Project Type: EXHIBITION

04
May
2017
RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

January 21–24, 2016
NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY

February 13–April 17, 2016
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, US

Oct 10–Nov 14, 2015
Bluecoat Display Centre
Liverpool, England, UK

Co-curated by Paul Scott and Andrew Baseman

This group exhibition examines the contemporary artistic interest in repaired ceramics. It focuses on materially related forms and graphic material by leading contemporary artists who exploit and explore the surrounding issues of conservation, restoration, over-consumption, reuse, and recycling.

“Before the advent of modern glues, broken ceramics or glass objects were drilled, wired, stapled or riveted together, textiles used to be darned or patched. Home-made or improvised ‘make do and mend’ repairs were made to a loved plate or jug and finer variations of these techniques used by serious conservators. The preciousness of these intimately repaired objects faded with time and in conservation circles practices which interfered with the ‘integrity of the object’ became actively discouraged and disapproved. A few years ago, in spite of their beauty, rivets in plates and wired handles hugely devalued a piece of antique tableware. In some museum collections even the evidence of a staple or riveted repair would be removed and hidden if new conservations took place.

“In more recent times, as we struggle to come to terms with our over consumption of finite resources, the concept of re-cycling has become a central tenet of modern life. There is an increasing interest for crafted, restored, once loved objects so that the obviously repaired,‘traditional’ processes again appear beautiful, functional and intriguing. Whilst their display is not yet common in our public museums, private collections and interests are building. Enthusiast Andrew Baseman has a comprehensive archive of beautifully repaired glass, and ceramic objects, which he makes available to wider public though his wonderful blog.

“For many artists, re-cycling and reuse has long been a natural part of practice; as well as ecological soundness, trash is generally cheap (if not free). Existent, damaged worn or broken objects carry messages, they have already had a life and carry evidence of their journey in material fabric. This realized physicality can be used or exploited in aesthetic form, as conceptual device or collateral evidence. Discarded graphic material has long been used in collage and more recently material from industrial archives are also being used to create new iterations.”

— Paul Scott, co-curator and artist

Click here to view or download press release.

Click here to view press coverage of “Mended Ways: The Inventive Art of Repair.”

Click here to view press coverage from C-File April 28, 2016.

Click here to view the video of Paul Scott presenting work from this exhibition at the Bluecoat Display Centre in October 2015. (His segment begins at 11:55 minutes.)

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STEPHEN BOWERS

BOUKE de VRIES

RUAN HOFFMANN

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SERGEI ISUPOV

GARTH JOHNSONGarth Johnson, "Manifest Destiny (Currier and Ives - American Homestead - Spring #755)" 2010, Bing & Grondahl limited edition Currier and Ives porcelain plate, decal, 8".

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FRANCES PALMERFerrinPalmer357223SpoutTulipiereLW

PAUL SCOTTPaul Scott, "Scott's Cumbrian Blue(s), Fukushima No: 5," 2015, glaze, decal, c. 1965 Japanese Willow platter, brass pins, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 14 x 18.75 x 2".

CAROLINE SLOTTECaroline Slotte, "Tracing Series (11)" 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 8".

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

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May
2017
MENDED WAYS | The Art of Inventive Repair

MENDED WAYS | The Art of Inventive Repair

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

MENDED WAYS: The Art of Inventive Repair

A special exhibition presented by Andrew Baseman

January 21–24, 2016
New York Ceramics & Glass Fair
Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY

An exhibit of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection complemented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

“Before the invention of Krazy Glue, broken household items were brought back to life with flair and ingenuity.” Examples of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection will be complimented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

Baseman presented a lecture at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2016.
Click here for  part one and  part two.

RE—Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld

This curated exhibition examines the contemporary artistic interest in repaired ceramics. It focuses on materially related forms and graphic material by leading contemporary artists who exploit and explore the surrounding issues of conservation, restoration, overconsumption, reuse, and recycling.

