Project Tag: Independent Art Projects

09
May
2017
BEATRICE WOOD

BEATRICE WOOD

ARTWORKS

LUSTER VESSELS, SCULPTURES & DRAWINGS

Beatrice Wood’s use of lustre glazes as a primary surface decoration enhanced her myriad of forms with an amazing iridescence, particularly notable on Chalice and Plate forms (like the pieces featured below) which are a signature of and now symbol for the artist herself.

Beatrice Wood, “Chalice”, 1990, raku-fired glazed earthenware, 8 x 7.5 x 7.5″
Beatrice Wood, “Lava Glaze Bowl” c. 1950-60, 5 x 11.5 x 11.5″.

DRAWINGS & PAINTINGS

Beatrice Wood, “Untitled”, c. 1978, watercolor, graphite on paper (framed), 10 x 8″.
Beatrice Wood, “Men are not to be looked at”, 1978, colored pencil, pencil on paper, 10.625 x 13.625″.

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ABOUT

BEATRICE WOOD

Spanning the time period from the late 1950s to mid 1990s, this preliminary selection includes works by acclaimed artist Beatrice Wood.  It provides collectors and institutions the opportunity to add works with detailed provenance to their collections by the recognized masters of their mediums.

For more information and pricing on available artwork,
please contact Ferrin Contemporary

ABOUT | BEATO

Beatrice Wood (1893–1998) lived a long artistic life and is associated with the Avant Garde Dada movement. She began working in ceramics in the 1930s mastering and producing lusterware as well as narrative figures and wall tiles, loosely formed and humorous in subject matter.

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EDUCATION
Ceramics with Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Los Angeles, 1940
University of Southern California (with Glen Lukens), 1938
Hollywood High School, Adult Education Department, CA
Ceramics Class, 1933
Finch School, New York, 1911
Academie Julien, Paris, 1910

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
1999 Beatrice Wood, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Drawing for Life, Achim Moeller Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Beatrice Wood: A Centennial Tribute, (traveling) American Craft Museum, New York, NY, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL; The Butler Museum, Youngstown, OH
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Beatrice Wood: Aphrodisia, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City, MO
1992 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Kansas City, MO
1991 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Intimate Appeal, The Figurative Art of Beatrice Wood, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (traveling)
1989 Suzanne Hilberry Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1988 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA
1987 SPARC (Social and Public Arts Resource Center), Los Angeles, CA
1986 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Hilberry Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Beatrice Wood: A Legend, Fresno Art Center and Museum, Fresno, CA
1985 Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA
1984 Beatrice Wood: Retrospective, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA
1983 Beatrice Wood Retrospective, (traveling), Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton and Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1982 Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Beatrice Wood: A Very Private View, Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978 Beatrice Wood: Ceramics and Drawings, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1973 Beatrice Wood: A Retrospective, Phoenix Art Museum, AZ (traveling)
1964 California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1962 Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
1959 Ceramics: Beatrice Wood, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
1955 Ceramics by Beatrice Wood, American Gallery, Statler Center, Los Angeles, CA (traveling)
1951 B. Wood – Ceramics, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
1949 Ceramics of Beatrice Wood, American House, New York, NY

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY
Detroit Institute for the Arts, Detroit, MI
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Museum of Arts and Design, NY
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

AWARDS
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award NCECA Award
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA to India – exhibition and lecture tour

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04
May
2017
POISE: Peter Christian Johnson

POISE: Peter Christian Johnson

POISE: Peter Christian Johnson

November 18–December 31, 2016
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

EVENTS
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, 4–6pm

“POISE explores the tension between acts of labor and collapse, between precision and failure.  It is a meditation on entropy that uses Gothic cathedrals as a foil to examine the dichotomy of beauty and loss. For this exhibition Johnson has created a series of highly organized architectural forms based on the floor plans of historic cathedrals. These forms are distorted and deconstructed under the weight of the glaze in an attempt to find virtue in brokenness.” — Peter Christian Johnson

Click here to view more work by Peter Christian Johnson.
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EXHIBITION CATALOG

PURCHASE

Glenn Adamson has written an insightful essay on Johnson and his work in POISE.

