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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 Córdova
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 Córdova, “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 Pärnamets, “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 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″.
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 Córdova
Claire Curneen
Ruth Duckworth
Viola Frey
Giselle Hicks
Coille McLaughlin Hooven
Crystal Morey
Kadri Pärnamets
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 Pärnamets, “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 Pärnamets 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 Córdova pictured.
“The Women” at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Work by Kadri Pärnamets 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.

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“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.

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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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04
May
2017
MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA : The New Export Ware

MADE IN CHINA

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OCTOBER 18–NOVEMBER 16


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

1315 MASS MoCA Way
NORTH ADAMS, MA

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

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DECEMBER 2–7

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

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

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

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

321 East 73rd Street
NEW YORK, NY

ARTIST & CURATOR LECTURES
Friday, January 23, 2015

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

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

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

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

JULIE BARTHOLOMEW

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

ROBIN BEST

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

CAROLINE CHENG

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

SIN-YING HO

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

GARTH JOHNSON

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

PAUL MATHIEU

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

PAUL SCOTT

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

ROBERT SILVERMAN

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

VIPOO SRIVILASA

Vipoo Srivilasa, “The Patience Flower” 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6″.
Vipoo Srivilasa, “The Patience Flower” 2014, Jingdezhen super white porcelain, 10 x 6.6″.
MADE IN CHINA reveals a dynamic relationship — with appropriation and collaboration occurring in both directions.

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

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

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

ABOUT MADE IN CHINA 

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

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

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

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04
May
2017
CERAMIC TOP 40

CERAMIC TOP 40

SURVEY EXHIBITION

2013 – 2015 | 3-City US TOUR

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

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

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

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

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

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

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

CERAMIC TOP 40 CATALOG

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EXHIBITING ARTISTS

CERAMIC TOP 40 ARTISTS

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

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

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

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

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

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