Project Type: EXHIBITION

04
May
2017
BODY & SOUL

BODY & SOUL

Body & Soul

September 24 – March 2, 2014
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY

EVENTS
Tour with Curator and Artist Sergei Isupov
January 23, 2014, 6:30 pm

Join artist Sergei Isupov and guest curators Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Marty Kaplan as they explore the use of figurative ceramics to convey strong emotion, personal experience,historic memory, and symbolic tales throughout this exhibit of work by 25 international artists.

In recent years, the human figure has returned to center stage in the work of artists around the world. Body & Soul: New International Ceramics underscores the power of the figure to convey strong emotions, and also to the accessibility of the ceramic medium. Through clay the figure becomes the catalyst for addressing the emotional impact of contemporary pressures that confront our society today. Each work, inspired by a personal incident or symbolic tale, expresses a deep emotional identity, contrasting societal, political, and personal views on themes such as anxiety, bias, mortality and memory.

The exhibition will highlight approximately 25 international artists who came to clay as painters, draughtsmen, or sculptors. Many are being shown for the first time in the United States. The range and quality of the works will make this exhibition engaging and provocative, and will bring this special area of creativity into a much-deserved focus.

This exhibition is organized and curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan with the advisement of Laurent de Verneuil, Martin S. Kaplan, and by David McFadden, William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design.

Major support for Body & Soul: New International Ceramics is provided by George Abrams, Kate and Gerald Chertavian, Chubb Insurance, Friends of Contemporary Ceramics, the Glassman Family Fund at the Boston Foundation, Hunt Alternatives Fund, Nancy Klavans, Cheryl and Philip Milstein, David and Susan Rockefeller, Michael and Karen Rotenberg, Shepherd Kaplan LLC, Lisbeth Tarlow, five anonymous donors, with additional support from a group of private donors.

Sergei Isupov is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
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Sergei Isupov, “The Orchard” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 20.5 x 14 x 7.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “The Challenge” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 10 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “The Challenge” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 10 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Belief and Hope” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18 x 20 x 9.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Belief and Hope” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18 x 20 x 9.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “St. Valentine” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12.5 x 16 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “St. Valentine” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, 12.5 x 16 x 8″.
04
May
2017
CLAY BODIES: A Group Exhibition of Figural Ceramic Sculpture

CLAY BODIES: A Group Exhibition of Figural Ceramic Sculpture

Clay Bodies: A Group Exhibition of Figural Ceramic Sculpture

September 19 – October 30, 2013
Barry Friedman Ltd, New York, NY

featuring Sergei Isupov and other artists

Barry Friedman Ltd. is pleased to present “Clay Bodies” featuring the figurative sculpture of 10 artists from 5 different countries, running in tandem with the Museum of Arts and Design’s opening fall exhibition “Body & Soul, New International Ceramics” (9/17/13 – 3/2/14). “Clay Bodies” will open with a public reception at Barry Friedman Gallery on Thursday, September 19, from 6-8pm.

Contemporary figurative sculpture, often tough in appearance and with narrative content, deals with current social, political, and cultural issues, and more pointedly the environment, sexuality, gender, and assimilation. These common threads are apparent in the sculptures of these ac- complished international artists. While the intent of some is quite apparent, many of the works have obscure narratives that the viewer is left to define.

Often called an erotic Surrealist for his daring representations of sexuality, relationships, and human encounter, Sergei Isupov takes narrative subject matter and merges it with ceramic sculptural form. The bold color palette, heavily tattooed faces, and textured surfaces relate these works to the aesthetics of traditional Russian art, as well as to contemporary styles of illustration.

