Artist News

Jul

2015

Blouin Art Info: My Blue China

“Fondation d’Entreprise Bernardaud Presents My Blue China Exhibition”
by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, Blouin Art Info May 29, 2015

In their effort to “showcase how much ceramics is used around the world by artists and how creative the medium can be,” the Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud presents My Blue China in Limoges, France from June to November 2015.

Click here to read the full article. (And be sure to check out the slideshow.)

Jun

2015

Elozua Awarded Groot Grant

Ramon Elozua, "R&D I: Re-9-1a" 2014, ceramic, glaze, steel, glass, 42 x 29 x 41".

In 2015, Elozua received a Virginia A. Groot Foundation grant for a new body of work. The R&D series of mixed media sculpture incorporates glass, ceramics, and steel. They are an extension of an exploration of Abstract Expressionist painting. Colors and shapes from different paintings were sampled and combined using CAD software to create new combinations. From these designs, welded steel armatures were built and covered with terra cotta and glaze. After firing, blown-glass shapes were affixed to the sculptures. “I find the tension between the fractured ceramic and the reflective glass fascinating. There is a feeling of beauty born out of decay,” said Elozua.

Click here to view Raymon Elozua’s work.

May

2015

Sergei Isupov at Korean Ceramic Biennale 2015

Sergei Isupov was a featured artist at The 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2015 in the Gyeonggi-do Province of Korea. Work by artists from 74 countries was presented at three venues during this event focusing on the use of color in ceramics. The exhibit from the International Competition 2015, April 24 – May 31, 2015, was held on the 3rd floor of Icheon World Ceramic Center.

Click here to view pdf of images from the exhibition.

Jan

2015

Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird

The New York Times Art & Design | Emporiums of the Waggish and Weird, Browsing at Metro Curates and the Ceramics and Glass Fair by WILLIAM GRIMES

Grimes takes note of the impact of Paul Scott’s work at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair in January 2015.

“A number of contemporary artists disturb the polite atmosphere of British tea sets and Chinese export pottery. Paul Scott, an English artist at Ferrin Contemporary, has updated English transferware, with its romantic evocations of American scenes, in the rudest possible way.”

Click here to read the full article.

Ceramics Crack the Contemporary Art Market — Breaking the Mold

New York Observer/Culture
“Ceramics Crack the Contemporary Art Market – Breaking the Mold” by Brook Mason.

“Few slices of the art market have changed as radically, or, surprisingly, have been taken more seriously, in the past few years as the ever-so-sleepy ceramics and glass sector. … When it comes to contemporary ceramics, some dealers said, there’s a shift going on in terms of validity in the eyes of museums. “Glance back two decades only a handful of museums were incorporating such work in their holdings,” said Massachusetts dealer Leslie Ferrin.”

Mason notes the trend of museums recognizing the validity of ceramic work; Ferrin Contemporary’s Paul Scott has work in over 30 museums world wide.

Click here to read full January 24th article.

New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015 Review

“New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2015” in Past Imperfect: The Art of Inventive Repair by Andrew Baseman

“It was heartening for me to see so many examples of antique and contemporary ceramics with inventive repair in such a prestigious venue. It gives me hope that beauty in imperfection is now being embraced by more artists, dealers and collectors than ever before.”

Baseman remarks on work by Mara Superior, Frances Palmer, and Paul Scott in his January 24th blog entry.

Click here to read his full entry.

A Clay Bestiary VIRTUAL TOUR on video

Video offers another chance to view and enjoy A Clay Bestiary.

A Clay Bestiary, a recent show at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey, brought together a diverse body of ceramic work by contemporary artists. The artists have re-imagined and reinterpreted various members of the animal kingdom; infused them with new concepts, ideas, and messages; and in the process freed each piece from being a literal portrayal.

This video presentation by Bill Ivie of CINEMATIC EYE / CINEMABRIDE takes the viewer on a tour of the entire exhibit. As the camera moves around the works it takes in intimate close-up views and steps back to encompass a broader view — all that you would experience had you been there in person. The film moves at a leisurely pace and is interspersed with limited dialog giving the viewers time to really view each work and form their own reactions before moving on to the next.

Click here to view the video.

This group show includes the work of Ferrin Contemporary artists Jason Walker, Red Weldon Sandlin, and Sergei Isupov.

Jan

2015

Crafts magazine reviews “Confected, Borrowed, and Blue: Paul Scott”

Teleri Lloyd-Jones reviews Paul Scott’s exhibition at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England in Crafts magazine Jan–Feb 2015.

“These are the works from the past 15 years of Scott’s practice, in no explicit order, so rather than a developing hand we meet a political voice that’s also a love letter to an aesthetic tradition.”

Click here to view the full article.

Paul Scott is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.

Oct

2013

Sergei Isupov in Art News

Doug McClemont reviews solo show of Sergei Isupov’s recent work at Barry Friedman’s gallery in New York in ARTnews, October 2013.