STEPHEN BOWERS

BOUKE de VRIES

RUAN HOFFMANN

NOELLE HORSFIELDFerrinHorsfield35729DragonDessertLW

SERGEI ISUPOV

GARTH JOHNSONGarth Johnson, "Manifest Destiny (Currier and Ives - American Homestead - Spring #755)" 2010, Bing & Grondahl limited edition Currier and Ives porcelain plate, decal, 8".

ADAM LEFEBVREFerrinLeFebvre35725vesselLW

FRANCES PALMERFerrinPalmer357223SpoutTulipiereLW

PAUL SCOTTPaul Scott, "Scott's Cumbrian Blue(s), Fukushima No: 5," 2015, glaze, decal, c. 1965 Japanese Willow platter, brass pins, gold leaf, tile cement, epoxy resin, 14 x 18.75 x 2".

CAROLINE SLOTTECaroline Slotte, "Tracing Series (11)" 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 8".

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

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04
May
2017
SERGEI ISUPOV: Head On

SERGEI ISUPOV: Head On

January 7 – March 3, 2016

SOLO EXHIBITION

de Menil Gallery at Groton School

282 Farmers Row, Route 111, Groton, MA

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Head On" painting in Installation View, 2016.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Groton, Mass. –

Sergei Isupov’s solo exhibition, Head On, will run through March 3, 2016 at the de Menil Gallery at Groton School in Groton. It features Isupov’s ceramic sculpture, exploring the literal and metaphoric form of the human head. Selections from Isupov’s recent work are combined with pieces from the span of his career, to illustrate a progression and continuance of ideas about the relationships between the head, face, and body.

Through this exhibition Isupov wants viewers to contemplate the head and imagine the invisible body, continuing the story on their own and as their own. Isupov’s surrealist works pulse with life in an animated dialog between surface and form. The heads are painted with detailed imagery depicting emotional exchanges between men and women. It is easy to get drawn in by allusions to romance, or mysteries, and then our own imaginations finish the cycle by personal associations. “I chose the focus of this show to be the form of the head, both as a physical object and as the subject to convey human experience,” Isupov says. “The subject matter I address on the surface through painted images draws from stories first experienced, then remembered, and finally told.”

The de Menil Gallery presents Sergei Isupov in HEAD ON. Located at the Groton School, The de Menil Gallery is a state-of-the-art gallery with approximately 900 square feet of exhibition space. 

Click here to view and download press release.

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View. Sergei Isupov, "Risen", 2016 in Installation View, 2016.

ARTWORKS IN THE INSTALLATION

The Installation displays 20 artworks, including two works that are among the largest pieces produced by Isupov in an exhibition.

“Head On“, 2016, an 9 x 11′ Site-specific Wall Painting

“Risen”, 2016, an 8′ Multi-Part Sculpture.

Additional pieces were pulled from the artist’s archives and range in dates from 1995 – 2016.

HEAD ON

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Head On" painting in Installation View, 2016.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.
"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Installation View.

RISEN

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

Public Lecture and Discussion with the Artist
The public is invited to an Artist’s Lecture on Wednesday, January 27, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at the de Menil
Gallery. Isupov will share his exploration of the theme, Head On, followed by a discussion.

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

"Head On", 2016 Sergei Isupov Solo Exhibition at de Menil Gallery at the Groton Academy Groton, NY. Sergei Isupov, "Boxer", 2009 in Installation View, 2016.
04
May
2017
Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE MIAMI 2015

Ferrin Contemporary at PULSE MIAMI 2015

Ferrin Contemporary presents
Cristina CĂłrdova in ISLA SALVAJE (wild island) at

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December 1–5, 2015
Indian Beach Park, 4601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Booth S-113

Cristina is a nominee for the PULSE Prize, a cash grant awarded to an artist of distinction exhibiting a solo presentation at the fair.

