Project Tag: Peter Pincus Past

31
Aug
2019
TENDING THE FIRES: Recent Acquisitions in Clay | Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

TENDING THE FIRES: Recent Acquisitions in Clay | Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

August 17, 2019 – April 4, 2021

Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay presents recent additions to Fuller Craft’s ceramic collection. Exhibited works represent a range of processes and conceptual approaches in clay, from Cheryl Ann Thomas’s slumped, coiled sculpture to Jun Kaneko’s painterly “dango” to Steven Young Lee’s deconstructed pot. Figuration also comes into play, with strong examples by Patti Warashina, Akio Takamori, and Tip Toland. Fuller Craft Museum is proud to shine a light on the clay triumphs of these renowned ceramicists while proudly displaying the institution’s recent collecting achievements.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Richard Cleaver, Claire Curneen, Nancy Jurs, Jun Kaneko, Steven Young Lee, Cliff Lee, Hollie Lyko, Michael Lucero, Lauren Mabry, Beverly Mayeri, Zemer Peled, Peter Pincus, Prudence Piper, Mark Shapiro, Mara Superior, Akio Takamori, Cheryl Ann Thomas, Tip Toland, Patti Warashina, and Malcolm Wright.

Learn more about FC Artists:

CLAIRE CURNEEN
HOLLIE LYKO
STEVEN YOUNG LEE
LAUREN MABRY
PETER PINCUS
MARA SUPERIOR

and from the archives:

MALCOLM WRIGHT

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Mara Superior, A Spring Dream (Rabbit Teapot),2008, high-fired porcelain, ceramic Oxides, Underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, 16 x 17 x 6″. Gift of Kohler Foundation.
Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay at Fuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
Mara Superior Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay atFuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
Peter Pincus Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay atFuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
Malcolm Wright, Three Figures, 2006, wood fired brick clay, 13.5 x 8.5 x 6.75. Gift of the Artist.
Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay at Fuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” detail, 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5″.
Claire Curneen, “Mary Magdalene” 2013, porcelain, gold lustre, 22.5″.
Steven Young Lee Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay atFuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
Hollie Lyko, “American Standard”, 2018, dremel-erased Syracuse China plate, originally titled ‘Southern Cotton Fields’, circa 1952, 10.5 x 10.5 x 1″.
Hollie Lyko, “American Standard”, detail, 2018, dremel-erased Syracuse China plate, originally titled ‘Southern Cotton Fields’, circa 1952, 10.5 x 10.5 x 1″.
Lauren Mabry Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay at Fuller Craft Museum August 17th- May 3rd, 2020
01
Oct
2018
PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood

PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood

PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood

November 10–December 29, 2018

Reception and Artist Talk, Saturday, November 10, 5- 7pm

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Ferrin Contemporary presents PETER PINCUS: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood, a creative investigation into the Dwight and Lucille Beeson Wedgwood Collection at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, Alabama.

Peter Pincus will debut a new collection of cast vases for his first solo exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary. Using his dynamic color palette, and innovative use of pattern and form, Pincus interprets the historic Wedgwood Collection, providing a contemporary perspective on these historical and important works.

Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) was one of 18th century England’s most important potters. He not only modernized the ceramics industry, he created a market for English pottery that extended well beyond its borders. Wedgwood was involved in all aspects of civic life, was a staunch abolitionist, and supporter of the American Revolution. He was the first manufacturer to command widespread consumer recognition and loyalty.  His is the first brand name to become synonymous with fine taste.

During a 3-day artist residency at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Pincus researched a selection of forms, glazes and ornamentation from the largest Wedgwood collection in the country. Producing 6 new forms, Pincus explored how his distinct relationship to pattern, color and form has been influenced and affected by the legacy of Josiah Wedgwood.

This exhibition is the preliminary exploration of ideas and technical experimentation leading toward a new body of work and future exhibition. Special thanks to Anne Forschler, Chief Curator, The Marguerite Jones Harbert and John M. Harbert III Curator of Decorative Arts, Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama and Ted Rowland Residency for Ceramic Artists at the Birmingham Museum of Art for making this unique opportunity available.

