Project Tag: Kadri PĂ€rnamets Past

13
Oct
2022
Kadri PĂ€rnamets: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER

Kadri PĂ€rnamets: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER

NOVEMBER  17, 2022 to JANUARY 28, 2023

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams MA

OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, Dec. 3, 3-5 pm
At Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA

“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

North Adams, MA –

Ferrin Contemporary is proud to present a new exhibition about one of our most precious resources, water.

Kadri PĂ€rnamets: THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER features porcelain sculptures, vases, and cups as a meditation on this universal element. The exhibition is open now with a reception for the artist on Sat., Dec. 3, 3-5 pm.

After installing her work in the gallery, PĂ€rnaments stood outside in the rain, looking in on her work. “It’s amazing to me, we all share this substance. Everyone all over the world is sharing the same water,” said the artist whose primary inspiration for this work is rain.

The exhibition features her biomorphic, organic vessel forms. Thinking of herself as a choreographer, the artist explores shapes that connect to water, from cloud to cup. PĂ€rnaments interests range from fragile, natural environments to female identity and this is evident across form, color, and function.

CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER

Ferrin Contemporary | Nov 17 2022 to Jan 28 2023

“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.

ABOUT KADRI PÄRNAMETS

Kadri PĂ€rnamets works in porcelain using traditional hand-building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form. Her biomorphic, organic forms provide a means to convey her personal interests ranging from fragile, natural environments to female identity. Her surface treatments feature a range of gesture and expression with either abstract shape or narrative figure painting, inspired by painters from the European Renaissance and Impressionist eras, like Lucas Cranach the Elder and Edouard Manet.

PĂ€rnamets’ work has been shown internationally at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (Tallinn, Estonia), at the International Tea Trade Expo (Shanghai, China), and many others. Since 1996, she has participated in symposiums in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Switzerland, USA, Norway, and Hungary.

PĂ€rnamets graduated from the Art Institute of Tallinn, Estonia with a BA/MFA in Ceramics. Dividing her time between Estonia and USA, her primary studio is the USA at Project Art in Cummington, MA. She is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

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CUPS

*Cups by Kadri PĂ€rnamets will be released to the online shop in groups of 10 and will remain online for a limited time.

“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.
“Kadri PĂ€rnaments: CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER”, installation at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, November 17, 2022 – January 28, 2023.

VASES

Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Blue and White Cloud Vase (2)”, 2022, porcelain, slip, glaze, 10.25 x 11 x 9.5″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Blue Cloud Vase”, 2022, porcelain, slip, glaze, 6.5 x 9.75 x 8.5″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Light Green and Red Vase”, 2022, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 7 x 8″

CLOUDS

Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Black Cloud”, 2015, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, 25.5 x 18 x 14″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “White Cloud”, 2015, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, 21 x 17 x 14.5″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Black Cloud”, 2015, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, 23 x 15 x 11″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “White Cloud”, 2015, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, 20 x 22 x 11.5″

PRESS

Kadri PĂ€rnamets: THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF WATER Press Release 11.21.22

PROGRAMMING

Public artist reception | Sat., Dec. 3, 3-5 pm

Now open at Ferrin Contemporary
exhibition continues through Jan. 28, 2023

PREVIEW EVENT | Oct 1 – 2, 2022

Hilltown Open Studio Tour
at Project Art, Cummington, MA

Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Cups”, 2020, porcelain, slip, glaze, ~4 x 4 x 4″ (each)
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Blue and White Cloud Vase”, 2019, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 13 x 9.5″
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, Cups, 2020, porcelain, slip, glaze, 4 x 4 x 4″ (each).
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Blue and White Cloud Vase (2)”, 2022, porcelain, slip, glaze, 10.25 x 11 x 9.5″
10
Aug
2019
COMPOSING FORM | Helen Day Art Center

COMPOSING FORM | Helen Day Art Center

COMPOSING FORM

Helen Day Art Center, Stowe Vermont

June 22- August 24, 2019

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 22, 5pm – 7pm

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

This group exhibition of contemporary sculptors working in ceramics highlights both figurative and abstract work that is both poetic and humorous, referencing human history, intervention, and experience.

Installation

Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.
Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.
Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont. Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography
Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.
Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.
Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont. Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.

Artists Include:

Robin Best
Cristina CĂłrdova
Sinying Ho
Sergei Isupov
Kadri Parnamets
Tara Thacker
Jerilyn Virden

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin, director of Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA will speak in conversation with curator, Rachel Moore about contemporary ceramics and the artists in Composing Form, the current exhibition at Helen Day Art Center.

Ferrin, a specialist in contemporary ceramics for forty years, represents several of the artists Moore chose for the survey exhibition. The two will discuss recent works by artists whose cultural identities are evident in the narratives conveyed through painted surfaces and sculpted form both in the exhibition and other examples in the field.  The conversation will also touch on the influences and experiences of artists in the exhibition including American artist, Cristina Cordova whose Puerto Rican heritage is a major influence on her work and the four international artists in the exhibition, Russian born, Sergei Isupov Estonian born Kadri Parnamets and two who now produce their work in Jingdezhen, China, the birthplace of porcelain, Robin Best, Australian and Hong Kong-born Sinying Ho.