“In the kiln, the works melt, crumpling into themselves. The ceramic grid is unable to support its own weight, and that of the heavy, glassy, colored material on top. By the time the piece is fully fired, it seems on the verge of total collapse, a few degrees of heat away from becoming a heap of slag. And that, of course, is just how Johnson wants it.”

Click here to view catalog online.

Installation view of “POISE: Peter Christian Johnson.” © John Polak
Installation view of “POISE: Peter Christian Johnson.” © John Polak
Installation view of “POISE: Peter Christian Johnson.” © John Polak
Peter Christian Johnson, portrait by John Polak.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Little Gidding” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 15 x 31 x 14″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “The Waste Land” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 15 x 29 x 13″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Preludes” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 14 x 29 x 13″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Little Gidding” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 15 x 31 x 14″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “The Hollow Men” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 18 x 29 x 11″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Burnt Norton” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 14 x 35 x 17″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “East Coker” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 14 x 28 x 16″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “East Coker” detail, 2016, porcelain, glaze, 14 x 28 x 16″.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Ash Wednesday” 2016, porcelain, glaze, 15 x 15 x 12″.
04
May
2017
KNOW JUSTICE | Justin and Brooke Rothshank

KNOW JUSTICE | Justin and Brooke Rothshank

INSTALLATION AT FERRIN CONTEMPORARY

September 10-November 12, 2016 | 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

KNOW JUSTICE presents a two-person show by Justin and Brooke Rothshank focusing on American politics, the Supreme Court, and presidential history. Brooke’s miniature watercolor portraits are complemented by Justin’s decal-printed tableware.

“We believe that artwork and creativity are a catalyst for social change and economic improvement as well as enhancing everyday lives with beauty. Art gives a voice to the voiceless, enables self understanding, and provides a window into other cultures. These are among the reasons we have chosen to pursue lives as working artists.”

“We’ve grown up and live in a Mennonite community where simplicity, functionality, craftsmanship, and knowledge have been valued and taught. These values have shaped our personal and professional lives. At times, its been difficult to see where fine art and craft fit within this context, but these have also felt like important themes to fall back on.”

“This show is about a general introduction of the Supreme Court Justices, and our country’s long history of elected government leadership. The supreme court has shaped the laws of our country for generations. Perhaps more now than ever before the court has become part of the context of political and social conversation. Knowing these leaders, how they lean politically, who appointed them, and what they stand for is a way to start a conversation about how justice is shaped in our country.

“This show is about the conversation. What we make is simple and functional. We value good craftsmanship and knowledge. Our pots and paintings are influenced by our own research, and also by the framework in which we live. They are distinctly American, but shaped by our awareness of a larger world view.”

-Brooke and Justin Rothshank

Click here to view more of Brooke and Justin Rothshank’s work.
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KNOW JUSTICE: Brooke & Justin Rothshank

PAST PROGRAMMING & EVENTS

EVENTS

PRESIDENTIAL TABLE PREVIEW
Beginning Saturday, August 13, 2016
As a preview to the show, this tablescape presents place settings of ceramic pieces representing the 44 presidents.

CLAY POLITICS | MEET THE ARTIST
Saturday, October 15, 2016
with Justin Rothshank and Elenor Wilson, editor Studio Potter Journal
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January 19–22, 2017

Selections from KNOW JUSTICE: Brooke and Justin Rothshank
New York Ceramic & Glass Fair, Bohemian Hall, NYC

ongoing
ONLINE SHOP

Click here to browse the full line of Rothshank pieces available on their website.
Click here to browse additional pieces available from Ferrin Contemporary. Other small works and catalogs are also available in our online shop.

04
May
2017
RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

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

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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.)

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STEPHEN BOWERS

BOUKE de VRIES

RUAN HOFFMANN

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SERGEI ISUPOV

GARTH JOHNSONGarth Johnson, "Manifest Destiny (Currier and Ives - American Homestead - Spring #755)" 2010, Bing & Grondahl limited edition Currier and Ives porcelain plate, decal, 8".

ADAM LEFEBVREFerrinLeFebvre35725vesselLW

FRANCES PALMERFerrinPalmer357223SpoutTulipiereLW

PAUL SCOTTPaul Scott, "Scott's Cumbrian Blue(s), Fukushima No: 5," 2015, glaze, decal, c. 1965 Japanese Willow platter, brass pins, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 14 x 18.75 x 2".

