Project Tag: Kurt Weiser Past

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 Pärnamets, “Mining” porcelian, slip, 20.5 x 10.5 x 8″.
Peter Pincus, “Ewer, c. 1893/2018″ 2018, colored porcelain, 13 x 6 x 5”.
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″.
09
Oct
2017
NEW YORK CERAMIC & GLASS FAIR 2018

NEW YORK CERAMIC & GLASS FAIR 2018

NYC&G FAIR 2018

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

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

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY presenting work by

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

 

SPECIAL EXHIBITION

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

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

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

See below for illustrated lecture by Dawn Reid Brean.

LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Click for more.

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

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

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

Chris Antemann, “Shell Stand” 2016, porcelain, china paint, decals, luster, 21” x 10” x 10”.
Robin Best, “The Aldrovandi Vases” 2017, porcelain, on-glaze Xin Cai, 12.5 x 5″ each.
Stephen Bowers, “Plates”, Various 2015-7
Bouke de Vries, “Peacock 1″ 2016, twentieth-century Chinese porcelain bird, eighteenth-century Chinese porcelain fragments, mixed media, 24 x 13.5 x 25”.
Edward Eberle, “The Least of Eye is Flesh” 2007, porcelain, stain, 11.25 x 17.5 x 18″.
Evan Hauser, “Preservation & Use (Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail, 1873, Albert Bierstadt)” 2017, porcelain, gold leaf, 15 x 11 2.5″.
Charlotte Hodes, “Dressed in Pattern: Portrait” 2016, handcut transfer on china, 11.25 x 29 x 1″.
Sergei Isupov, “Growth Rings” 2016, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 23 x 10 x 6.5″.
Steven Young Lee, “Gourd Vases with Dodos” 2018, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 10 x 19 x 18”.
Crystal Morey, “New Symbiosis: Pronghorn” 2017, porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 4.5″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “Picnic” 2014, porcelain, glaze, stain, 7.5 x 10.25 x 4″.
Peter Pincus, “Vase” 2018, colored porcelain, 16 x 7″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Houston No:3” 2017, in-glaze decal collage on pearlware shell edge platter c 1820. 15.75 x 11.75” (400mm x 300mm).
Mark Shapiro, “MORON” double walled vase.
Linda Sikora, “Small Group” 2017–8, porcelain, stoneware, approximate sizes: kettle 10 x 11 x 9″, box 8 x 7 x 7″, stand 1.5 x 11 x 11″.
Caroline Slotte, “Going Blank Again” 2016, reworked second hand ceramics.
Dirk Staschke, “Vanitas 1″ 2015–6, ceramic, 11 x 8 x 8”.
Mara Superior, “Venus of Urbino” 2018, porcelain, underglazes, oxides, glaze, gold leaf, decal, 13 x 19 x 3″.
Susan Thayer, “Return” 2016, teapot: porcelain, china paint, glazebase: lowfire stoneware, slip, 16 x 9 x 5″.
Kurt Weiser, “Random House (globe)” 2017, porcelain, glaze, china paint, metal, 30 x 14 x 14″.

Dirk Staschke "Vanitas 1"

04
May
2017
NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2017

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2017

ABOUT THE NYCGF

New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
Bohemian National Hall, New York, NY
January 19–22, 2017
Click here for more

Bringing together a carefully selected and distinguished international group of around 28 galleries offering all things “fired” — porcelain, pottery, and glass, in a setting perfect for the exhibition and sale of important small objects.

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY presenting work by

Chris Antemann
Robin Best
Stephen Bowers
Christie Brown
Bouke de Vries
Dorothy Hafner
Coille Hooven
Sergei Isupov
Doug Jeck
Takahiro Kondo
Steven Young Lee
Kadri Pärnamets
Peter Pincus
Justin Rothshank
Paul Scott
Mark Shapiro
Michael Simon
Mara Superior
Susan Thayer
Kurt Weiser
Beatrice Wood

EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTED LECTURES

“The Feminine Clay”
with Shannon Stratton
Friday, January 20, 12 noon

“Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery”
with Glenn Adamson
Friday, January 20, 4pm

“Buy, Sell, or Give? What Happens When the Kids Don’t Want It”
Panel discussion lead by Leslie Ferrin
Saturday, January 21, 2pm

Click here for more.

CHRIS ANTEMANNChris Antemann, "Masquerade" 2014, porcelain, china paint, decals, luster, 10 x 12 x 8".