EVENTS + HOURS

Tuesday, December 1
Private Preview Brunch By VIP Invitation, 1–4pm
Opening Celebration, 4pm–7pm

Wednesday, December 2, 10am–7pm
Thursday, December 3, 10am–7pm
Friday, December 4, 10am–7pm
Saturday, December 5, 10am–5pm
Sunset Celebration, 5pm–7pm

PULSE MIAMI is located at Collins Avenue and 46th Street right next to the Eden Roc Hotel and with direct access from the beach and boardwalk. PULSE is recognized for providing its international community of emerging and established galleries with a dynamic platform for connecting with a global audience. PULSE offers visitors an engaging environment in which to discover and collect the most compelling contemporary art being produced today.

Cristina CĂłrdova, “Dibujo en Barro” 2015, clay, pigments, 96 x 72″.
Cristine CĂłrdova, “Untitled” detail, 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, 34 x 23 x 12″.
Cristina CĂłrdova, “De mi isla salvaje (from my wild island)” 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, tiles 93 x 70″, figure 53 x 25 x 17″.
Cristina CĂłrdova, “De mi isla salvaje (from my wild island)” 2015, ceramic, resin, pigments, tiles 93 x 70″, figure 53 x 25 x 17″.
Ferrin Contemporary booth featuring Cristina CĂłrdova at PULSE Miami 2015.
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May
2017
NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2016

NEW YORK CERAMICS & GLASS FAIR 2016

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ABOUT THE NYCGF

January 21–24, 2016
Bohemian National Hall
321 East 73rd Street, New York, NY 10021

HOURS

Thursday to Saturday 11:00am–7:00pm
Sunday 11:00am–4:00pm (no admittance Sunday after 3:30)

EVENTS

SELECTED LECTURES
Thursday, January 21, 4pm
ANDREW BASEMAN LECTURE: Past Imperfect:  The Art of Inventive Repair

Friday, January 22, 2pm
PAUL SCOTT, BOUKE DE VRIES, & LESLIE FERRIN LECTURE: Fragile Beauty: Re-animate, Repair, Meld and Mend

Saturday, January 23, 2pm
STEPHEN BOWERS LECTURE: Ming goes Bling & the Slightly Satirical Aroma of Eucalyptus

Click here for full lecture schedule.


ROBIN BEST

STEPHEN BOWERS

BOUKE de VRIES


SERGEI ISUPOVSergei Isupov, "Secret Service" 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8 x 7 x 4".


STEVEN YOUNG LEE
Steven Young Lee, "Maebyong Vases" 2016, porcelain, white slip, glaze, 14 x 20 x 14".


KADRI PÄRNAMETSKadri Pärnamets, "Question of Honor — Lucretia, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5".


PETER PINCUS
Peter Pincus, "Vessels" 2016, porcelain, slip, gold lustre, 21 x 30 x 8".


PAUL SCOTT


CAROLINE SLOTTECaroline Slotte, "Tracing Series (11)" 2015, reworked, second-hand ceramics, 8".


MARA SUPERIOR


KURT WEISER
Kurt Weiser, "Seed Collector" 2016, china painted porcelain, 9.5 X 9.75".


ABOUT THE ART OF INVENTIVE REPAIR

MENDED WAYS: THE ART OF INVENTIVE REPAIR
A special exhibition presented by Andrew Baseman

“Before the invention of Krazy Glue, broken household items were brought back to life with flair and ingenuity.” Examples of repaired historic pieces from Baseman’s collection will be complimented with work from contemporary ceramic artists whose work imitates, replicates, or honors the inventive repairs of the past.