CAROLINE SLOTTECaroline Slotte, "Tracing Series (11)" 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 8".

MARA SUPERIORMara Superior, "Wounded Beauty" 2014, porcelain, cobalt, glaze, gold luster, metal wire, 12 x 15 x 5.5".

AI WEIWEIA Weiwei 35698 sphere1 600px sW

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.

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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
MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA

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OCTOBER 18–NOVEMBER 16


Featuring works by Robin Best, Caroline Cheng, Sin-ying Ho, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

1315 MASS MoCA Way
NORTH ADAMS, MA

OPENING RECEPTION + GALLERY TALK
Saturday, October 18, 2014, 5-7

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DECEMBER 2–7

Featuring works by Julie Bartholomew, Caroline Cheng, Sin-ying Ho, Garth Johnson, Paul Mathieu, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

Midtown/Wynwood District NE 1st Avenue @ NE 34th Street 
Miami, Florida

MEET THE ARTISTS
Friday, December 5     BOOTH #125
Sin-ying Ho: 11:30–1 with artist talk at 1:00
Robert Silverman: 1–2:30 with artist talk at 2:00
Leslie Ferrin & artists talk at 3:00

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JANUARY 21–25
Featuring works by Julie Bartholomew, Caroline Cheng, Sam Chung, Future Retrieval (Katie Parker & Guy Michael Davis), Sin-ying Ho, Garth Johnson, Paul Mathieu, Paul Scott, Robert Silverman, and Vipoo Srivilasa

321 East 73rd Street
NEW YORK, NY

ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES
Friday, January 23, 2015

12 noon Paul Scott
Duchess, Dogs, Detroit, Dragons, Handles and Cherrypickers: Re-Animating the Transferware Archives of an Industry with Paul Scott, Artist, Author and Researcher and Professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Norway. Followed by a book signing of Scott’s new book, Horizon, Transferware and Contemporary Ceramics

2 p.m. Leslie Ferrin
Made in China: New Export-ware from Jingdezhen
with Leslie Ferrin, Director Ferrin Contemporary.

4 p.m. Garth Johnson
I’m So Fancy: Young Artists Take On Historical Ceramics
with Garth Johnson, Curator of the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center and Director-at-Large of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).

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MADE IN CHINA is a curated series of exhibitions and talks, examines the contemporary, ceramic-centric exchange between eastern and western artists and markets.

JULIE BARTHOLOMEW

Julie Bartholomew, “Rarely Seen, Drummond’s Cronostylis” 2013, porcelain, silver decals, 2.5 x 3.5”.
Julie Bartholomew, “Rarely Seen, Blue Tinsel Lily” 2013, porcelain, copper red glaze, decals, 1.5 x 3.5″.

ROBIN BEST

Robin Best, “The Florida Vases” 2014, porcelain, onglaze ‘xin cai’ painting, 10.5 x 6.25″.
Robin Best, “The Florida Vases” detail, 2014, porcelain, onglaze ‘xin cai’ painting, 10.5 x 6.25″.

CAROLINE CHENG

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

SIN-YING HO

Sin-ying Ho, left: “One World, Many Peoples No. 2″ (77 x 23.25”) and right: “Temptation – Life of Goods No. 2″ (68 x 23.5”) 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze.
Sin-ying Ho, “Temptation – Life of Goods No. 2″ detail, 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze, 68 x 23.5”.

GARTH JOHNSON

Garth Johnson, “The Shar-pei Immortals” detail, 2010, porcelain, 11.5 x 6.5 x 6.5”.
Garth Johnson, “Made in China 1” 2010, porcelain.

PAUL MATHIEU

Paul Mathieu, “Kiss Bowl”, Porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, 5.5″ x 7″ x 5.5″
Paul Mathieu, “Kiss Bowl (Male + Female)”, top detail, Porcelain, Jingdezhen, China, 5.5″ x 7″ x 5.5″

PAUL SCOTT

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Garden No: 2 (after Turner and Stephenson) 2014, Staffordshire transferware with Chinese porcelain, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 12.5 x 10.25”.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), Wil low” detail, 2014, Staffordshire transferware collage, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 12.5 x 10″.

