Project Tag: contemporary ceramics

04
May
2017
SERGEI ISUPOV: The Rising

SERGEI ISUPOV: The Rising

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY presents
SERGEI ISUPOV: THE RISING at

March 3–6, 2016
Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE NEW YORK 2016
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street, NYC

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The Rising, a solo installation by Sergei Isupov presents his first eight-foot colossal figural sculpture​,​ ​”Risen”. ​​S​urrounded by mural style paintings that incorporate his small sculptures​, ​t​he standing male figure features back-to-back paintings of ​”Man” and “Woman.” This piece, “Risen,” built of several interlocking sections, is completely illustrated—part tattoo, part in-the-round paintings. Smaller, related works provide a more intimate view into Isupov’s erotic surrealism that engages an animated push-pull dialog between surface and form, two and three dimensions, and the opposing and complementary.
 
In his first massive-scale figure and related installation, Isupov continues his exploration of opposites. Emotional exchanges between men and women allude to romance, an affair, or simply a mystery. Our own imaginations are asked to fill in and finish the narrative using personal associations. His debate is not in a tradition of good vs. evil, man against woman, instead he asks us to observe distinctions and relationships and to examine what lies between.

ABOUT SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA) at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

THE PULSE PRIZE

Sergei Isupov is a nominee for the PULSE PRIZE, a jury-awarded cash grant given to an artist of distinction featured in a solo exhibition at the fair.

EVENTS + HOURS

Thursday, March 3
Private Preview Brunch (by VIP invitation), 10–1pm
Public Hours 1–6
Young Collectors Cocktails 6–8 (by invitation only)

Friday, March 4
Public Hours, 11am–8pm
Museum Member Hours, 5–8pm

Saturday, March 5, 11am–8pm
Sunday, March 6, 11am–8pm

Public Transit

1 train at 18th Street and 7th Avenue
F, M trains at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue
1,2,3 trains at 14th Street and 7th Avenue
F, M trains at 14th Street and 6th Avenue

A complimentary shuttle bus will run between PULSE New York and The Armory Show at Piers 92 & 94.

PULSE NEW YORK is recognized for providing its international community of emerging and established galleries with a dynamic platform for connecting with a global audience. PULSE offers visitors an engaging environment in which to discover and collect the most compelling contemporary art being produced today.

Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary. Shown here: “Motivation” 11.5 x 4 x 13″ and “Inspiration” 11.5 x 4 x 12″, 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze.
Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary. Shown here: “Distraction” detail, 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, 25 x 10.5 x 7.5″.
Leslie Ferrin with Sergei Isupov in “The Rising” at PULSE NY 2016 presented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Sergei Isupov, “Risen” 2016, stoneware, slip, glaze, 8′.
Sergei Isupov, “Risen” 2016, stoneware, slip, glaze, 8′.
Sergei Isupov, “Risen” detail, 2016, stoneware, slip, glaze, 8′.
Sergei Isupov, “Risen” detail, 2016, stoneware, slip, glaze, 8′.
Sergei Isupov, “Motivation” 11.5 x 4 x 13″ and “Inspiration” 11.5 x 4 x 12″, 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze.
Sergei Isupov, “Inspiration” 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11.5 x 4 x 12″.
Sergei Isupov, “Motivation” 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11.5 x 4 x 13″.
Sergei Isupov, “Distraction” detail, 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, 25 x 10.5 x 7.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
04
May
2017
SERGEI ISUPOV: Head On

SERGEI ISUPOV: Head On

January 7 – March 3, 2016

SOLO EXHIBITION

de Menil Gallery at Groton School

282 Farmers Row, Route 111, Groton, MA

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Head On" painting in Installation View, 2016.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Groton, Mass. –

Sergei Isupov’s solo exhibition, Head On, will run through March 3, 2016 at the de Menil Gallery at Groton School in Groton. It features Isupov’s ceramic sculpture, exploring the literal and metaphoric form of the human head. Selections from Isupov’s recent work are combined with pieces from the span of his career, to illustrate a progression and continuance of ideas about the relationships between the head, face, and body.

Through this exhibition Isupov wants viewers to contemplate the head and imagine the invisible body, continuing the story on their own and as their own. Isupov’s surrealist works pulse with life in an animated dialog between surface and form. The heads are painted with detailed imagery depicting emotional exchanges between men and women. It is easy to get drawn in by allusions to romance, or mysteries, and then our own imaginations finish the cycle by personal associations. “I chose the focus of this show to be the form of the head, both as a physical object and as the subject to convey human experience,” Isupov says. “The subject matter I address on the surface through painted images draws from stories first experienced, then remembered, and finally told.”

