Sergei Isupov’s solo exhibition, Head On, will run through March 3, 2016 at the de Menil Gallery at Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts. It features Isupov’s ceramic sculpture, exploring the literal and metaphoric form of the human head.
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Design Sponge: Vipoo Srivilasa
WHAT’S 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.
C-File: Ceramists Selected for $50k US Artists Fellows Awards
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NewsFile | Ceramists Selected for $50k United States Artists Fellows Awards
“At least four artists out of the 37 inducted as United States Artists Fellows this year work in the medium of ceramics… This year’s inductees were chosen from a pool of more than 400 applicants… The organization states that it has awarded more than $20 million over the lifetime of the program, the idea being to help artists realize new creative opportunities through financial support.”
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Congratulations to Cristina Córdova recently awarded 2015 USA Distinguished Fellow in Crafts.
Maine Antique Digest: Paul Scott in “Historical Accommodations”
“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-offs…[and] using them as a canvas for biting social commentary,'” Click here to read full article.
C-File: Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio
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Jason Walker’s Illustrated Surfaces and Forms Reviewed by Anthony Stellaccio
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…
C FILE: Robert Silverman Celebrates the Reclamation of Soviet Architecture
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: Exhibition | “Glazed and Diffused” at Ferrin Contemporary
C File investigates the story behind GLAZED & DIFFUSED. On the topic of ceramics in the art world, Leslie Ferrin said, “What’s happening today is that contemporary ceramics are no longer relegated to mere craft.” Click here to read full article.
Wallpaper: Ceramic Futures at GLAZED & DIFFUSED
“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.
Ceramics Monthly: Impenetrable Ambiguities, The Illustrated Sculpture of Jason Walker
“In some very essential way, the same heady mixture of keen observation and self-awareness that nourished the spirits of America’s 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.
American Craft: Jason Walker and The Nature of Invention
“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.