ROBERT SILVERMAN

Bobby Silverman, “Decision Before Action” 2011, clay, commercial tile, 36 x 28 x 1/2″.
Bobby Silverman, “Beauty, 2nd Half, porcelain, glaze.

VIPOO SRIVILASA

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″.
MADE IN CHINA reveals a dynamic relationship — with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions.

Marked by ever-increasing cross-cultural collaboration, this contemporary ceramics movement emerging from China is urging a re-definition of today’s export ware. With increasing frequency, western artists are traveling to China to produce ceramic work using traditional Chinese methods. Exhibitions in the United States, Australia, and Europe are bringing forward a new generation of export ware. In the summer of 2014, Leslie Ferrin travelled to Hong Kong, Chongqing, Jindezhen, and Shanghai to explore this growing cultural exchange. She participated in and lectured at workshops, visited galleries and museums, and toured studios where western artists work in collaboration with skilled Chinese artisans.

In this exhibition, Ferrin brings together work that reveals the essential aspects of contemporary ceramics currently coming out of China.

“After my visit to China, it was clear that this growing movement of western artists engaging with Chinese artisans to provide works for international markets was urging a contemporary re-definition of export ware. It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions, and we are fortunate that we will be able to truly explore the relationship, multiple exhibitions over the coming year.”– Leslie Ferrin

ABOUT MADE IN CHINA 

Inspired by her recent travels in China, MADE IN CHINA  is curated by Ferrin Contemporary Director Leslie Ferrin. See images from Ferrin’s travels below or click here for the full gallery on scene + seen.

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Sponsored as a guest lecturer by the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Ferrin traveled to China in June and July 2014 with the aim of gaining a greater understanding of the cross-cultural collaboration, production, and appropriation occurring in the New Export Ware movement. During her visit, Ferrin visited ceramic workshops in Jingdezhen and Chongqing, where – similar to the historical model of export ware – skilled Chinese artisans, produce contemporary works for Western markets under the direction of visiting Western artists.

“After my visit to China, it was clear that this growing movement of Western artists engaging with Chinese artisans to provide works for international markets was urging a contemporary re-definition of export-ware,” says Ferrin. “It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions, and we are fortunate that we will be able to truly explore the relationship, with multiple exhibitions over the coming year.”

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about MADE IN CHINA events, artists, and available works.

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Click here to read Blouin Art Info article on Made in China.

04
May
2017
CERAMIC TOP 40

CERAMIC TOP 40

SURVEY EXHIBITION

2013 – 2015 | 3-City US TOUR

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

CERAMIC TOP 40
Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO
presented by Ferrin Contemporary and Red Star Studios
November 1, 2013–January 25, 2014

CERAMIC TOP 40 | selected works
Office for the Arts, Harvard, Gallery 224, Alston, MA
presented by Ferrin Contemporary and the Ceramics Program
May 17–June 27, 2014

CERAMIC TOP 40 | selected works
Independent Art Projects
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
January–April 2015

Ceramic art is experiencing an evolutionary leap. Economic conditions and technological advances have caused a dramatic shift in the way contemporary ceramics are conceived, designed, produced, and marketed. Ceramic Top 40 is an exhibition that emerged from the need to document this defining time in contemporary ceramics. Taking a snapshot of this pivotal transition provides a look back at recent history, an understanding of these forces of change, and a glimpse into the future of ceramic art.

This survey exhibition features work by individual artists, collaborators, and design partners who are working on the cutting edge of current processes, ideas, and presentation concepts in conceptual utilitarian and sculptural ceramics. They are responding to the external forces of a changing world and, in turn, shaping those influences.

