Tag: ceramic

Sally Saul in ‘At Home’ at LaunchF18

Sally Saul’s arresting ceramic self-portrait portrays her as if in mid-sentence, her eyes looking into the distance as if trying to phrase something just so. Surrounded by tiny attentive birds, what she says has caused nature to stop and listen. (At LaunchF18 on the Lower East Side through March 6th).

Sally Saul, Self-Portrait, clay and glaze, 12 x 9 x 8 inches, unique, 2010.
Sally Saul, Self-Portrait, clay and glaze, 12 x 9 x 8 inches, unique, 2010.

Jennie Jieun Lee and Mariah Robertson at 11R

In 11R’s serendipitous pairing of ceramics by Jennie Jieun Lee and multiple exposure photograms by Mariah Robertson, each artist creates visual interest by defying convention. Robertson punctuates gorgeously-hued abstractions by cutting her photo paper into a rough, tapering point. Lee crafts vessels from glaze-splashed curls of clay. (At 11R on the Lower East Side through Feb 7th.)

Installation of ceramic by Jennie Jieun Lee and Mariah Robertson, 11R, January 2016.

Teresita Fernandez at Lehmann Maupin Gallery




Inspired by the cave systems of Vinales, Cuba, Teresita Fernandez’s glimmering semi-abstract ceramic mosaic pictures a lush cave interior with the suggestion of human figures in elemental interactions with nature. (At Lehmann Maupin through Dec 31st).

 Teresita Fernandez, Vinales (Subterranean), glazed ceramic, 72 x 144 x 1.5 inches, 2015.


Moataz Nasr at Leila Heller Gallery

Egyptian artist Moataz Nasr’s New York solo debut at Leila Heller Gallery features work in a variety of media including neon, glass and video, but a row of 25 ceramic figures of everyday Cairenes titled ‘The People,’ stands out. Chief among these is a version of the female protester who was notoriously brutalized by Egyptian soldiers during 2011 demonstrations in Tahrir Square; rendered with the slightly curving forms of a Hummel figurine, the sculpture manages to disturb as much as the original video footage. (Through Dec 23rd).

Moataz Nasr, Elshaab (the people), 25 ceramic characters (detail seen here), 10.6 x 2.4 x 4 in each (approx.), 2012.

Hilary Harnischfeger at Rachel Uffner Gallery

Hilary Harnischfeger makes an unlikely but delightful connection to both geological formations and a cow in this wall-mounted sculpture titled ‘Bovina.’ Using stacked layers of cut and colored paper, ceramic, oil stick and hydrostone, the Brooklyn-based artist works her usual magic with materials while bringing to mind farm tools or a cow’s skull affixed to a barn wall. (On the Lower East Side at Rachel Uffner Gallery through Dec 20th).

 Hilary Harnischfeger, Bovina, ceramic, hydrostone, pigment, crushed glass, oil stick, paper, wood, 20 x 22 x 10 inches, 2015.