ROBIN BESTRobin Best, "The Knight of the Lions," 2016, porcelain with on-glaze Xin Cai, 14.125 x 7.875 x 10.25".

STEPHEN BOWERS


CHRISTIE BROWN

BOUKE DE VRIES

DOROTHY HAFNER


COILLE HOOVEN

SERGEI ISUPOV

DOUG JECK


TAKAHIRO KONDOTakahiro Kondo, "Untitled" 2010, porcelain, 9.5 x 5.5 x 8."

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

KADRI PÄRNAMETS

PETER PINCUS

JUSTIN ROTHSHANK

PAUL SCOTTPaul Scott, "Palestine, Gaza" 2015, inglaze decal collage, gold lustre, Adams Palestine platter c.1840, 15 x 11.75".


MARK SHAPIRO

MICHAEL SIMON

MARA SUPERIOR


SUSAN THAYER

KURT WEISER

BEATRICE WOODBeatrice Wood, "Not Married" 1965, clay, glaze, 16 x 17 x 13".

04
May
2017
NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2015

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2015

NYCGF logo 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

Click here to view press release.
Click here for downloadable pdf of press release.

SELECTED WORKS FROM CURRENT PROJECTS

Stephen BowersStephen Bowers, "Crimson Rosella" camouflage plate, 2014, earthenware, underglaze colour, clear glaze, on-glaze burnished gold lustre, 12.2".

Claire CurneenClaire Curneen, "Mary Magdalene" 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5".

Vipoo Srivilasa

Steven Young LeeSteven Young Lee, "Vase with Peonies" 2014, porcelain, cobalt inlay, 26 x 11 x 10".

Garth JohnsonGarth Johnson, "Manifest Destiny (Currier and Ives - Autumn in New England #759)" 2010, Bing & Grondahl limited edition Currier and Ives porcelain plate, decal, 8".

Frances PalmerFrances Palmer, "Oval Footed Bowl with Trees" 2014, porcelain, cobalt, glaze, gold luster, 13 x 6.5 x 7".

Paul ScottPaul Scott, Cumbrian Blue(s) American Scenery, New Jersey, 2013-4, print on Portmeirion platter, 13.5 x 9.25 x 1".

Bonnie Smith

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

Kurt WeiserKurt Weiser, "Albion" 2014, china painted porcelain, 26.5 x 18".

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
Julie Bartholomew, “Rarely Seen, Drummond’s Cronostylis” 2013, porcelain, silver decals, 2.5 x 3.5”.

Caroline Cheng

Caroline Cheng, "Prosperity V" 2007, porcelain, fabric, 71 x 71".

Sam Chung

Future Retrieval

Future Retrieval, "Gangsters Paradise" (installation) detail, 2014, porcelain, wood, cut paper, 40 x 20 x 8".

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.

Garth Johnson

Garth Johnson, "Proverb Plate Series, Knocking so Secret into You"

Paul Mathieu

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".

Robert Silverman

Robert Silverman, "Bar Code Red", 2012, re-fired commercial porcelain tiles, 12 x 12"

Vipoo Srivilasa

Vipoo Srivilasa, "The Patience Flower" 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6".

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. 

04
May
2017
THE POTTER’S TALE: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

THE POTTER’S TALE: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

The Potter’s Tale: Contextualizing 6,000 Years of Ceramics

August 26–May 31, 2015
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA

EVENTS
Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 5:30 pm
A Potter’s Tale: Ceramicist Mark Hewitt in Conversation with Critic Christopher Benfey
Gamble Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
Reception to follow

Click here for more information on this event.

Through innovation and exchange, clay vessels have contributed to the lives of people across the economic spectrum, through time, and around the world. This exhibition highlights the ceramic collection of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, spanning five continents and six thousand years.

Exhibit includes work by Ferrin Contemporary artists Kurt Weiser, Steven Young Lee, Paul Scott, and Sin-ying Ho.

Kurt Weiser, "Pair of Cubist Vases (2)" 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10".KURT WEISER

Steven Young Lee, "Vase with Peonies" 2014, porcelain, cobalt inlay, 26 x 11 x 10".STEVEN YOUNG LEE

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

Sin-ying Ho, "In the Dream of Hope No. 1" 2010, porcelain, cobalt, decals, 69 x 18.5". SIN-YING HO

Potters Tale sign
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Kurt Weiser work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Kurt Weiser work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Mark Hewitt work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Sin-ying Ho work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Sin-ying Ho work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
“The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Steven Young Lee work in “The Potter’s Tale” at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
04
May
2017
RED STAR STUDIOS TEAPOT INVITATIONAL

RED STAR STUDIOS TEAPOT INVITATIONAL

Red Star Studios Teapot Invitational
June 7 – August 31, 2013
Kansas City, Missouri

One of the most complex forms to create in functional ceramics is the teapot. To make a teapot read as one harmonious form many components must be constructed separately and joined together, which at times can be complicated. Understanding the relationship of the spout, lid, and handle are key to forming a visually appealing piece. We feel these works are some of the best examples of the teapot in contemporary ceramics today.