Jason Walker, “Infinite Growth”, 2013, porcelain, china paint and glaze, 84 x 36 x 3″
Doda Design: Aya Margulis & Rae’ut Stern, “Web Souvenirs” 2010-2013, earthenware, under glaze, glaze, gold luster, digital print, 148 x 42″.
Mark Cooper, “YuYu Kansas” 2013, installation using ceramic, wood, fiberglass, digital photography, rice paper, size variable.
Tip Toland, “Long Ago and Far Away”, 2008, stoneware, paint, pastel, synthetic hair, fiddle, bow, 78 x 31x 30″. Courtesy of Barry Friedman Ltd.
Linda Sormin, “List”, 2013, ceramic, found materials, 16 x 23 x 15″
Susan Beiner, “Germinating Domes”, 2012, porcelain, acrylic rods, foam, thread, 40 x 46 x 45″

CERAMIC TOP 40 CATALOG

Ceramic Top 40 cover

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EXHIBITING ARTISTS

CERAMIC TOP 40 ARTISTS

Susan Beiner •  Robin Best  •  Stephen Bird  •  Stephen Bowers  •  Jessica Brandl  •  Andy Brayman  •  Beth Cavener  •  Craig Clifford  •  Mark Cooper  •  Cristina Cordova  •  Guy Michael Davis (Future Retrieval)  •  Thomas Lowell  Edwards  •  Michelle  Erickson  •  Sean Erwin  •  Leopold Foulem  •  Alessandro Gallo  •  Misty Gamble  •  Gerit Grimm  •  Rain Harris  •  Giselle Hicks  •  Peter Christian Johnson  •  Brian R. Jones  •  Ryan LaBar  •  Steven Young Lee  •  Linda Lighton  •  Daniel Listwan  •  Lauren Mabry • Aya Margulis (Doda Design)  •  Walter McConnell •  Sara Moorhouse  •  Ron Nagle  •  Katie Parker (Future Retrieval)  •  Kate Roberts  •  Stephanie Rozene   •  Anders Ruhwald   •  Michael Schwegmann  •  Paul Scott  •  Richard Shaw  •  Adam Shiverdecker  •  Bobby Silverman  •  Linda Sormin  •  Shawn Spangler  •  Vipoo Srivilasa  (The Spoon Project)  •  Dirk Staschke  •  Rae’ut Stern (Doda Design)  •  Emily Sudd  •  Tip Toland  •  Clare Twomey  •  Shaleene Valenzuela  •  Jason Walker

VIPOO SRIVILASA | OBJECT: SPOON  |  Liz Burrit  •  Thomas Cheong  •  Naomi Clement  •  Jenn Demke-Lange  •  Jason Desnoyers  •  Krisaya Luenganantakul  •  Laura McKibbon  •  Noriko Masuda  •  Teo Huey Min  •  Jun Myoung  •  Aaron Nelson  •  Joshua Primmer  •  James Seet  •  Vipoo Srivilasa  •  Jenna Stanton

CERAMIC TOP 40
Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO
presented by Ferrin Contemporary and Red Star Studios
November 1, 2013–January 25, 2014

CERAMIC TOP 40 | selected works
Office for the Arts, Harvard, Gallery 224, Alston, MA
presented by Ferrin Contemporary and the Ceramics Program
May 17–June 27, 2014

CERAMIC TOP 40 | selected works
Independent Art Projects
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
January–April 2015

