from the collection of J. P. Morgan; and 18th-century French painting and decorative arts collected by Frick’s daughter, Helen Clay Frick.

The exhibition will consider the sources of inspiration shaping ceramics today and ways to keep clay vital in museums, schools, and artistic communities. These ideas directly relate to the organizing theme of NCECA 2018, CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture.

INSTALLATION

Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh 2018

Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Chris Antemann
Robin Best
Stephen Bowers
Bouke de Vries
Edward Eberle
Evan Hauser
Steven Young Lee
Beth Lipman
Crystal Morey
Kadri Parnamets
Peter Pincus
Kate Roberts
Justin Rothshank
Paul Scott
Cindy Sherman
Caroline Slotte
Dirk Staschke
Mara Superior
Kurt Weiser

PAST PROGRAMMING

Remix Your Friday Exhibition Preview
Friday, February 16, 5:30–7:30pm

Join us for a happy hour in The Frick Art Museum to celebrate the opening of this exhibition, Be among the first to see this unique exhibition, which features work from established and emerging artists. The evening will also feature gallery talks from exhibition curator Dawn Brean and exhibited artist Beth Lipman.

FEATURED WORKS

Robin Best, “The Knight of the Lions,” 2016, porcelain with on-glaze Xin Cai, 14.125 x 7.875 x 10.25″.

Stephen Bowers, “Flowers Fragment” 2018, white earthenware, underglaze colors, glaze, 8.75 x 8.75 x 1.6″.

Bouke de Vries, “Peacock 1″ 2016, twentieth-century Chinese porcelain bird, eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain fragments, mixed media, 24 x 13.5 x 25”.

Edward Eberle, “Subject-Predicate” 2014, porcelain with terra sigilatta, 28 x 13 x 12.5″.

Evan Hasuer, Preservation & Use #3 (Landscape with River, George Hetzel, 1880), 2018, 62 x 42″ x 2.5″.

Steven Young Lee, “Gourd Vases with Dodos” 2018, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 10 x 19 x 18”.

Beth Lipman, “Swag” 2003, vitreous china, 11 x 36 x 5″.

Crystal Morey, “Entangled Wonders: Across a Divide” 20187, porcelain, 16 x 9 x 9″.

Kadri Pärnamets, “Mining” porcelian, slip, 20.5 x 10.5 x 8″.

Peter Pincus, “Ewer, c. 1893/2018″ 2018, colored porcelain, 13 x 6 x 5”.

Kate Roberts, “Miss Havisham’s Beauty”, 2015, porcelain, 18 x 12 x 12″.

Justin Rothshank, “Andrew Carnegie Platter” 2017, 20 x 20″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Milking Time After Anton Maude” 2017, scrennprint (decal) on Portmerion porcelain platter, 13.5”x 9.25” (340mm x 235mm). One of an edition of ten.

Cindy Sherman, “Madame de Pompadour (nee Poisson)” Tureen, 1990, porcelain, 14.5 x 22 x 11.75″.

Caroline Slotte, “Going Blank Again” 2016, reworked second hand ceramics.

Dirk Staschke, “Soliloquy #1″ 2016, ceramic, shim, epoxy, 17 x 20 x 15”.

Mara Superior, “Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty/ A Collection” 2018, porcelain, underglazes, oxides, glaze, gold leaf, 12.5 x 16 x 2.5″.

Kurt Weiser, “Random House (globe)” 2017, porcelain, glaze, china paint, metal, 30 x 14 x 14″.

Oct

2017

NEW YORK CERAMIC & GLASS FAIR 2018

NYC&G FAIR 2018

Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY | January 18–21, 2018

Bringing together a carefully selected and distinguished international group of more than 25 galleries offering all things “fired” — porcelain, pottery, and glass, in a setting perfect for the exhibition and sale of important small objects.

