At Saffis Offices in Milan, eight international artists of art ceramics interpret the visionary and surreal atmospheres of the masterpiece born of Lewis Carroll’s pen.
“It is inevitable. As we watch an artist’s work change over time, we also watch the artist’s life unfold.”
In his review, “Family Affair: Isupov and Pärnamets,” Anthony Stellacio brings insight into the work and life of this complex family of accomplished artists. Ceramics: Art and Perception No. 103 2016 Click here to view full article.
The exhibit, “FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, Roosie Isupov,” was presented by Ferrin Contemporary in its gallery at 1315 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA, in the spring of 2015. Click here to view works in the show.
FAMILY AFFAIR: Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, and Roosi Isupov
April 25 through May 25, 2015
Independent Art Projects on the MASS MoCA campus in North Adams, MA
Family Affair features painted porcelain sculptures created by Sergei Isupov and Kadri Pärnamets and their daughter, Roosi Isupov. This collection of artwork was produced during their recent seven-month residence at Project Art in Cummington, MA.
The Iconic Teapot 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. The Clay Art Center, in Port Chester, NY presents “TeaTime”, a survey exhibition and a day of presentations, discussion, and tea tastings. See below. FERRIN CONTEMPORARY’S Teapot Collectanea, is an ongoing on-line collection of teapots sourced from private collections and directly from artist studios.
Tea Immersion Presentations and tea.
Saturday, March 1, 1–4pm
Clay Art Center
Port Chester, NY
• Leslie Ferrin, Author of Teapots Transformed; Exploration of an Object, will present an overview of contemporary ceramic teapots.
• Ulysses Dietz, Senior Curator at the Newark Museum will offer an historical survey of the teapot both as a functional form and as an artistic challenge.
• Michael Harney, VP of Harney & Sons Master Tea Blenders, will speak about tea tastes and traditions in various tea growing lands and how that has influenced tea pots.
• Judith Schwartz, Professor of Art & Art Professions at NYU, will moderate a panel discussion after the lectures.
• Tea tastings will culminate the event poured by Harney & Sons.
This exhibition of functional and sculptural teapots explores the history of tea and its relevance in our culture. The exhibition will highlight the teapot, whose form and related ceremonies has inspired artists for centuries and continues to be a valid form of expression in studios of contemporary artists today.
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY artists participating in TeaTime:
Christa Assad
Donald Clark
Frances Palmer
Kadri Parnamets
Adam Shiverdecker
Shawn Spangler
Mara Superior
Susan Thayer
Kurt Weiser
Ferrin Contemporary presents Teapot Collectanea: an online collection of teapots sourced from private collections and directly from artist studios. Ranging functional to conceptual teapots, produced by both emerging and established artists and designers, this ongoing changing collection is curated by Leslie Ferrin, author of “Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object”. Ferrin’s understanding of the teapot genre assures that each of the pieces offered here makes a distinct contribution to this iconic form. Click here to view Teapot Collectanea.
Summer brings ART + ARTISTS from far away places around the world Adelaide, Australia, Jingdezhen, China, Seoul, Korea, to the small village in Cummington, MA, USA on the Eastern edge of the Berkshires, in the heart of the Hilltowns and just west of the Pioneer Valley.
The former mill building, on the bank of the Westfield River, became Project Art in 2007 and home base for Sergei Isupov and Leslie Ferrin. Now with Ferrin Contemporary located there, and Sergei and his wife Kadri traveling to Estonia in the summer, the studio hosts resident artists and new projects get launched. This year the sessions run July – September.
Adjacent to the group studio on the first floor, Ferrin Contemporary exhibits selections from current projects and houses the library, offices and warehouse.
Our next open house and artist salon is Tuesday, August 14, 6 – 8:00, but other days, we are open by appointment. Call 413.446.0614 or email leslie.ferrin@gmail.com
SERGEI ISUPOV at Ferrin Contemporary
Sergei Isupov, “High Heel Shoes Teapots” 2013, detail, porcelain slip, glaze, 6.5 x 9.5 x 5″
Sergei Isupov, “High Heel Shoes Teapots” 2013, detail, porcelain slip, glaze, 6.5 x 9.5 x 5″
Sergei Isupov, Women with Cats Series, 2013
Sergei Isupov, “The Hero’s Mother”, 2012, Porcelain, Glaze, Stain, 8.5 x 12 x 4″
SERGEI ISUPOV at Ferrin Contemporary
The Personal is Professional by Sarah Buttenweiser in American Craft magazine
Sergei Isupov in Nature is Right Outside My Door, by Brooke Mason, Financial Times
Summer at Project Art, Cummington, MA
Joon Park, Moon Jar Stephen Bowers, Walk the Plank
Joon Park, “Moon Jar”, 2012, clay, crate, pallet, resin, 22 x 22″ (ceramic), 58 x 24″ (complete)
Stephen Bowers, “Walk the Plank” 2013, handmade surfboard (shaped by Peter Walker from paulownia timber), painted decoration, fiber-glass, resin, 7’7” x 22″
Current Projects of Ferrin Contemporary at Project Art
Front Design, “Blow Away Vase” 2008, Royal Delft porcelain, 11 x 12 x 9″
SMALL WORKS AND CURRENT PROJECTS …
SERGEI ISUPOV – portrait plates and small sculptures featured in Small Works at Ferrin Contemporary, at Project Art, Cummington, MA, USA.
Selected works from our current projects, “Walk the Plank”, surfboard from New Blue and White by Stephen Bowers and Peter Walker and Moon Jar by Joon Park, one of the summer residents at Project Art.
giselle hicks | sergei isupov | stephen young lee | adam shiverdecker | jason walker | kurt weiser
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