Susan Beiner, “Germinating Domes”, 2012, porcelain, acrylic rods, foam, thread, 40 x 46 x 45″
Jessica Brandl, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” 2013, terracotta, 28 x 34 x 10″.
Andy Brayman, “Vase with Orange and Blue” (left), 2013, porcelain, glaze, decals, 19 x 10 x 7″. “Black Vase with Yellow and Green” (right), 2013, porcelain, glaze, decals, 17.5 x 10 x 7″
Beth Cavener, “Obariyon”, 2013, stoneware, antique hooks, 17 x 46 x 30″
Craig Clifford, “Flush” 2013, earthenware, casting slip, 10 x 16 x 5″.
Mark Cooper, “YuYu Kansas” 2013, installation using ceramic, wood, fiberglass, digital photography, rice paper, size variable.
Doda Design: Aya Margulis & Rae’ut Stern, “Web Souvenirs” 2010-2013, earthenware, under glaze, glaze, gold luster, digital print, 148 x 42″.
Misty Gamble, “Indulgence” and “Succulence” 2012, ceramic, variable size.
Walter McConnell, “A Theory of Everything: White Corner”, 2011-13, porcelain, glaze, plywood, 77 x 39 x 39″
Kate Roberts, “The Space Between You and Me”, 2011, colored porcelain, mirror, tulle, 96 x 60 x 6″
Stephanie Rozene, “The Politics of Porcelain” 2011, porcelain, glaze, 48 x 156″.
Adam Shiverdecker, “Banquet Series: Red Krater 1″ 2013, stoneware, nichrome, steel, 14 x 12 x 14”
Dirk Staschke, “My Beautiful Nothing” 2010, ceramic, mixed media, 96 x 21.75 x 126″. Courtesy of Wexler Gallery
Clare Twomey, “Is It Madness. Is It Beauty.” 2010, video.
Jason Walker, “Infinite Growth”, 2013, porcelain, china paint and glaze, 84 x 36 x 3″
Future Retrieval: Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker, “Grand Theft Lion” 2013, porcelain, china paint, grammertry, rapid prototying, 11 x 8 x 7″.
Future Retrieval: Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker, “Grand Theft Lion” 2013, Future Retrieval: Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker, “Grand Theft Lion” 2013, porcelain, china paint, grammertry, rapid prototying, 11 x 14 x 7″.
Brian R. Jones, “Alembic (Letter B)” 2012, earthenware, slips, glaze, plywood, milk paint, 18 x 18 x 3″.
Brian R. Jones, “Alembic (Letter B)” 2012, earthenware, slips, glaze, plywood, milk paint, 18 x 18 x 3″.
Rain Harris, “Florem Vernum” 2013, wood, black clay, resin, silk flowers, 21 x 13 x 12″.
Giselle Hicks, “And Then It Was Still, II” 2012, porcelain, glaze, wood, 50 x 60 x 24″.
Stephen Bird, “Persian Blue Shoot Out” 2012, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 15.75 x 19.75″. Courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery.
Stephen Bird, “Adam and Eve with Eyes and Spoon” 2013, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 7.25 x 9 x 2″, photo courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery
Stephen Bird, “Majolica Shoot Out” 2012, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 15.75 x 19.5″. Courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery.
Stephen Bird, “What Picasso Called an Erection for the Eyes” 2012, earthenware, pigment, glaze, 11.5 x 8 x 2.5″. Courtesy Garis and Hahn Gallery.
Steven Young Lee, “Cup Panels” (red), 2013, porcelain, copper inlay, glaze, glass shelving, aluminum, 46 x 50 x 4″
Steven Young Lee, “Cup Panels” (white), 2013, porcelain, white slip, glaze, glass shelving, aluminum, 46 x 50 x 4″
Steven Young Lee, “Blue Cup Panel” 2013, porcelain with cobalt inlay, 46 x 50 x 4″
Steven Young Lee, “Vase with Scroll Pattern”, 2013, porcelain, copper inlay, 14 x 19 x 9″
Peter Christian Johnson, “Ovoid #3″ 2013, ceramic, glaze, steel, 21.5 x 62 x 7”.
Peter Christian Johnson, “Blue X” 2014, ceramic, 16.5 x 16.5 x 5″.
Shalene Valenzuela, “Easy Vac: Always in Fashion” 2011, porcelain, underglaze, print transfer, 42 x 11x 14″.
Shalene Valenzuela, “Dressform” 2012, porcelain, underglaze, pins, wooden stand, 56 x 14 x 8″.
Shalene Valenzuela, “Follow the Pattern: Bathroom Vanity” 2012-13, porcelain, underglaze, print transfer, 15 x 21 x 2″.
Michelle Erickson, “Green Squirrel” (left), “Second Amendment Squirrel” (right), 2013, indigenous clay, glaze, 8″.
Michelle Erickson, “Pectin Shell Teapot” 2005, porcelain, jasperware, metallic oxide, underglaze, slip, glaze, gold enamel, 14″.
Sean Erwin, “Adoration of the Golden Calf” 2013, polished porcelain, glaze, steel, resin, cast cement, LED lights, glass, flocking, 9 x 10 x 22″.