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY presenting work by

Chris Antemann
Robin Best
Stephen Bowers
Bouke de Vries
Edward Eberle
Evan Hauser
Charlotte Hodes
Sergei Isupov
Steven Young Lee
Crystal Morey
Kadri Pärnamets
Peter Pincus
Paul Scott
Mark Shapiro
Linda Sikora
Caroline Slotte
Dirk Staschke
Mike Stumbras
Mara Superior
Susan Thayer
Kurt Weiser

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

“Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists at The NYC&GF and The Frick Pittsburgh”

Organized by Dawn Reid Brean, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at The Frick Pittsburgh, and Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary.

In 2017, twenty contemporary artists were invited to respond to and produce new works that reference the art, objects and social history of the The Frick’s collections. Selected works by these artists whose artistic practice is informed by the past will preview in a special exhibition at the NYC&GF followed by the full exhibition at The Frick Pittsburgh, February 16–April 27, 2018. Click for more.

See below for illustrated lecture by Dawn Reid Brean.

LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS

“Pincus: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood”
with Peter Pincus
Friday, January 19, 12pm

Artist Peter Pincus speaks about his research and into the Wedgwood Collections at Birmingham Museum of Art and how conversations with curator Anne Forschler of the Birmingham Museum of Art are being incorporated into his new work and teaching. Pincus is visiting assistant professor of ceramics in the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Click for more.

“Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists at The Frick Pittsburgh”
with Dawn Brean and artists TBD
Friday, January 19, 2–3:00 p.m.

Dawn Reid Brean, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts at The Frick Pittsburgh, with Leslie Ferrin of Ferrin Contemporary and artists featured in the exhibition whose work is inspired by, responds to, or relates to historic ceramics in The Frick Pittsburgh’s permanent collection. Click for more.

“Time Travel in the Period Room”
with Elisabeth Agro, Barry Harwood, Sarah Carter
Friday, January 19, 4–5:00 p.m.

Three museum curators speak about exhibitions and projects that connect past and present in innovative ways, activating spaces through collaborations with contemporary artists and interdisciplinary scholars and informing new works. The curators will share how through working with contemporary artists and interdisciplinary scholars new works evolved, historic information revealed, audiences engaged, educational programming developed and connections made to the past while reflecting on present day issues.

• Elisabeth Agro is The Nancy M. McNeil Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Sarah Anne Carter, Ph.D. is the Curator and Director of Research of the Chipstone
Foundation
• Barry R. Harwood, Ph.D. is the Curator of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum

Click for more.

“American Studio Pottery — Making of a Movement”
Adrienne Spinozzi with Linda Sikora and Mark Shapiro
Saturday, January 20, 4pm

Internationally recognized potters Linda Sikora and Mark Shapiro discuss their divergent backgrounds, training, and influences as a way to touch on significant themes in postwar North American ceramics.

Moderator Adrienne Spinozzi is Assistant Research Curator of American Decorative Arts, The American Wing, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Linda Sikora resides near Alfred NY where she has a studio practice and is a Professor or Ceramic Art at Alfred University. Mark Shapiro is a potter in Western Massachusetts. He is a frequent workshop leader, lecturer, curator, panelist, and writer, and is mentor to more than a half-dozen apprentices who have trained at his Stonepool Pottery. Click for more.

Chris Antemann, “Shell Stand” 2016, porcelain, china paint, decals, luster, 21” x 10” x 10”.

Robin Best, “The Aldrovandi Vases” 2017, porcelain, on-glaze Xin Cai, 12.5 x 5″ each.

Stephen Bowers, “Plates”, Various 2015-7

Bouke de Vries, “Peacock 1″ 2016, twentieth-century Chinese porcelain bird, eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain fragments, mixed media, 24 x 13.5 x 25”.

Edward Eberle, “The Least of Eye is Flesh” 2007, porcelain, stain, 11.25 x 17.5 x 18″.

Evan Hauser, “Preservation & Use (Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail, 1873, Albert Bierstadt)” 2017, porcelain, gold leaf, 15 x 11 2.5″.

Charlotte Hodes, “Dressed in Pattern: Portrait” 2016, handcut transfer on china, 11.25 x 29 x 1″.