The de Menil Gallery presents Sergei Isupov in HEAD ON. Located at the Groton School, The de Menil Gallery is a state-of-the-art gallery with approximately 900 square feet of exhibition space. 

Click here to view and download press release.

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View. Sergei Isupov, "Risen", 2016 in Installation View, 2016.

ARTWORKS IN THE INSTALLATION

The Installation displays 20 artworks, including two works that are among the largest pieces produced by Isupov in an exhibition.

“Head On“, 2016, an 9 x 11′ Site-specific Wall Painting

“Risen”, 2016, an 8′ Multi-Part Sculpture.

Additional pieces were pulled from the artist’s archives and range in dates from 1995 – 2016.

HEAD ON

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Head On" painting in Installation View, 2016.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.

RISEN

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

Public Lecture and Discussion with the Artist
The public is invited to an Artist’s Lecture on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the de Menil
Gallery. Isupov will share his exploration of the theme, Head On, followed by a discussion.

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Boxer", 2009 in Installation View, 2016.
04
May
2017
Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE MIAMI 2015

Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE MIAMI 2015

Ferrin Contemporary presents
Cristina Córdova in ISLA SALVAJE (wild island) at

PULSE logo

December 1–5, 2015
Indian Beach Park, 4601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Booth S-113

Cristina is a nominee for the PULSE Prize, a cash grant awarded to an artist of distinction exhibiting a solo presentation at the fair.

EVENTS + HOURS

Tuesday, December 1
Private Preview Brunch By VIP Invitation, 1–4pm
Opening Celebration, 4pm–7pm

Wednesday, December 2, 10am–7pm
Thursday, December 3, 10am–7pm
Friday, December 4, 10am–7pm
Saturday, December 5, 10am–5pm
Sunset Celebration, 5pm–7pm

PULSE MIAMI is located at Collins Avenue and 46th Street right next to the Eden Roc Hotel and with direct access from the beach and boardwalk. PULSE is recognized for providing its international community of emerging and established galleries with a dynamic platform for connecting with a global audience. PULSE offers visitors an engaging environment in which to discover and collect the most compelling contemporary art being produced today.

Cristina Córdova, “Dibujo en Barro” 2015, clay, pigments, 96 x 72″.
Cristine Córdova, “Untitled” detail, 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, 34 x 23 x 12″.
Cristina Córdova, “De mi isla salvaje (from my wild island)” 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, tiles 93 x 70″, figure 53 x 25 x 17″.
Cristina Córdova, “De mi isla salvaje (from my wild island)” 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, tiles 93 x 70″, figure 53 x 25 x 17″.
Ferrin Contemporary booth featuring Cristina Córdova at PULSE Miami 2015.
04
May
2017
BERNARDAUD: My Blue China

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

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“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

04
May
2017
GLAZED & DIFFUSED

GLAZED & DIFFUSED

June 20 – August 16, 2015

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FERRIN CONTEMPORARY

1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.
Glazed & Diffused, group exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary, 2015
Glazed & Diffused, group exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary, 2015

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

North Adams, MA —

Glazed & Diffused is a survey exhibition focused on a select group of international artists, from George Ohr (b. 1857) to several mid-career artists chosen from the exhibition Ceramic Top 40. These artists use fired clay and glaze pigment to convey abstract content. Their sculpture, objects, vessels, tile, and site-specific installations reveal intended, abstract results using fluidity, abstraction, and color theory.

Spanning eight weeks this summer, Glazed and Diffused will bring attention to the lively dialogue surrounding the dissolution of categorical constraints in institutions and the art market through programming that includes panel discussions, DISH + DINE events and Artist Salons

“Over the course of my career, I have witnessed both the emergence of abstract clay sculpture in the late 1950s and 60s and its re-emergence as a fine art trend fully integrated into contemporary art market.  In 2015 fine artists are regularly creating objects and sculpture in clay alongside their works in painting and various other mediums, and likewise their galleries are mounting solo and group exhibitions inclusive of ceramics.”