Curator Talk:

Leslie Ferrin and Rachel Moore in conversation at the Helen Day Art Center.

August 15, 2019 at 5:30pm

In the Exhibition

Robin Best, “The Knight of the Lions” 2016, porcelain, on-glaze xin cai , 14.1 x 7.9 x 10.25″ .
Robin Best, “The Knight of the Lions” 2016, porcelain, on-glaze xin cai , 14.1 x 7.9 x 10.25″ .
Sin-Ying Ho, “Wedlock” 2014, Porcelain, high fire reduction, hand painted cobalt pigment, computer decal transfer, terra sigillata, 16 x 8 x 8”.
Sin Ying Ho, “Wedlock” (detail) 2014 Porcelain, high fire reduction, hand painted cobalt pigment, computer decal transfer, terra sigillata, 16 x 8 x 8”.
Sin Ying Ho, “World Garden no. 2″ 2014, Porcelain, hand-painted cobalt pigment, transfer decal, 48 x 18 x 18”.
Sin Ying Ho, “World Garden no. 2″ 2014, Porcelain, hand-painted cobalt pigment, transfer decal, 48 x 18 x 18”.
Sergei Isupov, “FB-Eye” 2019, porcelain, slip, glaze, 7 x 7 x 5″.
Sergei Isupov, “FB-Eye” (back) 2019, porcelain, slip, glaze, 7 x 7 x 5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Vernal” 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, 17.5 x 9 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “Horsepower” 2009, stoneware, 32 x 19 x 17″.
Cristina Córdova, “Cabeza V” 2018, ceramic, 24.5 x 30.5 x 8″
Cristina Córdova, “Cabeza V” 2018, ceramic, 24.5 x 30.5 x 8″.
Cristina CĂłrdova, “Cabeza IV” 2018, ceramic, 17 x 11 x 5.5″
Kadri Pärnamets, “Unravel” 2008, porcelain, stain, 11.5 x 12 x 6.5″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “Question of Honor | Lucretia (After Lucas Cranach the Elder) Teapot” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5″.
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak
31
Dec
2017
REVIVE, REMIX, RESPOND

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
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
Revive, Remix, Respond at The Frick Pittsburgh
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 PĂ€rnamets, “Mining” porcelian, slip, 20.5 x 10.5 x 8″.
Peter Pincus, “Ewer, c. 1893/2018″ 2018, colored porcelain, 13 x 6 x 5”.
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″.
08
Oct
2017
THE WOMEN

THE WOMEN

THE WOMEN

Oct 28, 2017 – Apr 21, 2018

Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

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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 CĂłrdova
Claire Curneen
Ruth Duckworth
Viola Frey
Giselle Hicks
Coille McLaughlin Hooven
Crystal Morey
Kadri PĂ€rnamets
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 PĂ€rnamets, “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 PĂ€rnamets 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 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 CĂłrdova pictured.
“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Kadri PĂ€rnamets pictured.
“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Caroline Slotte and Claire Curneen pictured.

RELATED NEWS, PUBLICATIONS + EVENTS

The Women

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.

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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.

Click here for more.

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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10
Aug
2017
ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

International ceramic artists interpret the visionary and surreal atmospheres of the masterpiece born of Lewis Carroll’s pen.

ON VIEW

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
September 30–October 30, 2016

Alice in Wonderland
Officinesaffi, Milan, Italy
June 22–July 14, 2017

Click to view more work by Sergei Isupov.

Click to view more work by Alexandra Jelleberg.

Click to view more work by Kadri PĂ€rnamets.

Click to view more work by Paul Scott.

Click to view more work by Mara Superior.

Click to view “Architectural Digest” article.

Mara Superior, “Queen Alice’s Tea Table” 2016, porcelain, 5 x 20 x 10″.
Alexandra Jelleberg, “Half a Dozen” 2016, stoneware, group: 11.5 x 30 x 2″; sculptures: ~11.5 x 4.5 x 2″.
Sergei Isupov, Fire Sculpture
Kadri PĂ€rnamets, “Steam from Tea or (Tea Steam) tribute to Alice in Wonderland” 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, decals, 17.5 x 6 x 15.25″.
Sergei Isupov, “Hidden Messages” 2016, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 22.5 x 8.5 x 8″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), A Flowerbed for Alice,” 2016, in-glaze decal collage on porcelain tiles on a brick structure by Lillemor Petersson. GuldagergĂ„rd, SkĂŠlskĂžr Bygarden, Denmark, 80 x 35.5 x 27.5″.
04
May
2017
FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri PĂ€rnamets, & Roosi Isupov

FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri PĂ€rnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Family Affair: Sergei Isupov, Kadri PÀrnamets, & 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-PĂ€rnamets 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 PĂ€rnamets are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Click here to view more work by Sergei Isupov.
Click here to view more work by Kadri PĂ€rnamets.

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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 PĂ€rnamets, “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 PĂ€rnamets, “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″.
29
Apr
2017
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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