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This sculpture is part of Gert Germeraad's exhibition "Depicting Criminals" at Neon Gallery, Brosarp, Sweden.
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June 30, 2008
The Month in Clay - July 2008
by Jennifer Poellot Harnetty, editor | Read Comments (2)
Looking for something to do on those warm summer nights? How about getting out there to support your local artists and galleries? Or, if you are looking to reinvigorate your work, there still may be time to sign up for a summer workshop. To whet your appetite on what's going on this month in the ceramics world, I have pulled together a few highlights from around the U.S. and abroad as Ceramic Arts Daily’s July Month in Clay feature.
But, as usual, these events only scratch the surface of what's out there. Be sure to peruse the Ceramics Monthly Calendar and our workshop listing for clay happenings in your area. - Jennifer Harnetty, editor.
“Emerging Artists: Works from the Studios” is on display July 11 - August 22 at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri. An opening reception will be held Friday, July 18, from 6-8pm. The event is free and open to the public.
This exhibition features work by Craft Alliance’s working students and emerging artists, including the teapot to the left by Glen Bartholomew. Craft Alliance believes in celebrating those individuals who continue to explore arts education. For more information, visit
www.craftalliance.org.
“Depicting
criminals,” an exhibition of figurative ceramic sculpture by artist
Gert Germeraad will be on display at Neon Gallery in Brosarp, Sweden,
through August 16.
Gert explains, “this exhibition is about identity. Often we want to reduce the term to outer appearance, clothes and style. How can we judge another person through appearance? By looking at the nose? This exhibition is especially about the criminal identity, how images live their own lives and influence our reactions. Behind criminal acts might be a complex pattern of cause and consequence, personal histories and psychological explanations. The exhibition is questioning our perception of criminals, and our way to judge by simple means.”
To see more of Gert Germeraad’s work, visit
www.gertgermeraad.nl or
www.neongallery.nu.
The 2008 Visiting Artists Exhibition is on view through August 2 in the
Bray North Gallery at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana.
The exhibition includes work by Josh DeWeese (whose pitcher is shown at
left), Walter McConnell, Ron Meyers, Donovan Palmquist, Linda Sormin,
Akio Takamori, Patti Warashina and Kurt Weiser.
To see more of the work
from this show, visit
www.archiebray.org
“Flow
II,” a solo exhibition featuring the porcelain tile compositions of CAC
2007-08 resident artist Elina Toperman, will be on view at the Clay Art
Center in Port Chester, New York. Marking the culmination of her
residency, this body of work explores framed moments and the
relationship between spontaneity and precision.
Flow II is an extension of Elina Toperman’s MFA thesis project, Flow, which she completed last spring at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Through her experiments with plaster and porcelain casting slip, Elina has managed to create compelling architectural works that merge the opposing forces of permanence and fluidity. She plays with the fluid nature of glaze in its molten state, allowing gravity to be a tool in the firing process that completes the work. Before the works go into the kiln, they are static and precise, with two layers of glaze applied in a meticulous pattern. When they emerge from the kiln, they are transformed, with lines and colors fused together and then frozen mid-movement, seeming to capture a moment in time.
For more information, visit
www.clayartcenter.org.
“Parts & Pieces: Wheel Thrown Sculpture,” a workshop with University of South Carolina professor Virginia Scotchie, will take place July 27 - August 2 at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
This workshop will focus on the use of the wheel and assembling techniques for altering sculptural forms. Participants will learn how to make a wide variety of shapes on the wheel from 3-4 pounds of clay and then alter, cut and assemble the created forms into unique sculptural objects.
For more information or to register for this workshop, visit
www.arrowmont.org.
Cricket Engine Gallery, in Oakland, California, hosts a solo exhibition of new work by Misty Gamble, one of Ceramics Monthly’s 2008 Emerging Artists, from July 11-20. Fresh off of a one-year residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, Misty exhibits ceramic sculptural figurative work from the two series “Chanel” and “Big Hair.”.
This solo show will engage the viewer by questioning his or her own notion of beauty and power. What is considered beautiful as one ages? How do woman empower themselves? How do power and beauty relate? More images of Misty’s work can be seen at
www.mistygamble.com. For more information about the exhibition, visit
www.cricketengine.org.
del Mano Gallery in West Los Angeles will feature the ceramic work of Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist Z Jacobson from July 5 - August 30. Z’s works consist of exquisitely crafted, organic clay forms. They are finished with carefully articulated and wildly exuberant glazes in unique juxtapositions.
“For me my work is about risk, constantly pushing my own personal limits in both construction and glaze experimentation. This is how I continue to learn.”
For more information, visit
www.delmano.com.