“Within encyclopedic museums, the permanent collections and period rooms are offering new contexts for contemporary ceramic art to be considered both chronologically and thematically alongside parallel artwork in all media. The “Dirt on Delight” exhibition presented in 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, was the important seminal museum survey that ignited interest and marked the moment when ceramics not only garnered the attention of New York’s illustrious art critics, such as Roberta Smith, but also that of the Chelsea galleries who began to focus attention on a younger generation alongside the known masters of the medium — Viola Frey, Betty Woodman, Peter Voulkos, Ken Price and Robert Arneson.

“Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay,” curated by Ingrid Shaffner and Jenelle Porter, was accompanied by a catalog that included Glenn Adamson’s essay “Sloppy Seconds: The Strange Return of Clay.” Since that moment,  curators have turned their sights towards ceramics in survey exhibitions organized during Pacific Time in California, by Crystal Bridges, the Venice Biennale, and the Whitney Biennial. (In 2014, the Whitney Biennial featured sculpture by ceramic master John Mason alongside younger counterparts who have only recently aligned with the medium.)” – Leslie Ferrin, Curator

Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.
Lauren Mabry, “Contain or Deliver” 2015, red earthenware, glaze, 11 x 19 x 18″
Glazed & Diffused, group exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary, 2015
Jae Yong Kim, “Donut Madness” detail, 2013, ceramic, lustre glaze, glaze, Swarovski crystals, 57 x 57 x 1.5″.
Linda Sormin, “Just So You Know” detail, 2015, ceramic, glaze, 29 x 33.5 x 21″.
Robert Silverman, “Tirana (inspired by Rana) 2015, 15 x 10′.
George Ohr, Three Vases, “Green & Indigo Large Dimpled Vase with Ruffled Rim” 5 x 5 x 5, “Folded Vessel, Vivid Indigo” 1897–1900, 4 x 4.5 x 4.5″, “Dimpled Brown Vase” 5 x 3.75 x 3.75″.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

PRESS & PROGRAMMING

View Press Release •  HERE  •

View Event Press Release •  HERE  •

PAST EVENTS

OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, June 20, 4 to 6 pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Meet artists Raymon Elozua, Lauren Mabry, Peter Pincus, Robert Silverman, and Linda Sormin.

ARTIST SALON AND SUNDAY BRUNCH
Sunday, June 21, 11 am to 1 pm | Project Art, 54 Main Street, Cummington

Visual presentations and roundtable discussion with artists Raymon Elozua, Lauren Mabry, Robert Silverman, and Linda Sormin

PANEL DISCUSSION: “CLAY IS HOT! Good Better Best”
Sunday, July 19, 3 pm | 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Collecting ceramics from George Ohr to Ai Weiwei — Antiques Roadshow regulars Suzanne Perrault and David Rago, along with the consulting producer Daniel Farrell will discuss collecting ceramics made in the late 1800s through today. The panel, moderated by Ferrin Contemporary director, Leslie Ferrin, will focus on provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics.for a panel discussion moderated by Leslie Ferrin about provenance, connoisseurship, and values in ceramics, pottery, and porcelain 1900 to the present.Guests will have a chance to view the exhibition, GLAZED & DIFFUSED, before the panel discussion and afterwards during a wine and cheese reception in the gallery.

DISH & DINE
Sunday, July 19, 6:30 to 9 pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Following the panel discussion and reception, enjoy dinner in the gallery with collectors, artists, and panelists. Gramercy Bistro, MASS MoCA’s in-house bistro, will serve modern fare made from locally-sourced food. Ceramic artist Michael McCarthy will provide the handmade dinnerware. Limited space and fee for the dinner.
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STUDIO AND GALLERY VISIT
Saturday, August 8, 2015 | Kinderhook, New York
Visit Raymon Elozua’s studio in Mountain Dale, NY, and tour of the El Anatusui exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School in nearby Kinderhook. Trip and transportation organized by Ferrin Contemporary. Limited space and fee.TO RSVP More…

DOWNSTREET NORTH ADAMS
Thursdays, June 25 and July 30, August 27, and September 24, 6 to 8 pm | Ferrin Contemporary | 1315 MASS MoCA Way and throughout North Adams

Ferrin Contemporary and other DownStreet art venues and galleries, stores, and restaurants will extend their hours on the last Thursday of the summer months to celebrate the arts.

