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: Julie Bartholomew

May

2017

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2015

Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street
(between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY

SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS
Ferrin Contemporary booth on the 4th floor

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE
Ferrin Contemporary Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

EVENTS

MEET THE ARTISTS
in the Special Exhibition Booth on the 3rd Floor

Join us for a conversation about MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE with artists Sin-ying Ho and Robert Silverman. The discussion will be moderated by Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director of Ferrin Contemporary. A tour of the exhibition with the artists and curator, will follow.

MADE IN CHINA ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES

Friday, January 23, 2015

12 noon
ARTIST TALK: Paul Scott
Duchess, Dogs, Detroit, Dragons, Handles and Cherrypickers: Re-Animating the Transferware Archives of an Industry with Paul Scott: artist, author, and professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts Norway

1:30 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING: Paul Scott
Join us! Paul Scott will sign and present his new book Horizon, Transferware and Contemporary Ceramics.

2 pm
CURATOR TALK : Leslie Ferrin
Made in China: New Export Ware from Jingdezhen with Leslie Ferrin, curator of MADE IN CHINA and director Ferrin Contemporary

4 pm
ARTIST TALK: 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).

Saturday, January 24

12 noon
LECTURE: RON FUCHS II
The Most Dangerous Imitations: Fake Chinese Export Porcelain of the 1920s and ’30s with Ron Fuchs II, Curator of the Reeves Collections at Washington and Lee University.

3pm
CONVERSATION and TOUR with artists and curator

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SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS

Frances Palmer

Bonnie Smith

This group exhibition brings together work by several top ceramic artists represented by Ferrin Contemporary. Included will be pieces by Stephen Bowers, Claire Curneen, Steven Young Lee, Frances Palmer, Paul Scott, Bonnie Smith, Vipoo Srivilasa, Mara Superior, and Kurt Weiser. Form and surface merge in various constructions embodying elements of the human form, of animals, and of abstracted thought. The work in this exhibit gives a taste of the broad range of work being created in ceramics today.

MADE IN CHINA: THE NEW EXPORT WARE

Julie Bartholomew

Caroline Cheng

Sam Chung

Future Retrieval

Paul Mathieu

MADE IN CHINA examines the contemporary, ceramic-centric exchange between eastern and western artists and markets. Marked by ever-increasing cross-cultural collaboration, this contemporary ceramics movement emerging from China is urging a re-definition of today’s export ware.
Exploring the growing cultural exchange between east and west.
With increasing frequency, western artists are traveling to China to produce ceramic work using traditional Chinese methods. In this exhibition, Ferrin Contemporary brings together work that reveals the essential aspects of contemporary ceramics currently coming out of China.

It is a dynamic relationship with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions.

Click here to read Blouin Art Info on Made in China.
Click here to read “Yes Virginia, Collecting Ceramics Can Be Hip” by Lynn Byrne of DXV American Standard.
Click here to read “Marketplace | New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015” on CFile.
Click here to read “Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird” by William Grimes in The New York Times.
Click here to read “Ceramics Crack the Contemporary Art Market — Breaking the Mold” by Brook Mason in the New York Observer.
Click here to read “New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015” by Andrew Baseman in Past Imperfect: The Art of Inventive Repair.
Click here to read “New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015 at Bohemian National Hall” by Alison Ng in Asian in NY.

May

2017

MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA

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).

OPEN DETAILS

CLOSE DETAILS

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″.

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.