Project Type: CATALOGS

14
Dec
2023
SERGEI ISUPOV: ALLIANCES Exhibition Catalog

SERGEI ISUPOV: ALLIANCES Exhibition Catalog

Ferrin Contemporary is proud to present new works from internationally renowned sculptor Sergei Isupov. SERGEI ISUPOV: ALLIANCES

Isupov’s artworks form alliances with one another as they move between media, explore scale, and are presented in curated exhibitions. Recent opportunities to create public works like his fire sculpture production and performances, along with solo exhibitions that show the full scope of Isupov’s creative versatility and process, have led to new works on paper, prints and wall installations combining ceramics with other materials.

  • Catalog release: December 1, 2023.
  • 15-page, full-color catalog
  • Installation Images & Artwork Highlights, All images by John Polak Photography
  • Exhibition Essay by Leslie Ferrin, Show Statements & Editorial by Ferrin Contemporary
  • Copyright© 2023 and published by Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
  • Design by Erica Pritchett.

Special thanks to co-curators, Paul McMullan, professor at Keene State College and Leslie Ferrin, director, Ferrin Contemporary and for editorial support by Alexandra Jelleberg, associate director, Ferrin Contemporary.

12
Oct
2023
COURTNEY M. LEONARD Exhibition Catalog

COURTNEY M. LEONARD Exhibition Catalog

COURTNEY M. LEONARD

COURTNEY M. LEONARD: Logbook 2004–2023 at The Heckscher Museum and BREACH: Logbook 23 | ROOT at Planting Fields Foundation | Exhibition Catalog

The Heckscher Museum of Art and Planting Fields Foundation have jointly published the first book about nationally recognized artist Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock, b. 1980). It represents both the retrospective exhibition COURTNEY M. LEONARD: Logbook 2004-2023 on view at The Heckscher Museum, and her site-specific installation at Planting Fields, BREACH: Logbook 2023|Root. The pages are filled with insights into Leonard’s sources of inspiration, creative processes, and original interpretations.

The 45-page softcover publication has a foreword by Shavonne F. Smith, Tribal Member, Environmental Director, Shinnecock Indian Nation, with prefaces by Gina J. Wouters, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Planting Fields Foundation, and Heather Arnet, Executive Director & CEO, The Heckscher Museum. Heckscher Museum Curator, Karli Wurzelbacher, Ph.D., engages Leonard in an insightful Q&A focused on the Museum’s retrospective exhibition. Emily Leger, Collections and Exhibitions Manager at Planting Fields, writes about Leonard’s site-specific installation. The book contains many beautiful color photographs of the artist’s exquisite artwork.

12
Jan
2023
The Clay Studio: Figuring Space Exhibition Catalog

The Clay Studio: Figuring Space Exhibition Catalog

Figuring Space Exhibition Catalog

The Clay Studio: Figuring Space Publication Date: January 2023. This catalog features highlights on the artists in the exhibition and includes commentary by Jennifer Zwilling, Curator & Director of Artistic Programs at TCS, and Dr. Kelli Morgan, who are working together to make Figuring Space relevant to our audiences and the art historical record. Dr. Morgan is a curator, educator, and social justice activist who specializes in American art and visual culture has worked with TCS in the past. Her scholarly and activist work combine to make her incredibly qualified to examine the issues of racial politics and the artistic use of the figure in this exhibition. Morgan has developed and championed new curatorial methodologies that privilege the voices of museum audiences, breaking the misconception that museums should hold all the authority dictating how to experience art. Collaboration with colleagues of varied experiences produce expansive curatorial perspective. Together, we are endeavoring to create an exhibition that can offer truly meaningful experiences for every person who walks into the gallery at The Clay Studio.

  • 2023 Catalog
  • The exhibition catalog also includes color photography of select works in the exhibition.
  • 8 x 10 x .5
  • Available for purchase for $15.00
  • Item:TCS-2252
04
Jan
2023
Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay Catalog by Cristina CĂłrdova

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

Explore the human form in-depth, from concept sketches and armatures to detailed instructions for constructing legs, torso, arms, hands, and head from clay.

In Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay, renowned sculptor and instructor Cristina CĂłrdova teaches everything you need to know to replicate the full human figure using clay.
Start by developing meaningful sketches and reference points.

Then learn how to make and use an armature to create hollow forms that are safe to fire in a kiln.

Using patterns and slabs, you can move on to develop a full human form, head to toe.
Work along with the author to create a form about two feet tall, or choose your own size: the patterns and instructions can work in a variety of scales.

Photographic demonstrations and diagrams cover the construction and articulation of feet and legs, the hip area and upper torso, arms, hands, neck, and head. Cristina includes supplementary tips and insights throughout to support the sculpting process and enhance naturalism. You’ll also find a brief section on general anatomical concepts and modeling strategies to facilitate accuracy and expression as all the components come together.

Whether you are a clay artist with limited experience in figurative sculpture or a figurative sculptor outside the world of ceramics looking for a straightforward fabrication strategy to create permanent compositions from clay, Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay will expertly guide your way.