Sergei Isupov, “Growth Rings” 2016, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 23 x 10 x 6.5″.

Steven Young Lee, “Gourd Vases with Dodos” 2018, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 10 x 19 x 18”.

Crystal Morey, “New Symbiosis: Pronghorn” 2017, porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 4.5″.

Kadri Pärnamets, “Picnic” 2014, porcelain, glaze, stain, 7.5 x 10.25 x 4″.

Peter Pincus, “Vase” 2018, colored porcelain, 16 x 7″.

Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Houston No:3” 2017, in-glaze decal collage on pearlware shell edge platter c 1820. 15.75 x 11.75” (400mm x 300mm).

Mark Shapiro, “MORON” double walled vase.

Linda Sikora, “Small Group” 2017–8, porcelain, stoneware, approximate sizes: kettle 10 x 11 x 9″, box 8 x 7 x 7″, stand 1.5 x 11 x 11″.

Caroline Slotte, “Going Blank Again” 2016, reworked second hand ceramics.

Dirk Staschke, “Vanitas 1″ 2015–6, ceramic, 11 x 8 x 8”.

Mara Superior, “Venus of Urbino” 2018, porcelain, underglazes, oxides, glaze, gold leaf, decal, 13 x 19 x 3″.

Susan Thayer, “Return” 2016, teapot: porcelain, china paint, glazebase: lowfire stoneware, slip, 16 x 9 x 5″.

Kurt Weiser, “Random House (globe)” 2017, porcelain, glaze, china paint, metal, 30 x 14 x 14″.

Dirk Staschke "Vanitas 1"

Oct

2017

THE WOMEN

Oct 28, 2017 – Apr 21, 2018

Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Click here for details.

Works on view include recent pieces by women whose primary medium is clay and selected works from private and artist archives by female potters and sculptors.

The Women provides Ferrin Contemporary an opportunity to highlight the range of work by women artists affiliated with the gallery program who are known for their work in ceramics.

Director Leslie Ferrin, a life long advocate for women in ceramics reflects on this moment, “It is gratifying to witness the attention to gender issues taking place throughout society. These same forces are fueling the interest in examining and bringing recognition to the overlooked contributions of women to postwar visual arts. Many of our collectors who brought a female perspective to building their collections are contributing to the public dialog by acquiring new works and making gifts to institutions. Museums are responding by offering exhibition opportunities, site specific commissions and adding to permanent collections to fill in gaps. It is an exciting time to see these changes taking place and being able to participate in the process.”

Ceramic Art and Figural Sculpture

Robin Best
Christie Brown
Caroline Cheng
Cristina Córdova
Claire Curneen
Ruth Duckworth
Viola Frey
Giselle Hicks
Coille McLaughlin Hooven
Crystal Morey
Kadri Pärnamets
Elsa Rady
Caroline Slotte
Mara Superior
Toshiko Takaezu
Susan Thayer
Patti Warashina
Beatrice Wood
Elizabeth (Betty) Woodman

Studio Pottery and Design*
Works by
Laura Andreson
Dorothy Hafner
Karen Karnes
Jenny Mendez
Linda Sikora
*available in Ferrin Contemporary square shop

Robin Best, “The Knight of the Lions,” 2016, porcelain with on-glaze Xin Cai, 14.125 x 7.875 x 10.25″.

Christie Brown, “Ghost Portrait” 2015, ceramic, 19 x 10 x 9″.

Caroline Cheng, “Prosperity V” 2007, porcelain, fabric, 71 x 71″.

Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5″.

Viola Frey, “Untitled Platter”, 1982, earthenware, slip, glaze, 25″. photo: John Polak (Pennington)

Dorothy Hafner, “Teapot, Sugar, Creamer” 1988, porcelain, underglaze.

Coille Hooven, “Second Skin” 1986, stoneware, 14.75 x 6.5 x 5.5″.

Crystal Morey, “New Symbiosis: Pronghorn” 2017, porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 4.5″.

