Tag Archives: ceramics

My Upstate Art Weekend Adventure

Posted on March 2, 2023 by melissa

July 30, 2022 in ArtSpiel Vanessa German,  Black on Black, 2021, Handmade folk art cloth Black woman pin cushion, glory, wood, love, astroturf, Black seed beads, confusion, Black rhinestone trim, Black bead trim, (they traded your grandmother for a handful of … Continue reading →

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KATHY BUTTERLY AT JAMES COHAN GALLERY – COLOR IN FORMING

Posted on September 12, 2022 by melissa

Posted on March 22, 2022 in Art Spiel Dances With Color and Form Installation view Staring at Kathy Butterly’s ceramic sculptures, I am overwhelmed by an urge to reach out and touch them. The marriage of color and form is … Continue reading →

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Hermannsburg Potters

Posted on May 17, 2021 by melissa

Reposting from March 2016. Originally in Hyperllergic Aboriginal Women in Australia Celebrate Their Football Heroes with Pottery Rona Rubunjta Arrente’s “I’m Black” (2015) (left); Ngala Wheeler’s “Brotherhood” (2015) (right) in ‘Our Land is Alive: Hermannsburg Potters for Kids continues’ at … Continue reading →

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Peace and Grief in the Art of US Veterans

Posted on February 24, 2017 by melissa

Feb 13, 2017 in Hyperallergic The exhibition Not Alone provides access to a complicated and difficult subject matter that intends to open up and bridge dialogue between civilians and those who have served. Installation view, Not Alone: Exploring Bonds Between … Continue reading →

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Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World

Posted on May 12, 2016 by melissa

in Hyperallergic on April 28, 2016 Grayson Perry, “Sex and Drugs and Earthenware” (1995) (detail), glazed ceramic, 54 x 24.5 cm (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) SYDNEY — The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Australia has mounted the … Continue reading →

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From Jell-O Shots to Money Scams, an Artist’s Account of Suing Her Gallery

Posted on October 23, 2015 by melissa

In Hyperallergic October 7, 2015 The triple order of lime, pineapple, and cherry Jell-O should have been a tip-off. I met my art dealer at 11:30pm on a sultry spring night at a diner on the corner of 23rd and … Continue reading →

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Viola Frey: Painterly Surfaces on Canvases of Clay

Posted on July 13, 2015 by melissa

in Hyperallergic     June 17, 2015 Installation view of Viola Frey, “Falling Man In Suit” (1991), ceramic, 74 x 89 x 73 inches (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Viola Frey, a powerful woman and rule-busting artist, has not been … Continue reading →

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Ohr what?

Posted on June 21, 2014 by melissa

  George Adams Gallery has mounted an exhibition of the work of George Ohr and Ron Nagle.  Each had been known, in their time, for making work deemed groundbreaking and “outrageous.” George Ohr worked in the early 20th century, and … Continue reading →

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Lost In Her Cosmos

Posted on December 15, 2012 by melissa

The New York Press- Dec 5, 2012 • Rosemarie Trockel’s World on View The much-anticipated exhibition Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos now at the New Museum, is a complicated show to get one’s arms around and a hard one to love. … Continue reading →

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