Sergei Isupov is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Read and see more…

Sergei Isupov, “Speech of the Wild Animal” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 29 x 10″.
Sergei Isupov, “Free Ride” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 20.5 x 14 x 6″.
Sergei Isupov, “Free Ride” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 20.5 x 14 x 6″.
Sergei Isupov, “Dangerous Friendship” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18.5 x 16.5 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “Dangerous Friendship” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18.5 x 16.5 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “The Challenge” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 10 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “The Challenge” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 24.5 x 10 x 8.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Lift: Monkey” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 17.375 x 16.25 x 6.125″.
Sergei Isupov, “Life’s Work” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 16.875 x 14.75 x 5.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Farewell to the Theater” 2013, porcelain, slip, glaze, 22.5 x 10 x 7.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Farewell to the Theater” 2013, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 22.5 x 10 x 7.5″
Sergei Isupov, “Farangis” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14 x 10 x 6″.
Sergei Isupov, “Jarira” 2013, porcelain, glaze, slip, 14 x 10 x 6″
Sergei Isupov, “Jarira” 2013, bottom view, porcelain, glaze, slip, 14 x 10 x 6″
04
May
2017
ANIMAL STORIES

ANIMAL STORIES

Animal Stories

October 10 – January 12, 2014
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Event
Sergei Isupov Lecture: Humanimals
November 13, 6:30 – 8pm

Elephants, leopards, dogs, squirrels and dragons… From exotic creatures, household pets, urban wildlife to mythical beasts, animals have been an active part of human experience, an inexhaustible trigger of the imagination. Animal Stories presents the many tales of our encounters with the animal world, shedding light on how our social, symbolic, affectionate, scientific and utilitarian relationships with animals have been visualized through ceramics from the 17th century to our day.

Animal Stories will delight visitors of all ages, inviting them on a journey that is both colourful and heartwarming, and sometimes scientific or critical. The exhibition unfolds through a series of themes that cut across time periods and that take us to the core of human-animal relationships.  Themes include: the intersection between art and science, from different approaches to naturalism to the impact of scientific discourse on art; conceptions of the wild, from the introduction of “exotic” beasts in 18th-century Europe, to works that cast a critical look at the current state of wildlife; animals as part of our everyday, as faithful companions, pets, or beasts of burden; animals as storytellers, moral teachers and social commentators; and creatures of the imagination, with representations that bridge the realms of fantasy and reality.

The exhibition also features illustrated books alongside ceramics, thus exploring the longstanding connection between the two media as vehicles for storytelling. Examples include popular sources employed by 18th-century decorators and modellers, such as printed natural histories and Aesop’s Fables, as well as a selection of children’s books featuring beloved animal characters from the 19th century to the present.

Spanning four centuries of visual culture, Animal Stories will feature Japanese and Chinese porcelain, English and European ceramics, and the work of many contemporary ceramic artists, including Shary Boyle, Sergei Isupov, Janet Macpherson, Lindsay Montgomery, Ann Roberts, Adrian Saxe, Wendy Walgate and Jason Walker, and original book art by Canadian illustrators such as Brenda Clark and Barbara Reid among others. The works in the exhibition are drawn from the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collection, private collections and public institutions.

Curated by Karine Tsoumis

Sergei Isupov and Jason Walker are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

Selected works by Red Weldon Sandlin are available from private collections.

Red Weldon Sandlin, “The Hurtea Gurdy Tales: A Nickel for the Monkey” 2006, ceramic, wood, acrylic paint, 16.5 x 11.5 x 11″, book 1 x 12 x 9″.
Red Weldon Sandlin, “The Hurtea Gurdy Tales: A Nickel for the Monkey” 2006, reverse, ceramic, wood, acrylic paint, 16.5 x 11.5 x 11″.
Red Weldon Sandlin, “The Hurtea Gurdy Tales: A Nickel for the Monkey” 2006, detail, ceramic, wood, acrylic paint, 16.5 x 11.5 x 11″.
Red Weldon Sandlin, “Mystic Caravans of Dragon’s Well… Chapter Four” 2000, clay, wood, acrylic, 18.5 x 13 x 5.5″.
Jason Walker, “City Animal: Squirrel” 2008, porcelain, underglaze, luster, 17 x 10 x 4″.
Jason Walker, “City Animal: Squirrel” 2008, porcelain, underglaze, luster, 17 x 10 x 4″.
Sergei Isupov, “Strong” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14.5 x 7.5 x 7.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Future” 2011, porcelain, slip, glaze, 15.5 x 6 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “Lady Cat” 2012, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18 x 8 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Future” 2011, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 15.5 x 6 x 8″.
Sergei Isupov, “Lady Cat” 2012, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 18 x 8 x 6.5″.
Sergei Isupov, “Strong” 2011, reverse, porcelain, slip, glaze, 14.5 x 7.5 x 7.5″.
04
May
2017
KURT WEISER: The Nature of Imagination