 

ARTIST TALK WITH ROBERT SILVERMAN AND CLOSING RECEPTION
Sunday, August 16, 3–5pm | Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Artist Robert Silverman will talk about his inspiration for “Tirana” a featured piece in the GLAZED & DIFFUSED exhibition. Eddie Rama, artist and mayor of Tirana, Albania, who transformed the city with color, was Silverman’s inspiration for this piece. After the talk, join us for the closing reception of GLAZED & DIFFUSED.

04
May
2017
SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

May 1–16, 2015
KASHER|POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York, NY
PREVIEW OF FALL SOLO EXHIBITION
Becoming Human – Becoming Animal  

In 2015 Isupov returns to his iconic form of the Humanimal, a series of standing oversized figurines.
A sculptural surrealist, this group of four are the latest in Isupov’s lifetime series of transforming, anthropomorphic sculptures that explore human relationships by blending expression and gesture of the combined species.

The fall exhibition will build on the works shown in this spring preview at KASHER | POTAMKIN.

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin and Andi Potamkin invite you for
BRUNCH & CONVERSATION
Sat, May 16, 11–1 at KASHER | POTAMKIN

ABOUT SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov, “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 11 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 11 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Something to Think About” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10.5 x 10.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Something to Think About” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10.5 x 10.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Butterfly Catcher” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 9 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Butterfly Catcher” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 9 x 7″.
04
May
2017
FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

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

Family Affair: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Apr 25–June 7, 2015
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

FAMILY AFFAIR is a show of porcelain work by the three members of Isupov-Pärnamets family. Five-year-old Roosi Isupov and her parents, Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets, spend half their year in Estonia and half in the US. They speak Russian, Estonian, English, and a visual language rich with complex imagery. Their work, spoken in a universal language of art, reveals courageous inquiries into what it is to be human — intense explorations of self, relationship, and family. This is a show of their most recent work  produced during the last seven months at Project Art in Cummington, MA, USA.

Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Click here to view more work by Sergei Isupov.
Click here to view more work by Kadri Pärnamets.

Click here for press release.

 

Kadri Pärnamets, “Nymph of Spring” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 13 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Roosi Isupov, plate, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″. photo: John Polak
Roosi Isupov, “Dream of an Angel” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “The Customer” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 19 x 14.5 x 6.5″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Question of Honor — Lucretia, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5”. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “St. Agnes, after Andrea di Bonaluto (14th century), porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 13 x 11.5”.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” bottom, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Crosscurrent” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11.5 x 23 x 6″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sauna” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 11 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Beach Combers” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 13.5 x 7 x 3″.
Sergei Isupov, “Secret Service” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8 x 7 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 9 x 5.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 14 x 9 x 5.5″ and “Order” 9 x 8 x 6.5″, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze.
Sergei Isupov, “Order” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 8 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
04
May
2017
EVERYTHING IS ALL WHITE: The New Year Show

EVERYTHING IS ALL WHITE: The New Year Show

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

January 8 – February 21, 2015
KASHER | POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York
kasherpotamkin.com

An exhibition of over thirty multigenerational artists tied together by the crisp and pure color of fresh snow. Show features work by Ferrin Contemporary artists Sergei Isupov and Vipoo Srivilasa.

Click here to inquire about available works.

ABOUT KASHER | POTAMKIN

Kasher | Potamkin is a boutique-meets-gallery concept located in the heart of Chelsea. Handcrafted, rare objects, and unique works of art and design are presented in an intimate, home-like environment, expanding the conversation on integrating art and life.

Sergei Isupov, "Seeds" 2009, stoneware, 29 x 19 x 18".
Sergei Isupov, "Bullseye" 2009, stoneware, 28.5 x 17 x 17".
Sergei Isupov, "Horsepower" 2009, stoneware, 32 x 19 x 17".

Sergei Isupov, "To Listen with Half and Ear" (edition of 6), 2003, vitreous china, 6 x 23 x 16".
Vipoo Srivilasa, "The Patience Flower" 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6".
Vipoo Srivilasa, "The Patience Flower" 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6".
04
May
2017
BRIDGE 13: Jason Walker at Society for Contemporary Craft

BRIDGE 13: Jason Walker at Society for Contemporary Craft

Jason Walker at Bridge 13

on view through August 22, 2015
Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh,

Walker’s show features painted porcelain sculptures that depict the intersecting world where nature and technology meet. Painting on sculptures of woodland animals, Walker focuses on the landscape at the point where industrial elements impose on and merge into shared environments.

At the Walker is one of three artists with solo exhibitions in “Bridge 13.”