Kadri Pärnamets, “Question of Honor — Lucretia, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5”. photo: John Polak

Elsa Rady, “Four Zig Wings”, private collection

Mara Superior, “Mother Nature Says, ‘Wake Up'” 2010, porcelain, glaze, wood, pearls, gold leaf, 17 x 22 x 2″.

Susan Thayer, “Return” 2016, teapot: porcelain, china paint, glazebase: lowfire stoneware, slip, 16 x 9 x 5″.

Patti Warashina, “Beating the Housewife Blues” 1977, white earthenware, glaze, 24 x 16 x 13.75″.

Beatrice Wood, “Not Married” 1965, clay, glaze, 16 x 17 x 13″.

Betty Woodman, “Planter” ceramic, glaze, 27 x 5.5 x 8.5″.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Beatrice Wood pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Kadri Pärnamets pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Mara Superior pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Robin Best pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Cristina Córdova pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Kadri Pärnamets pictured.

“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Caroline Slotte and Claire Curneen pictured.

The Women

Ferrin Contemporary presents selected works by women artists whose primary medium is clay. On view in the gallery and online, we introduce new works by emerging and established artists along with masterworks available from private collections and artist archives.

STUDIO POTTER: WOMEN IN CERAMICS

Winter/Spring 2017
Women in Ceramics Vol. 45 No. 1

In this issue: nine essays remembering the life of Karen Karnes, a deep investigation of the legacy of women in wood-firing, several narratives about artists’ personal journeys in clay, essays on the lives of California artist Ruth Rippon and Swedish artist Hertha Hillfon, a dynamic discussion of contemporary motherhood, international perspectives from Canada, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and India, a look at fourth-wave feminism, and more.

Click for info on Studio Potter.

Click to request complimentary issue online.

“Ruth Rippon, Her Story”
by Nancy M. Servis

Rippon’s artistic production is extensive and leaves an indelible mark on the artistic landscape of Northern California. … The breadth of her work mirrors the artist herself: technically accomplished, experimental, conceptually grounded, and quietly emotive.

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Artist Salon – Nancy M. Servis
Wednesday, November 8
at 6–8:30 pm

Project Art
54 Main St, Cummington, Massachusetts 01026

Join visiting scholar, Nancy M. Servis, from Sacramento, California, for an image-illustrated presentation ‘State of Clay: Bay Area Ceramics,’ followed by a potluck at Project Art.

From pottery to sculptural expression, Servis unveils the dynamic variety of ceramics found in Northern California. Long recognized as a vital and populous state with extensive clay deposits, California has been the home of refined vessel-makers and artistic rule-breakers for over 75 years, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Her lecture contextualizes clay’s extensive use that includes stylistic architecture in Oakland, impassioned potters like Antonio Prieto and Marguerite Wildenhain from the 1950s, and unabashed practitioners like Peter Voulkos and Robert Arneson. They along with select others like Viola Frey, Ruth Rippon, and Ron Nagle laid Nancy Servis’ groundwork for what exists today – a population of fine artist-makers whose work coexists with those who embrace sculpture or even defy ceramic tradition.

Nancy is a recognized art historian, gallerist, and author. She has served as curator, educator and arts administrator in the greater San Francisco Bay Area for over twenty years.

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May

2017

RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

January 21–24, 2016
NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY

February 13–April 17, 2016
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, US

Oct 10–Nov 14, 2015
Bluecoat Display Centre
Liverpool, England, UK

Co-curated by Paul Scott and Andrew Baseman

This group exhibition examines the contemporary artistic interest in repaired ceramics. It focuses on materially related forms and graphic material by leading contemporary artists who exploit and explore the surrounding issues of conservation, restoration, over-consumption, reuse, and recycling.

“Before the advent of modern glues, broken ceramics or glass objects were drilled, wired, stapled or riveted together, textiles used to be darned or patched. Home-made or improvised ‘make do and mend’ repairs were made to a loved plate or jug and finer variations of these techniques used by serious conservators. The preciousness of these intimately repaired objects faded with time and in conservation circles practices which interfered with the ‘integrity of the object’ became actively discouraged and disapproved. A few years ago, in spite of their beauty, rivets in plates and wired handles hugely devalued a piece of antique tableware. In some museum collections even the evidence of a staple or riveted repair would be removed and hidden if new conservations took place.