Sean Erwin, “The Ego and the Id” 2013, polished porcelain, glaze, steel, resin, cast cement, LED lights, glass, flocking, 13 x 8 x 22″.
Bobby Silverman, “Decision Before Action” 2011, clay, commercial tile, 36 x 28 x 1/2″.
Bobby Silverman, “4 Versions of Red (1)” 2012, re-fired commercial porcelain tiles, 12 x 12″ each.
Robin Best, “The Wallace Line”, 2013, porcelain, onglaze, 8 x 4″
Stephen Bowers, “Explorers’ Skulls” 2010, ceramic, underglaze, stains, 5.25″.
Cristina Cordova, “Codigo I”, 2013, ceramic, 10.5 x 6 x 6″. Courtesy Barry Friedman Ltd.
Thomas Lowell Edwards, “Ridge” 2012, concrete, porcelain, 26 x 13 x 3″.
Leopold Foulem, “Boy with Cape on Empire Style Stand” 2012, ceramic, found object, decal, gold luster, 16.5 x 5 x 4.5″. Courtesy of David Kaye Gallery
Alessandro Gallo, “Scripta elegans” (tarantula), 2011, clay, acrylics, 15.75 x 13.75 x 13″
Gerit Grimm, “Tango” 2012, stoneware, 26 x 17 x 9″
Ryan LaBar, “The Subconscious Shelf” 2011, porcelain, stoneware, 25 x 28 x 22″.
Linda Lighton, “Cause and Effect” 2012, whiteware, glaze, 23 x 25 x 22.5″.
Daniel Listwan, “Biohazard Jasperware: Wedgwood Blue Series” 2013, colored porcelain, tallest: 10″
Lauren Mabry, “Composition of Enclosed Cylinders”, 2013, red earthenware, slips, glaze, 20 x 17 x 6″
Sara Moorhouse, “Large Pulse” 2013, earthenware, underglaze, glaze, 18 x 7″
Ron Nagle, “Snuff Bottle”, 2013, porcelain, glaze, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5″. Courtesy Jeffrey Spahn Gallery.
Anders Ruhwald, “Lamp” 2005-10, earthenware, socket, plug, shade, bulb, 50 x 14 x 14″
Michael Schwegmann, “Ball and Chain”, 2013, porcelain, glaze, 9 x 9 x 38″
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s): Crooklands Cow in a Meadow”, 2007/2013, earthenware, tin glaze, bone china platter, inglaze decals, gold lustre, 15.75″
Richard Shaw, “Still Life with Open Drawer” 2013, porcelain, decals, 33 x 13.5 x 14″.
Linda Sormin, “List”, 2013, ceramic, found materials, 16 x 23 x 15″
Shawn Spangler, “Ewer and Salt Cellar with Digital Print” 2013, porcelain, acrylic, paper, digital print by Bryan Czibesz, variable size.
From OBJECT: SPOON 2013, Vipoo Srivilasa, “Spoon of Contentment”, 2013, porcelain, 3 x 16 x 7″.
Emily Sudd, “Untitled”, 2012
Tip Toland, “Long Ago and Far Away”, 2008, stoneware, paint, pastel, synthetic hair, fiddle, bow, 78 x 31x 30″. Courtesy of Barry Friedman Ltd.
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EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

group show of ceramic figural sculpture by masters 1965–present originally presented at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, from June 18 to September 5, 2016

 

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EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes is an exhibition of figural ceramic sculpture from 1965 to the present and features masterworks from estates and private collections alongside recent work direct from artist studios, which was originally presented at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, from June 18 to September 5, 2016.

This group of noted American and British sculptors explores themes that range from social realism to otherworldly surrealism to abstraction of form. The overview illustrates how early practitioners in California’s Bay Area during in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, and Stephen De Staebler, continue to inspire artists today. Known for their use of clay in combination with painted glaze surfaces, these artists challenge presumptions and their work defies easy categorization as sculpture, decorative arts, or studio craft.

The exhibit that took place at Ferrin Contemporary’s gallery in western Massachusetts presents a selection of available works by living and deceased artists featured in the accompanying catalog EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes. The publication includes an introduction by curator Leslie Ferrin and an informative essay by author and independent curator Mark Leach highlighting the seminal moments and interplay between artists and their mentors.

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