WHATâS IN YOUR TOOLBOX: VIPOO SRIVILASA
Design Sponge, December 2015
Annie Webler interviews Vipoo Srivilasa with questions about life’s tools that keep him inspired, organized, and productive.
Click here to view more of Srivilasa’s work.
“Historical Accommodations” by Hollie Davis and Andrew Richmond
from Maine Antique Digest Oct. 5, 2015
“Several months ago, Robert Hunter, editor of Ceramics in America and photographer extraordinaire, posted a Paul Scott platter on his Facebook page. Scott has ‘a penchant for rescuing cast-offsâŚ[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,'” Click here to read full article.
Since his emergence, Walker has remained in the top tier of a group of artists who have defined a sub-genre of ceramic art with expert optical play between illustrated surface and form. The provenance of this prominence began with thrown and slipcast elements assembled into compact objects based on domestic functional forms. Read more, see more…
In this article, C File explores Silverman’s piece entitled “Tirana” in the GLAZED & DIFFUSED exhibition. “The story reminds us of similar public works projects that have attempted to heal the soul of a community.” Click here to read full article.
C File investigates the story behind GLAZED & DIFFUSED. On the topic of ceramics in the art world, Leslie Ferrin said, “Whatâs happening today is that contemporary ceramics are no longer relegated to mere craft.” Click here to read full article.
“Collecting ceramics has long been sequestered to the worlds of Wedgewood and Worcester, but there’s a new and evolving chapter when it comes to contemporary work….”
Brooke Mason, in an August 2015 edition of Wallpaper, interviews Leslie Ferrin about the impact contemporary ceramics on the art world.
“In some very essential way, the same heady mixture of keen observation and self-awareness that nourished the spirits of Americaâs Transcendentalist explorers, artists, and naturalists also defines Walker.” from “Impenetrable Ambiguities, The Illustrated Sculpture of Jason Walker” by Anthony E. Stellaccio in Ceramics Monthly Sept 2013.
“Through his painted porcelain sculptures, Jason Walker asks us to ponder technology, wilderness, and our place in the world.” from “The Nature of Invention” by Joyce Lovelace in American Craft Magazine Aug-Sept 2012.
AUGUST 8 Â | Â STUDIO &Â GALLERYÂ FIELD TRIP
Raymon Elozua Studio &Â Jack Shainman Gallery
Mountain Dale &Â Kinderhook, NY
Ferrin contemporary invites you to join us on Saturday, August 8, 2015 for a full-day tour in the Catskills and Kinderhook, New York.
In Mountain Dale, New York, visit Raymon Elozuaâs studio and the 1st Annual Mountain Dale Biennial at Grocery Store Gallery featuring ceramic work by Elozua and collage artist Micheline Gingras.
In Kinderhook, New York, visit Jack Shainman Gallery: The School and enjoy a guided tour with Clark Griffin of the El Anatsui: Five Decades exhibition of works in painting, wood, metal, and clay.
This full-day, round-trip tour starts in North Adams, MA.
Or you can provide your own transportation and meet us along the way.
Tour + lunch without transportation: $40 per person.
Tour + lunch with bus fare included: $75 per person.
Limited space. Registration deadline is August 1.
Thursdays, July 30, August 27, and September 24, 6 to 8 pm
1315 MASS MoCA Way and throughout North Adams
FREE
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.