PAUL SCOTT

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

BOUKE de VRIES

STEPHEN BOWERS


RUAN HOFFMANN


SERGEI ISUPOV

 

04
May
2017
BERNARDAUD: My Blue China

BERNARDAUD: My Blue China

Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud presents:

My Blue China | la Mondialisation en Bleu et Blanc

December 16, 2015–February 28, 2016
Ariana MusĂŠe Suisse de la CĂŠramique et du Verre
Avenue de la Paix 10, CH-1202 Geneva, Switzerland

June 11–November 21, 2015
Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud
27 Avenue Albert Thomas, Limoges, France

The exhibition features Ferrin Contemporary artists Sin-ying Ho and Caroline Slotte.

Click here for Blouin Art Info review with slideshow.
Click here for CFile: My Blue China with essay by the curator Laurent de Verneuil.

Sin-ying Ho, “One World, Many Peoples No. 2″ 2010, porcelain, cobalt pigment, underglaze, decal, glaze, 77 x 23.25”
Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.
Caroline Slotte, from the series “Under Blue Skies” 2015, reworked second-hand ceramics.
Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.
Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Bouke de Vries.
Bernadaud: My Blue China exhibition photo featuring work by Sin-ying Ho.

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“Recent cases of withdrawal into cultural identity have led many artists to ponder the phenomenon of cultural globalization. “My Blue China” sheds new light on the issues at hand, bringing together the works of 12 internationally renowned contemporary artists that make explicit reference to blue and white porcelain. The exhibition shows the extent to which this universal leitmotif – whether applied to ceramics, painting, photography or video-making – refreshes our reflections on aesthetics, identity, hybrid art and cultural imperialism.”

 — Laurent de Verneuil, exhibition curator

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May
2017
GLAZED & DIFFUSED

GLAZED & DIFFUSED

June 20 – August 16, 2015

View Press Release •  HERE  •

View Event Press Release •  HERE  •

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

View Press Release •  HERE  •

View Event Press Release •  HERE  •

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.

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May
2017
SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

SERGEI ISUPOV at Kasher | Potamkin

ABOUT THE PRESENTATION

May 1–16, 2015
KASHER|POTAMKIN
515 West 26th Street, New York, NY
PREVIEW OF FALL SOLO EXHIBITION
Becoming Human – Becoming Animal  

In 2015 Isupov returns to his iconic form of the Humanimal, a series of standing oversized figurines.
A sculptural surrealist, this group of four are the latest in Isupov’s lifetime series of transforming, anthropomorphic sculptures that explore human relationships by blending expression and gesture of the combined species.

The fall exhibition will build on the works shown in this spring preview at KASHER | POTAMKIN.

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin and Andi Potamkin invite you for
BRUNCH & CONVERSATION
Sat, May 16, 11–1 at KASHER | POTAMKIN

ABOUT SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov is an Estonian-American sculptor internationally known for his highly detailed, narrative works. Isupov explores painterly figure-ground relationships, creating surreal sculptures with a complex artistic vocabulary that combines two- and three-dimensional narratives and animal/human hybrids. He works in ceramic using traditional hand building and sculpting techniques to combine surface and form with narrative painting using stains and clear glaze.

“Everything that surrounds and excites me is automatically processed and transformed into an artwork. The essence of my work is not in the medium or the creative process, but in the human beings and their incredible diversity. When I think of myself and my works, I’m not sure I create them, perhaps they create me.”

Isupov has a long international resume with work included in numerous collections and exhibitions, including the National Gallery of Australia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (TX), Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Racine Art Museum (WI), Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA), and the Erie Art Museum (PA), at which he presented selected works in a 20-year career survey Hidden Messages in 2017 and Surreal Promenade in 2019 at the Russian Museum of Art (MN).