KURT WEISER: The Nature of Imagination

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kurt Weiser, “Nightshade” 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 12 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Nightshade” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 19 x 12 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Wildfall” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 9.5 x 8 x 4″
Kurt Weiser, “Wildfall” 2013, reverse, china painted porcelain, 9.5 x 8 x 4″
Kurt Weiser, “Fruit Story” 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 13 x 7″.
Kurt Weiser, “Fruit Story” (reverse) 2013, china painted porcelain, 19 x 13 x 7″.
Kurt Weiser, “Pair of Cubist Vases (2)” 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Pair of Cubist Vases (1)” 2013, porcelain, cobalt pigment, glaze, 23.5 x 12 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Tea Pot” 2013, china painted porcelain, 8 x 9 x 4″.
Kurt Weiser, “Hear No Evil Double Bottle” 2013, porcelain, 18 x 16 x 8.5″
Kurt Weiser, “Hear No Evil Double Bottle” 2013, porcelain, 18 x 16 x 8.5″
04
May
2017
UNCANNY CONGRUENCIES

UNCANNY CONGRUENCIES

Uncanny Congruencies

September 10–December 15, 2013
Palmer Museum of Art

A group exhibition including Christa Assad, Jason Walker, and other artists.

The power of art is often found in those uncanny spaces between formal abstraction and the narratives of representation. Inseparable parts of a more complex whole, the form of abstraction and the content of representation are the collaborative conditions that have created the most compelling works of art since antiquity. Uncanny Congruencies investigates these elliptical crisscrossings, and offers a nuanced dialogue with its audiences through the seemingly dissimilar work of eighteen alumni of the Penn State School of Visual Arts—all of which intersects and dialogues with one another in surprising ways.

The tyranny of certainty and the increasing fear of ambiguity in our age of instant messaging and immediate gratification are challenged by the exhibition’s curatorial invitation to see beyond the obvious. Viewers are encouraged to engage with works of art in relation to one another. Where do these disparate sensibilities intersect and connect? More important, how do these artists distinguish themselves in our highly complex and competitive world?

Uncanny Congruencies is being presented as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture at Penn State and was guest co-curated by Micaela Amateau Amato, professor emerita of art and women’s studies. The exhibition and related events are being co-sponsored by the Palmer Museum of Art and the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.

Artists in the exhibition include Brian Alfred, Cara Judea Alhadeff, Christa Assad, Kenn Bass, Judith Bernstein, Gerald Davis, Robert Ecker, Suzan Frecon, Krista Hoefle, Marina Kuchinski, Helen Harrington Marden, Beverly McIver, Tim Roda, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, Allen C. Topolski, Jason Walker, Henry Wessel, and David W. Young.
Christa Assad and Jason Walker are represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

Jason Walker, “Expecting” 2010, porcelain, underglaze, 15 x 9 x 10″.
Jason Walker, “Standing in the Grass” 2009, porcelain, underglaze, plastic tubing, resin, 19 x 20 x 7″.
Jason Walker, “Desert Frog” 2008, porcelain, underglaze, 21 x 10 x 10″.
Christa Assad, “Detroit River” 2011, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 8.5 x 10 x 7″.
Christa Assad, “Benxi, China” 2011, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 7 x 10 x 7″.
Christa Assad, “North Sea Canal” 2011, porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 9 x 11.5 x 7″.
03
May
2017
Jason Walker at Ceramic Biennalie 2017 in Korea

Jason Walker at Ceramic Biennalie 2017 in Korea

JASON WALKER in Korean Biennale

Jason Walker is an invited artist in “Story Telling: About Life” at the 9th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017 in Korea, presented by the Korea Ceramic Foundation (KOCEF) from April 22 to May 28, 2017 at Icheon World Ceramics Center in Icheon Cerapia, Gyeonggi Province.