“In more recent times, as we struggle to come to terms with our over consumption of finite resources, the concept of re-cycling has become a central tenet of modern life. There is an increasing interest for crafted, restored, once loved objects so that the obviously repaired,‘traditional’ processes again appear beautiful, functional and intriguing. Whilst their display is not yet common in our public museums, private collections and interests are building. Enthusiast Andrew Baseman has a comprehensive archive of beautifully repaired glass, and ceramic objects, which he makes available to wider public though his wonderful blog.

“For many artists, re-cycling and reuse has long been a natural part of practice; as well as ecological soundness, trash is generally cheap (if not free). Existent, damaged worn or broken objects carry messages, they have already had a life and carry evidence of their journey in material fabric. This realized physicality can be used or exploited in aesthetic form, as conceptual device or collateral evidence. Discarded graphic material has long been used in collage and more recently material from industrial archives are also being used to create new iterations.”

— Paul Scott, co-curator and artist

Click here to view or download press release.

Click here to view press coverage of “Mended Ways: The Inventive Art of Repair.”

Click here to view press coverage from C-File April 28, 2016.

Click here to view the video of Paul Scott presenting work from this exhibition at the Bluecoat Display Centre in October 2015. (His segment begins at 11:55 minutes.)

May

2017

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2016

NYCGFlogo

ABOUT THE NYCGF

January 21–24, 2016
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

HOURS

Thursday to Saturday 11:00am–7:00pm
Sunday 11:00am–4:00pm (no admittance Sunday after 3:30)

EVENTS

SELECTED LECTURES
Thursday, January 21, 4pm
ANDREW BASEMAN LECTURE: Past Imperfect: The Art of Inventive Repair

Friday, January 22, 2pm
PAUL SCOTT, BOUKE DE VRIES, & LESLIE FERRIN LECTURE: Fragile Beauty: Re-animate, Repair, Meld and Mend

Saturday, January 23, 2pm
STEPHEN BOWERS LECTURE: Ming goes Bling & the Slightly Satirical Aroma of Eucalyptus

Click here for full lecture schedule.

STEVEN YOUNG LEE
Steven Young Lee, "Maebyong Vases" 2016, porcelain, white slip, glaze, 14 x 20 x 14".

KADRI PÄRNAMETS

PETER PINCUS
Peter Pincus, "Vessels" 2016, porcelain, slip, gold lustre, 21 x 30 x 8".

PAUL SCOTT

CAROLINE SLOTTE

MARA SUPERIOR

KURT WEISER
Kurt Weiser, "Seed Collector" 2016, china painted porcelain, 9.5 X 9.75".

ABOUT THE ART OF INVENTIVE REPAIR

MENDED WAYS: THE ART OF INVENTIVE REPAIR
A special exhibition presented by Andrew Baseman

“Before the invention of Krazy Glue, broken household items were brought back to life with flair and ingenuity.” Examples of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection will be complimented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

May

2017

BERNARDAUD: My Blue China

Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud presents:

My Blue China | la Mondialisation en Bleu et Blanc

December 16, 2015–February 28, 2016
Ariana Musée Suisse de la Céramique et du Verre
Avenue de la Paix 10, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

June 11–November 21, 2015
Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud
27 Avenue Albert Thomas, Limoges, France

The exhibition features Ferrin Contemporary artists Sin-ying Ho and Caroline Slotte.

Click here for Blouin Art Info review with slideshow.
Click here for CFile: My Blue China with essay by the curator Laurent de Verneuil.

Sin-ying Ho, “One World, Many Peoples No. 2″ 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze, 77 x 23.25”

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Under Blue Skies” 2015, reworked second-hand ceramics.

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.

Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Sin-ying Ho.