  • Publication Date: 2022, Quarry Books
  • Fully illustrated 192 pages
30
Dec
2022
Raymon Elozua: STRUCTURE & DISSONANCE Exhibition Catalog

Raymon Elozua: STRUCTURE & DISSONANCE Exhibition Catalog

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Structure/Dissonance celebrates nearly five decades of work by New York-based artist Raymon Elozua, who first came to prominence in the 1970s with detailed trompe l’oeil ceramic sculptures of decaying industrial landscapes. Elozua’s first major museum exhibition since his 2003 retrospective at the Mint Museum, Structure/Dissonance focuses on three conceptual bodies of work that explore the combined physical properties of three elemental materials: ceramic, glass, and steel. This exhibition contextualizes these vital sculptures within Elozua’s intellectual landscape through the inclusion of a series of collections and research projects that are inextricably linked to his artistic output.

  • September 10—December 31, 2022 at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY – curated by Garth Johnson
  • Catalog features essays by Johnson, Maria Porges, and Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, 2022
  • Published on 

Raymon Elozua: STRUCTURE & DISSONANCE | Everson Museum of Art Exhibition Catalog

Video by the Everson Museum of Art/ Music by: The High Llamas

CATALOG CELEBRATION

Garth Johnson Artist Portrait, photo credit Julie Herman
Raymon Elozua Artist Portrait

Tuesday, March 7 – NOON EST

A Celebration event for the release of the catalog for Raymon Elozua: Structure/Dissonance. Elozua was joined by the three writers who shaped the catalog, Maria Porges, Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, and Garth Johnson. Each writer reflected on the exhibition and shared some of their insights about Elozua’s work. Below, Johnson is pictured left and Elozua on the right.

Register HERE for the Talk

01
Nov
2022
Sergei Isupov: PAST & PRESENT Exhibition Catalog

Sergei Isupov: PAST & PRESENT Exhibition Catalog

Sergei Isupov: PAST & PRESENT
Exhibition Catalog

Ferrin Contemporary is proud to present new works from internationally renowned sculptor Sergei Isupov. Sergei Isupov: PAST & PRESENT features new ceramic sculptures presented with both a multi-dimensional, mixed-media wall installation and independent pedestal-based works. Isupov and Ferrin Contemporary have been working together and presenting exhibitions internationally since 1996 and this will be the artist’s third solo show in our North Adams gallery location.

  • Catalog release: November 1, 2022.
  • 26-page, full-color catalog
  • Installation Images & Artwork Highlights
  • Exhibition Release, Show Statements, & Artist Bio-CV
28
Dec
2021
IN DIALOGUE: Cristina CĂłrdova & Kukuli Velarde Exhibition Catalog

IN DIALOGUE: Cristina CĂłrdova & Kukuli Velarde Exhibition Catalog

Exhibition catalog for IN DIALOGUE: Cristina CĂłrdova & Kukuli Velarde at Ferrin Contemporary, Oct. 16 – Dec. 30, 2021. With luscious photos and detailed artist statements, this catalog gives depth and insight into the motivations behind the exhibition and the artworks therein.

  • October 16 – December 30, 2021 at Ferrin Contemporary – curated by Leslie Ferrin
  • Catalog features detailed artist statements
  • Published on 
10
Apr
2020
CRYSTAL MOREY: Venus on the Waves Catalog

CRYSTAL MOREY: Venus on the Waves Catalog

CRYSTAL MOREY: Venus on the Waves Catalog

Crystal Morey’s “Venus on the Waves” exhibition catalog release: June 1, 2020.

Available now for $17.80, which includes domestic postage.

The 8.5 x 11″ booklet includes 16 beautiful pages of images and text from the “Venus on the Waves” exhibition
at Ferrin Contemporary in 2019.

  • Read more about the exhibition, HERE.
  • The book also includes a wonderful essay by writer Maria Porges, “Claiming Beauty: Crystal Morey’s Venus on the Waves”.

Excerpt from Maria Porges Essay:

All of Morey’s therianthropes have a kind of contained power, even when their poses might bely such a reading. A closer examination of the passive contrapposto of the standing figures in Three Gracesreveals a kind of watchful alertness. Positioned back to back around a tree stump, they are warriors creating a united defense. Rhino and mountain lion have their arms intertwined, but the gesture looks protective rather than girlishly affectionate. Alert, all three scan the horizon, dependent on each other for safety. As Morey has put it, “The rhino, mountain lion and human are all in danger of habitat loss, and extinction- although the human is just now realizing how delicate her situation is, and how dependent she is on the well -being of the creatures and environments around her.”

Like these three, Morey reminds us, all living creatures are connected. Multiple-figure compositions– a first for her—have enabled her to address increasingly complex issues. The result is a body of work in which several different meanings can be slowly unpacked, even as the immediate physical appeal of the figures provides pleasure. “You can come in at whatever level you want, but hopefully it will make you think about something you haven’t previously considered
 I don’t know if this work will make a change, but I hope it instigates a conversation.”

14
Apr
2019
MALCOLM WRIGHT: Moving Beyond Tradition

MALCOLM WRIGHT: Moving Beyond Tradition

MALCOLM WRIGHT: Moving Beyond Tradition

“Malcolm Wright, who is known by some as a functional potter and by others as a sculptor working in clay, is a consummate craftsman of both. He belongs to a group of contemporary ceramic artists who began as potters throwing vessels on the wheel, and then, seeking to move outside of that tradi- tion, found hand building as a way to broaden their artistic vocabulary.” — Susan Strickler

  • Publication Date: October 2018
  • 50 pages
  • Selected works presented in this catalog feature the sculptural capstones from Malcolm’s over 55-year artistic career and studio, The Turnpike Road Pottery, with an eloquent essay written by Susan Strickler, former director of the Currier Museum.
  • Available for purchase for $15.00