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01
May
2017
STEVEN YOUNG LEE: Red, White and Blue

STEVEN YOUNG LEE: Red, White and Blue

Steven Young Lee: Red, White and Blue
April 11 – May 12, 2013
Jane Hartsook Gallery

July 31–September 1, 2013
Ferrin Contemporary at Independent Art Projects

May 27–August 16, 2013
Ceramic Top 40 at Harvard

The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present Montana-based artist Steven Young Lee in New York City Solo Exhibition debut. Lee explores identity through the appropriation of historical style. Though his approach is characteristically postmodern and he addresses identity through the substance of existence via cultural constructions, his approach is refreshingly not ironical.

“My work investigates how individual realities are formed. I am fascinated in concepts and development of self that are based on identification with environment, traditions and superstitions while often straddling cultural boundaries…challenge[ing] preconceptions that can reshape our sense of identity and culture.

The pieces I create appropriate elements of form, decoration, color, image and material that are distinct from specific cultures or periods in history…I see these as reminders of the past, but also as objects that I have become emotionally invested in discovering my own sense of place.”—Steven Young Lee

Steven Young Lee is the Resident Artist Director of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. A native of Chicago, Lee received his MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2004. In 2004-5, he lectured and taught at numerous universities throughout China. While there, he created a new body of work as part of a one-year cultural and educational exchange fellowship in Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province. A former Bray resident, Steven also spent a year teaching at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. in 2005-2006.

In the United States, he has taught classes at Alfred University, Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, the Clay Art Center in New York and the Lillstreet Studio in Chicago. His work has been exhibited in China, Canada and throughout the United States and is held in private collections in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Montana.

Lee maintains an active studio practice rooted in both functional and sculptural ceramics. His current work examines cultural references and how individuals draw realities based on experiences and environment. Through his sculpture and vessels, he challenges pre-conceptions of style, form, symbolism, superstitions and identity.

Contact: Adam Welch
212.242.4106, ext. 22
16 Jones Street, New York, NY 10014
www.greenwichhousepottery.org

This program is supported by the Windgate Charitable Foundation, Greenwich Collection LTD., by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.

Photo Caption: Cup Panels (Red Blue White), 46 x 50 x 4″ each, 2013, Porcelain, Glass Shelving

To see more about Steven Young Lee

Steven Young Lee, “Blue Cup Panel” 2013, porcelain with cobalt inlay, 46 x 50 x 4″.

01
May
2017
NEW BLUE AND WHITE

NEW BLUE AND WHITE

NEW BLUE AND WHITE

MFA BOSTON

February 20 – July 14, 2013

Discover contemporary interpretations of blue-and-white ceramics

“sumptuous, conceptually elegant show”—The Boston Globe

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

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

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

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

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

 

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

PAST PROGRAMMING

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

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

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

Dinner TBA

Wednesday, July 10

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

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

FEATURED ARTISTS

CHRIS ANTEMANN

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

ROBIN BEST

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

STEPHEN BOWERS

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

CLAIRE CURNEEN

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

GISELLE HICKS

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

PAUL SCOTT

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

VIPOO SRIVLIASA

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

KURT WEISER

Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist II” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″
Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist I” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″.
Kurt Weiser, “Chinese Cubist II” 2013, porcelain, 22 x 10 x 10″
29
Apr
2017
EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts & Nudes

group show of ceramic figural sculpture by masters 1965–present originally presented at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, from June 18 to September 5, 2016

 

ABOUT

EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes is an exhibition of figural ceramic sculpture from 1965 to the present and features masterworks from estates and private collections alongside recent work direct from artist studios, which was originally presented at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, from June 18 to September 5, 2016.