MORE ON SERGEI ISUPOV

Sergei Isupov, “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 11 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Close Your Eyes, Open Your Eyes” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 11 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Something to Think About” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10.5 x 10.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Something to Think About” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10.5 x 10.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Butterfly Catcher” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 9 x 7″.
Sergei Isupov, “Butterfly Catcher” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16 x 9 x 7″.
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May
2017
FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Family Affair: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, & Roosi Isupov

Apr 25–June 7, 2015
Ferrin Contemporary
1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

FAMILY AFFAIR is a show of porcelain work by the three members of Isupov-Pärnamets family. Five-year-old Roosi Isupov and her parents, Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets, spend half their year in Estonia and half in the US. They speak Russian, Estonian, English, and a visual language rich with complex imagery. Their work, spoken in a universal language of art, reveals courageous inquiries into what it is to be human — intense explorations of self, relationship, and family. This is a show of their most recent work  produced during the last seven months at Project Art in Cummington, MA, USA.

Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Click here to view more work by Sergei Isupov.
Click here to view more work by Kadri Pärnamets.

Click here for press release.

 

Kadri Pärnamets, “Nymph of Spring” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 13 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Roosi Isupov, plate, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″. photo: John Polak
Roosi Isupov, “Dream of an Angel” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8.5″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “The Customer” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 19 x 14.5 x 6.5″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Question of Honor — Lucretia, after Lucas Cranach the Elder, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 10.5 x 5”. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Past in Present” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 14.5 x 7″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “St. Agnes, after Andrea di Bonaluto (14th century), porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 13 x 11.5”.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” bottom, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sight Unseen” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11 x 19 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Crosscurrent” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 11.5 x 23 x 6″.
Sergei Isupov, “Sauna” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 11 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Beach Combers” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 13.5 x 7 x 3″.
Sergei Isupov, “Secret Service” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 8 x 7 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Shroud of Turin” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12 x 9 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 9 x 5.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Chaos” 14 x 9 x 5.5″ and “Order” 9 x 8 x 6.5″, 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze.
Sergei Isupov, “Order” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 9 x 8 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Winter–Summer,” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.5 x 8 x 8.5″.
04
May
2017
SCENERY: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines and Willows

SCENERY: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines and Willows

Scenery: Gardens, Bridges, Trucks, Turbines, and Willows

featuring Paul Scott & Andrew Raftery

March 22–April 4, 2015
Benson Hall Gallery
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

EVENTS
Thursday, March 26, 5–9:30pm
Reception

This exhibition by Paul Scott and Andrew Raftery is the first time they have shown artwork together and comes after a ‘slow motion’ email conversation that has taken place across the Atlantic over the past five years. Their common interest is in the language of engraving realized in ceramic transferwares.

Raftery is working on a unique project which will result in the production of twelve limited edition printed plates depicting his gardening year. The exhibition shows his work in progress and includes drawings, wallpaper, engravings and the first plate in the series.

Scott is well known for his contemporary blue and white transferwares which update an historical genre to depict the contemporary landscape. In this exhibition the work is complimented by new garden and landscape collages involving sliced and edited details from familiar tableware patterns.

Andrew Raftery, “May: Cultivating Lettuce” 2014, engraving transfer printed on glazed white earthenware, 14″.”
Andrew Raftery, “Lettuce Bed” letterpress on blue coated paper, 2015, 12” x 9”.
Andrew Raftery, “Lettuce Bed” letterpress on blue coated paper, 2015, 12” x 9” on drying racks.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Fracked No: 7,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 Richard Alcock ironstone platter, 11.5 x 14.5 x 2″. Carnegie Museum of Art Collection.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Cow in a Meadow No. 2,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 feathered-edged pearlware platter, cow: 5 x 8.75 x 2, octagonal platter: 12.5″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), American Scenery, Residual Waste No: 1,” 2015, glaze, decal, c. 1840 pearlware platter, 10 x 13.5 x 1″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Palestine, Gaza,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1840 Adams plate, 9.25 x 1″. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Collection.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Clouds after Cadre and Lisa,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1840 feather-edge pearlware platter, 11.25 x 14.75 x 1.25″.
Paul Scott, “Scott’s Cumbrian Blue(s), Grain Silo,” 2015, glaze, decal, gold, c. 1850 J K Meakin ironstone platter, 10.25 x 15 x 1.75″.