“Recent cases of withdrawal into cultural identity have led many artists to ponder the phenomenon of cultural globalization. “My Blue China” sheds new light on the issues at hand, bringing together the works of 12 internationally renowned contemporary artists that make explicit reference to blue and white porcelain. The exhibition shows the extent to which this universal leitmotif – whether applied to ceramics, painting, photography or video-making – refreshes our reflections on aesthetics, identity, hybrid art and cultural imperialism.”

— Laurent de Verneuil, exhibition curator

May

2017

HORIZON: Landscapes, Ceramics and Prints

Horizon: Landscapes, Ceramics and Print

June 14, 2013 – April 24, 2014
National Museum, Decorative Arts Collection, Oslo, Norway

The exhibition ‘Horizon – Landscapes, Ceramics and Print’ is a visual narrative, illustrating the journey of landscapes, images and patterns through differing media to their realisation on the blue, black, pink, white tableware of The National Museum’s Decorative Arts Collection.

Woven into the display of historical ceramics (including objects from Egersund, Rörstrand, Spode, Arabia) are etchings, engravings and lithographs, as well as objects made by contemporary artists who appropriate this historical genre to observe, record, comment and re-animate. The result is an unexpected journey through cultures, politics, histories and geographies – one that invites us to see a whole group of objects in a new way.

The exhibition includes artists such as:

Stephen Bird (Australia)
Stephen Bowers (Australia)
Robert Dawson (UK)
Leopold Foulem (Canada)
Maria Geszler (Hungary)
Trine Hovden (Norway)
Garth Johnson (USA)
Felix Hug (Switzerland)
Laura McKibbon (Canada)
Carol McNicoll (UK)
Paul Scott (UK)
Richard Shaw (USA)
Caroline Slotte (Finland)
Anne Line Sund (Norway)
Marit Tingleff (Norway)
Gerry Wedd (Australia)
Magdalena Gerber (Czech Republic)

Curator: Paul Scott in collaboration with Inger Helene Stemshaug and Knut Astrup Bull (The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design)

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) – A Willow for Ai Weiwei, Wen Tao, Liu Zhenggang, Zhang Jinsong, Hu Mingfen” 2012, in-glaze decals on partially erased Willow Pattern platter c.1840, 13.75 x 17″.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Landscape Multiples”, 2013, reworked second-hand ceramics, 20.5 x 16.5 x 2.75″

Stephen Bowers, “Antipodean Willow” 2013, press molded, earthenware, underglaze, glaze, 12 x 9.5″.

Apr

2017

Ferrin Contemporary at 1315 MASS MoCA Way

Housed in Building 13 in an airy building on MASS MoCA’s 16-acre campus in North Adams, Massachusetts, Ferrin Contemporary’s year-round location is only a short walk from the museum’s front door. Specializing in contemporary ceramic art and sculpture, the gallery offers selected works for sale by represented artists, masterworks from private collections, and curated exhibitions. Also located in the building are other galleries, The Studios at MASS MoCA and The Artist Book Foundation.

EXHIBITIONS

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Our America/Whose America?

ARE WE THERE YET?

Linda Sikora: DARKENING GROUND

Kadri Pärnamets: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER

Sergei Isupov: PAST & PRESENT

IN DIALOGUE: Cristina Córdova & Kukuli Velarde

MELTING POINT

ART IN THE AGE OF INFLUENCE: Peter Pincus | Sol LeWitt

NATURE/NURTURE

KURT WEISER: Insomnia

CRYSTAL MOREY: Venus on the Waves

JASON WALKER: Personal Encounters

LAUREN MABRY: Fused

PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood

CANARY SYNDROME

DIRECTIONS: Sergei Isupov

CRISTINA CÓRDOVA: Del balcón

THE WOMEN

SERGEI ISUPOV: Selections from Hidden Messages

POISE: Peter Christian Johnson

KNOW JUSTICE | Justin and Brooke Rothshank

RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

GLAZED & DIFFUSED

FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

Mar

2017

CAROLINE SLOTTE

CURRENT WORKS

Caroline Slotte, “Going Blank Again” 2016, reworked second hand ceramics.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Going Blank”, 2010, reworked second-hand ceramics, 10″

Caroline Slotte, “Tracing Series (5)” 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 10.5″.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Going Blank”, 2010, reworked second-hand ceramics, 10.25″

Caroline Slotte, “Tracing Series (10)” 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 8.5″.