 

EVENTS

Thursday, April 16, at 6:30
ARTIST TALK
Carnegie Museum of Art theater

Walker will discuss the way technology has changed our perceptions of nature and how he combines animal imagery with industrial elements to convey these ideas.

Saturday, April 18, from 1 – 4pm
ARTIST WORKSHOP

Walker will discuss the works in the show followed by a hands-on workshop in SCC’s studio, giving participants a chance to try making ceramic objects.

Both events are co-sponsored by Society for Contemporary Craft and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Click here for more information.

Thursday–Saturday, April 16–18
WEEKEND WITH THE ARTIST

Join us for a weekend in Pittsburgh with Jason Walker

In addition to the Artist Talk and Workshop noted above, other events will include a studio visit with ceramic artist Edward Eberle, tour of ceramic collection at Carnegie Museum of Art, Alan G. and Jane A. Lehman Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the museum and a guided house tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.

Rooms have been set aside at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel for the weekend.
Call 412-562-1200 or click here to visit their website and use the code WALKER WEEKEND ROOM BLOCK when making your reservations.

Click here to inquire about the weekend.

 

Cover of Bridge 13: Jason Walker print piece

BRIDGE 13: Jason Walker

This brochure, published by the Society for Contemporary Craft, includes biographical information on Walker as well as an essay by William L. Fox.

“A growing number of artists tread warily along the boundaries of culture and nature as the human footprint becomes increasingly obvious and inescapable, and the ironies multiply. … Walker’s work is a form of public prayer for our safety and preservation. How fortunate and useful it is that the sculptures are also beautiful.” — William L. Fox, Director of the Center for Art + Environment, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada

Click here to view.

Jason Walker, “Threadfin Jack” 2015, porcelain, underglaze, wood and spray paint, 12″ x 10″ x 19″.
Jason Walker, “Threadfin Jack” 2015, porcelain, underglaze, wood and spray paint, 12″ x 10″ x 19″.
Jason Walker, “Staring Into the Crystal Ball” 2015, porcelain, underglaze china paint, wood, spray paint, 15″x 10″ x 5.5″.
Jason Walker, “Staring Into the Crystal Ball” 2015, porcelain, underglaze china paint, wood, spray paint, 15″x 10″ x 5.5″.
Jason Walker, “Flash Flood” 2007, porcelain, 17 x 18 x 7″.
Jason Walker Red Bird at Bridge 13
Jason Walker, “Standing in the Grass” 2009, porcelain, underglaze, plastic tubing, resin, 19 x 20 x 7″
Jason Walker, “Standing in the Grass” 2009, porcelain, underglaze, plastic tubing, resin, 19 x 20 x 7″.
Jason Walker, “Wildflowers” 2015, porcelain, stoneware, china paint, wood, spray paint, 23 x 20 x 20″.
Jason Walker, “Wildflowers” 2015, porcelain, stoneware, china paint, wood, spray paint, 23 x 20 x 20″.
Jason Walker, “Wildflowers” 2015, porcelain, stoneware, china paint, wood, spray paint, 23 x 20 x 20″.
04
May
2017
A CLAY BESTIARY

A CLAY BESTIARY

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

September 27, 2014—January 4, 2015
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

This ceramics exhibition focuses on the animal kingdom, offering visitors the opportunity to see real and imaginary creatures of all shapes and sizes in fresh and unique ways. The works chosen are not ‘”literal” representations or depictions of animals, but artists’ concepts and interpretations.

This group show includes the work of Ferrin Contemporary artists Jason Walker, Red Weldon Sandlin, and Sergei Isupov.

EVENTS

September 28, 2pm
Artist talk with Garth Johnson

Sergei Isupov, “Strong” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14.5 x 7.5 x 7.5″.
Garth Johnson, “The Shar-pei Immortals” 2010, porcelain, 11.5 x 6.5 x 6.5”.
Jason Walker, “City Animal: Squirrel” 2008, porcelain, underglaze, luster, 17 x 10 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Future” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 15.5 x 6 x 8″.
Red Weldon Sandlin, “The Hurtea Gurdy Tales: A Nickel for the Monkey” 2006, ceramic, wood, acrylic paint, 16.5 x 11.5 x 11″, book 1 x 12 x 9″.
Red Weldon Sandlin, “Mystic Caravans of Dragon’s Well… Chapter Four” detail, 2000, clay, wood, acrylic, 18.5 x 13 x 5.5″.