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Peter Pincus: Colored Veneers and Plaster Prototyping
Demonstration Workshop November 9–11
Slide Presentation Friday, November 9 , 7–8pm

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Both the workshop and presentation are open to the public but space is limited.
RSVP to info@projectart01026.com

Workshop and presentation to be held at:
ProjectArt
54 Main Street
Cummington, MA

Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018.Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (Front) ‘Relieved’, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain. (back left) ‘Wedgwood Krater Pair’, 2018, 17.25 x 19 x 7″ (each), (Back Center )’Teapots’, 2018, 10.125 x 5 x 5″ (each), colored porcelain. (Right) ‘Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty’, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each).
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (front center) ‘Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty’, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each). (back left) Wedgwood Krater Pair, 2018, 17.25 x 19 x 7″ (each), (back right )Teapots, 2018, 10.125 x 5 x 5″ (each), colored porcelain. (right) Relieved, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain.
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (Front) Relieved, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain. (Back Left) The Point of Confusion, 2018, 9.625 x 19 x 3.5″ (total), colored porcelain. (Back Center) Vase, 2018, 15.75 x 8 x 8″, colored porcelain. (Back Right) Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each).
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. ‘Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty’, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each).
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (Front) Wedgwood Krater Pair, 2018, 17.25 x 19 x 7″ (each), (back)Teapots, 2018, 10.125 x 5 x 5″ (each), colored porcelain.
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (Front and Back Right)’Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty’, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each). (Center Right) ‘Relieved’, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain. (Back Left) ‘Wedgwood Krater Pair’, 2018, 17.25 x 19 x 7″ (each), (Back Right)’Teapots’, 2018, 10.125 x 5 x 5″ (each), colored porcelain.
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (Front) Relieved, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain. (Back Left) The Point of Confusion, 2018, 9.625 x 19 x 3.5″ (total), colored porcelain. (Back Center) Vase, 2018, 15.75 x 8 x 8″, colored porcelain. (Back Right) Calyx Krater: Excerpt from One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty, 2018, 12.75 x 10.5 x 10.5″ (each).
Peter Pincus: Channeling Wedgwood at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA, 2018. (front right) ‘Relieved’, 2018, 17.25 x 9 x 9″, colored porcelain. (Back Left) ‘Wedgwood Krater Pair’, 2018, 17.25 x 19 x 7″ (each), (Back) ‘Teapots’, 2018, 10.125 x 5 x 5″ (each), colored porcelain.
Peter Pincus, Pair of Wedgwood Kraters, 2018, colored porcelain, 17 x 19 x 7″.
Peter Pincus, Pair of Calyx Krater inspired Vases, from the series One Shows Two, Two Influence Twenty, 2018, colored porcelain, 13 x 10.5 x 10.5”.
Peter Pincus, Point of Confusion, 2018, colored porcelain, 10 x 20 x 3.5″.
Peter Pincus, ‘Contrasting Gradient Vases’ 2018, colored porcelain, 11.5 x 4 x 6″ each
Peter Pincus, Vase, 2018, colored porcelain, 13 x 6 x 6″.
Peter Pincus, Relieved, 2018, colored porcelain, 17 x 19 x 7″.
Peter Pincus, Relieved, 2018, colored porcelain, 17 x 19 x 7″.
Peter Pincus, ‘Ewers’ 2018, colored porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 6″.
Peter Pincus, ‘Ewers’ 2018, colored porcelain, 10.5 x 6 x 6″.
Peter Pincus, “Handled Vase” 2018, colored porcelain, 11.5 x 4 x 6″
Peter Pincus, “Handled Vase” 2018, colored porcelain, 11.5 x 4 x 6″
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”.
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″.
04
May
2017
GLAZED & DIFFUSED

GLAZED & DIFFUSED

June 20 – August 16, 2015

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FERRIN CONTEMPORARY

1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

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

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

North Adams, MA —

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

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

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

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

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

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

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

RAYMON ELOZUA

PETER CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

JUN KANEKO

JAE YONG KIM

STEVEN YOUNG LEE

LAUREN MABRY

SARA MOORHOUSE

RON NAGLE

GEORGE OHR

PETER PINCUS

ROBERT SILVERMAN

LINDA SORMIN

TOSHIKO TAKAEZU

BEATRICE WOOD

BETTY WOODMAN

PRESS & PROGRAMMING

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PAST EVENTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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