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Landscape Multiples”, 2013, reworked second-hand ceramics, 9.75″

Caroline Slotte, from the series “Landscape Multiples” (detail), 2013, reworked second-hand ceramics, 9.75″

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EARTH PIECE, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY.July 20, 2019- January 5, 2020

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The reworking of second hand objects play a pivotal role in my practice. I manipulate found materials, primarily ceramic everyday items, so that they take on new meanings. The tensions between the recognizable and the enigmatic, the ordinary and the unexpected are recurring thematic concerns.

Material has a key role in what I define as my point of departure in contemporary art. It is not, however, merely the physical and aesthetic qualities that interest me, but also the associations and references inherent in the material.

Many of the objects that I choose to rework carry within them a rich history, a cultural background that I can pull from. In that way, I can count on the objects triggering associations and my role in the process becomes one of pointing to the material and the stories inherent in it.

To me choosing a material-based starting point means allowing the work process to take the form of a discussion. It means accepting a certain number of limitations. My main reason for doing so is that I find it intellectually challenging. I set myself a task, and the task is to follow the direction that the material indicates, to allow myself to be led. – Caroline Slotte, 2014

RESUME

CAROLINE SLOTTE

Caroline Slotte (b. 1975 Helsinki, Finland) holds an MA in Ceramics from Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway, in addition to education from Denmark and Finland. From 2007 to 2011 Slotte was a research fellow in the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme. Affiliated with Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Dept of Specialised Art, she was also a member of the interdisciplinary research project Creating Art Value, funded by the Research Council of Norway.

The reworking of second hand objects play a pivotal role in Caroline Slotte´s practice. She manipulates found materials, primarily ceramic everyday items, so that they take on new meanings. The tensions between the recognizable and the enigmatic, the ordinary and the unexpected are recurring thematic concerns. More recent explorations reveal an expanded interest in material perception and material recognition, teasing out situations where the initial visual identification fails resulting in an unsettling state of material confusion. Demonstrating an engaged sensitivity towards the associations, memories and narratives inherent in the objects, Slotte´s intricate physical interventions allows us to see things we would otherwise not have seen.

Slotte´s works have been exhibited internationally and acquired by, among others, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, the Design Museum in Helsinki and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Oslo.

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EARTH PIECE, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY.July 20, 2019- January 5, 2020

REVIVE, REMIX, RESPOND The Frick Pittsburgh 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh Group show of contemporary artists who are breathing new life into the ceramic medium by reinvigorating age-old motifs, processes, and...

Revive, Remix, Respond: Contemporary Ceramic Artists and The Frick Pittsburgh February 17–May 27, 2018 Revive, Remix, Respond Showcases contemporary artists who are breathing new life into the ceramic medium by...

Art | Caroline Slotte’s Second-hand Sandblasted Ceramic Reimaginings

RE—REANIMATE, REPAIR, MEND AND MELD co-curated by Paul Scott and Andrew Baseman a group show of work by contemporary ceramic artists explores the issues of conservation, restoration, over-consumption, reuse, and…

YEAR IN REVIEW 2015 A review of last year's highlights and trends with special thanks to all who made it possible with their art, interest, encouragement, and support. Click here...

Exhibition | “My Blue China: The Colors of Globalization” at Foundation Bernardaud The July 7, 2015 edition of CFile presented an essay by Laurent de Verneuil, curator of the My Blue…

“Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud Presents My Blue China Exhibition” by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, Blouin Art Info May 29, 2015 In their effort to “showcase how much ceramics is used around the world…

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7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA February 17–May 27, 2018

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