This group of noted American and British sculptors explores themes that range from social realism to otherworldly surrealism to abstraction of form. The overview illustrates how early practitioners in California’s Bay Area during in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, and Stephen De Staebler, continue to inspire artists today. Known for their use of clay in combination with painted glaze surfaces, these artists challenge presumptions and their work defies easy categorization as sculpture, decorative arts, or studio craft.

The exhibit that took place at Ferrin Contemporary’s gallery in western Massachusetts presents a selection of available works by living and deceased artists featured in the accompanying catalog EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes. The publication includes an introduction by curator Leslie Ferrin and an informative essay by author and independent curator Mark Leach highlighting the seminal moments and interplay between artists and their mentors.

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27
Mar
2017
TEAPOT COLLECTANEA

TEAPOT COLLECTANEA

TEAPOT COLLECTANEA

WORKS

This eclectic collection is continually changing as new work is acquired or sold. Occasionally, older important pieces re-enter the market and we make many of them available here.

Dorothy Hafner, “Teapot, Sugar, Creamer” 1988, porcelain, underglaze.
Dorothy Hafner, “Sugar, Creamer” 1988, porcelain, underglaze, 4.75 x 2.75 x 4.75″, 5.75 x 2.5 x 10.5″.
Dorothy Hafner, “Teapot, Sugar, Creamer” 1991, porcelain, underglaze.
Coille Hooven, “Hookah Animals” 1975, porcelain, 10.375 x 9 x 11.75″.
Coille Hooven Porcelain – detail of “Hookah Animals” 1975, porcelain, 10.375 x 9 x 11.75″.
Michael Sherrill, “Tilted Tea” 1995, 16 x 16 x 6″.
Michael Sherrill, “Royal Bloom Tea” 1997, 17 x 19 x 8″.
Katherine McBride, “One Teenager To Go: Cirque C’est La Vie Series” 2004, porcelain, 10.75 x 8.75 x 7″.
Susan Thayer, “Forward Motion” 2003, porcelain, 6.5 x 12.5 x 4″.
Michael Lucero, “Teapot #2″, 2009, glaze, ceramic, 7 x 12.25”
Les Lawrence, “New Vision Teapot”, 2000, 12 x 9 x 3″
Annette Corcoran, “Hummers” 2007, 9 x 13.5 x 7″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “The Customer” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 19 x 14.5 x 6.5″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “The Customer” 2015, porcelain, slip, glaze, 19 x 14.5 x 6.5″. photo: John Polak
Kadri Pärnamets, “Picnic Teapot”, 2014, porcelain, glaze, stain, 7.5 x 10.25 x 4″
Mara Superior, “Mates for Life (A Swan’s Wedding Day)”, 2008, high-fired porcelain, wood, gold leaf, bone, ink, 23 x 16 x 10″
Mara Superior, “Dream House”, 2009, porcelain, 15 x 18 x 8″
Kurt Weiser, “Teapot” 2016, porcelain, china paint, 11 x 4.5 x 8.5″.
Kadri Pärnamets, “Steam from Tea – Tribute to Alice in Wonderland” 2016, porcelain, slip, glaze, ceramic decals, 17.5 x 6 x 15.25″.

ABOUT

Curated by Leslie Ferrin, author of “Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object” , this collection offers a range of work from traditional, functional designs to conceptual contemporary constructions by both emerging and established artists. Ferrin’s understanding of the teapot genre assures that each of the pieces offered here makes a distinct contribution to this iconic form.

Teapots are complex objects steeped in history, world culture, and art. For collectors, they offer a wonderful study in contrast and variety. For artists, they present endless possibilities within the context of design, decoration, and scale. As a result, teapots have become objects through which potters, clay sculptors, artists in all media challenge their creative and technical abilities.  As subject matter, the familiar object is commonly represented in still lifes – incorporated into both two- and three-dimensional formats.

TEAPOTS TRANSFORMED by Ferrin Contemporary director, Leslie Ferrin, contains an in-depth exploration into the teapot as both utilitarian object and contemporary sculpture.

Full-color illustrations and supporting text takes artists, collectors, and tea drinkers on a delicious tour of this evolving art form.

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