Kurt Weiser is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Read more, see more…

Kurt Weiser, "Wildfall" 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 9.5 x 8 x 4"
04
May
2017
KURT WEISER: The Nature of Imagination

KURT WEISER: The Nature of Imagination

The Nature of Imagination
solo exhibition of recent works by Kurt Weiser

October 4 – 30, 2013
Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, DC

Artist Lecture: October 3, 7 pm
Hammer Auditorium, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washinton, DC

In collaboration with Ferrin Contemporary, Cross MacKenzie Gallery is proud to present a solo exhibition by noted ceramic artist, Kurt Weiser.   Internationally recognized as an innovator in the field, Weiser is known for his technical virtuosity with porcelain forms, and his pioneering use of china painting techniques in his distinct contemporary style.  Inspired by the 19th century illustrators of natural history like John James Audubon, Mark Catesby and William Bartram, Weiser develops the explorers’ imagery in clay.

The artist infuses the exquisite mastery of porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties and Meissen court painting, with the private reveries lifted from the pages of his nature-filled notebooks.  His subject matter is lush, mysterious landscapes and distorted narratives set amidst color-saturated flora and fauna that read as voyeuristic snapshots into a surreal new world.  Into his jungle scenes, figurative elements appear in his work, drawn both from fantasy and art history. Weiser’s figures, often nude and distorted across the planes of his vessels, move through steamy, Eden-like landscapes, interacting with the natural world they encounter. Themes of lust, predation, scientific curiosities, and the vulnerability of both man and nature abound in these scenes, resonating curiously with the cultivated vessel forms and refined medium Weiser has chosen.  The vessel forms have morphed into globes of the world where the artist maps out his fantastic drawings of the earth of his vivid imagination. Recently, the artist’s forms have evolved into cubist inspired volumes creating multiple surfaces for his supremely rendered blue and white explorations.  This exhibition presents work from 2009 – 2013.

Kurt Weiser is currently Regents Professor of Art in the Herberger College of the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.  Born in 1950 in Lansing, Michigan, Weiser trained in ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute under Ken Ferguson and received his MFA at the University of Michigan.  He was director of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana before moving to Arizona.  Weiser’s work is included in numerous books and catalogs, cited in dozens of magazine articles and represented in significant museum collections worldwide.

Kurt Weiser is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.  Read more and see more…

Kurt Weiser, “Nightshade” 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 12 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Nightshade” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 19 x 12 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Wildfall” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 9.5 x 8 x 4″
Kurt Weiser, “Wildfall” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 9.5 x 8 x 4″
Kurt Weiser, “Fruit Story” 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 13 x 7″.
Kurt Weiser, “Fruit Story” (reverse) 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 13 x 7″.
Kurt Weiser, “Pair of Cubist Vases (2)” 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Pair of Cubist Vases (1)” 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Tea Pot” 2013, china painted porcelain, 8 x 9 x 4″.
Kurt Weiser, “Hear No Evil Double Bottle” 2013, porcelain, 18 x 16 x 8.5″
Kurt Weiser, “Hear No Evil Double Bottle” 2013, porcelain, 18 x 16 x 8.5″
01
May
2017
NEW BLUE AND WHITE

NEW BLUE AND WHITE

NEW BLUE AND WHITE

MFA BOSTON

February 20 – July 14, 2013

Discover contemporary interpretations of blue-and-white ceramics

“sumptuous, conceptually elegant show”—The Boston Globe

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Exhibition of works by 37 artists, pairs or collectives curated by Emily Zilber, Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, presented with generous support from The Wornick Fund for Contemporary Craft.

