The eighth annual Cup: The Intimate
Object exhibition will open at midnight tonight on the Charlie Cummings
Gallery website. This year the show features over 500 cups by nearly 100
artists. The artists sent truly excellent cups this year, making this
exhibition among the most outstanding collections of drinking vessels I
have seen in one place.

As
the most intimate of ceramic objects, the humble cup possesses the
unique ability to transform our daily experience. A favorite mug or
tumbler rests perfectly in our grip, warming the hands in winter or
delivering that cool draft we so crave after a workout or on a hot
summer day. The right cup reminds us that the experience of drinking is
special, and that the moment is worth savoring.

This
year’s show includes an exciting diversity of cups, from the bonanza of
sprightly color in Linda Arbuckle’s majolica and Gillian Parke’s
decaled yunomi to the earth tones of Jack Troy’s and Simon Levin’s wood
fired porcelain. Subject matter ranges from that of Chandra DeBuse’s
humorous animal figures, to Ehren Tool’s challenging sculptural cups, to
the beautiful and ironic goldfish of Yoko Sekino-Bove’s Fragile
Immortality Series. Cups by talented young artists rub handles with
those by mainstays of contemporary pottery. I can’t crow enough about
how impressed I am by all their work.

See the show online and find a new beloved friend after midnight tonight at Claylink.com.

Can’t wait till midnight to see the cups?  Check out the preview images at our Facebook page 

This exhibition features cups by:

Jennifer
Allen, Dan Anderson , Linda Arbuckle, Andrew Avakian, Posey Bacopoulos,
Noel Bailey, Peter Beasecker, Catherine Boswell, Brooks Bouwkamp, John
Britt, Cindy Buehler, Kyle Carpenter, Benjamin Carter, Steven Cheek,
Annie Chrietzberg, Linda Christianson, Sam Chung, Nan Coffin, Tim
Compton, Jim Connell, Israel Davis, Chandra DeBuse , Maria Dondero,
Sanam Emani, Mark Errol, Marty Fielding, Susan Filley, Donna Flanery,
Emily Free Wilson, Brett Freund, Julia Galloway, Ernest Gentry, John
Glick, Ryan Greenheck, Mel Griffin, Martha Grover, Julie Guyot, Amy
Halko, Jeni Hansen Gard, Autumn Higgins, Barbara Hoffman, Meredith Host,
Wally Hyleck, Sarah Jaeger, Brian Jones, Lauren Karle, Kristen Kieffer,
Ashley Kim, Michael Kline, Martina Lantin, Dick Lehman, Clay Leonard,
Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Simon Levin, Brenda Lichman, Leanne McClurg
Cambric, Missy McCormick, Ryan McKerley, Lorna Meaden, Christopher
Melia, Melissa Mencini, Shane Mickey, Megan Mitchell, Courtney Murphy,
Ted Neal, Sean O’Connell, Lisa Orr, Gillian Parke, Kristin Pavelka, Doug
Peltzman, Ronan Peterson, Ron Philbeck, Chris Pickett, Sandi
Pierantozzi, Brenda Quinn, Beau Raymond, Ashley Roberts, Lindsay Rogers,
Audrey Rosulek, Cheyenne Chapman Rudolph, Nigel Rudolph, Deborah
Schwartzkopf, Sam Scott, Yoko Sekino-Bove, Leland Shaw, Amy Smith, Liz
Smith, Shawn Spangler, Amelia Stamps, Josh Stover, Roy Strassberg, Sue
Tirrell, Ehren Tool, Kyla Toomey, Jack Troy, and a collaboration between
Simon Levin and Amy Smith.