“Blue and white” means, at its simplest, cobalt pigment applied to white clay. Over the course of a millennium, blue-and-white porcelain has become one of the most recognized types of ceramic production worldwide. With roots in the Islamic world and Asia, and strong presence in Europe and the Americas, various cultures adapted blue-and-white, from the Willow pattern to isznik. Taking inspiration from global blue-and-white traditions, today’s artists continue the story, creating works that speak to contemporary ideas. They tackle diverse issues, ranging from the public (the political landscape, cross-cultural interchange), to the personal (family, memory, the act of collecting), to the aesthetic (abstraction, pattern, the role of decoration). “New Blue and White” explores the ways in which contemporary makers, working in ceramics as well as other media ranging from fiber to furniture to glass, have explored this rich body of material culture. An international selection of artists and designers is featured in the exhibition, and recent acquisitions of work by the ceramic sculptor Chris Antemann and fashion designers Rodarte are drawn from the MFA’s own collection.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

For more information and available works by gallery artists featured in the exhibition view profiles below:

 

Robin Best
Stephen Bowers
Claire Curneen
Michelle Erickson
Molly Hatch
Giselle Hicks
Paul Scott
Adam Shiverdecker
Vipoo Srivilasa
Steven Young Lee
Kurt Weiser

PAST PROGRAMMING

MEET ME AT… New Blue and White | Boston, MA
July 9 – 10
Artist: Robin Best
Visiting Artist Lecture and Behind-the-Scenes private tours with artists and curators

Tuesday, July 9
3 – 4:30 Harvard Museum of Natural Sciences, Blaschka Flowers and Minerals with curator Ethan Lasser

5:30 – 6:30 Artist talk with Robin Best at the Ceramics Program – Office for the Arts at Harvard

Dinner TBA

Wednesday, July 10

10 – 12:00 Michael Lin Freeport Project | Peabody Essex Museum with curators, Trevor Smith and Dean Lahikainen

2:00 – 4:00 New Blue and White |  Museum of Fine Arts with curator Emily Zilber

FEATURED ARTISTS

CHRIS ANTEMANN

Chris Antemann, “The Collector”, 2011, porcelain, china paint, decals, 19 x 13 x 10″. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Chris Antemann, “The Collector”, 2011, detail, porcelain, china paint, decals, 19 x 13 x 10″. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Chris Antemann, “The Collector”, 2011, detail, porcelain, china paint, decals, 19 x 13 x 10″. Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

ROBIN BEST

Robin Best, “The British East India Company – Trade and War”, 2012, cast translucent white porcelain, on-glaze painting, silver foil, 12 x 41.25 x 4.25″

STEPHEN BOWERS

Stephen Bowers, “Explorers’ Skulls” 2010, slip cast, oxide stains, underglaze, 5.25″
Stephen Bowers, “Explorers’ Skulls” 2010, slip cast, oxide stains, underglaze, 5.25″

CLAIRE CURNEEN

Claire Curneen, “Blue” 2013, porcelain, cobalt, gold luste, 24 x 21 x 6″.
Claire Curneen, “Blue” 2013, porcelain, cobalt, gold luste, 24 x 21 x 6″.
Claire Curneen, “Blue”, 2013, Porcelain, cobalt blue, gold luster, 24 x 21 x 6″

GISELLE HICKS

Giselle Hicks, “And Then It Was Still II” 2012, detail, vitreous china porcelain, wood, 48 x 60 x 24″
Giselle Hicks, “And Then It Was Still II” 2012, detail, vitreous china porcelain,wood, 48 x 60 x 24″
Giselle Hicks, “And Then It Was Still II” 2012, detail, vitreous china porcelain,wood, 18 x 12 x 2″

PAUL SCOTT

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) – Spode Works Closed, Italian Blue, 03/10/09/09l,” 2013, in-glaze decal, gold lustre on small Spode casserole, (marked Made in Portugal) salvaged from the kiln area in the closed Spode factory 07/09, 3.5 x 9 x 11.25″. Rhode Island School of Design Collection.
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) – The Hartlepool Ghost Ships” 2013, in-glaze decal, gold lustre on bone china plate, 12″ diameter
Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s) – A Willow for Ai Weiwei, Wen Tao, Liu Zhenggang, Zhang Jinsong, Hu Mingfen” 2012, in-glaze decals on partially erased Willow Pattern platter (c.1840), 13.75 x 17″.

VIPOO SRIVLIASA

Vipoo Srivilasa, “Four Elements Containers”, 2012, ceramic, silver, glass, 8 x 12 x 10″
Vipoo Srivilasa, “Four Elements Containers” 2012, ceramic, silver, glass, 8 x 12 x 10″.

KURT WEISER

Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist II” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″
Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist I” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist II” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″
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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