by Carole Epp | Jan 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Koi Neng Liew’s large-scale sculptures have a powerfully physical
presence inhabited by an elusive yet evocative sense of human spirit. In
this new work he presents a meditation on childhood and fatherhood, as
seen through the lens of play with his son.
Liew comments: “My son has a very different childhood than I did. He
has hundreds of toys: cars, planes, guns, action figures, videos
and Lego. I watch him as he imagines he is Megatron or Iron Man; he
creates his own alter ego, embodying the toys we play with. Fatherhood
has created an opportunity to relive my childhood. I play as though I am
a child again, but realize that in my son’s eyes I am just as much a
toy as the ‘play-thing’.”
Koi Neng Liew is originally from Singapore, where he studied at the
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He received a BFA from the New York State
College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2001, and an MFA from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2005. Liew is the recipient of
numerous awards including the Roswell Artist in Residence 2008 grant in
New Mexico, and a 2005 Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation in
Montana. He is a featured artist in the Clay Art International Yearbook
published in Athens, Greece, and has exhibited in Canada, the United
States and China over the past 10 years. In 2010 Liew undertook the
year-long Artist Residency in the Medalta IAIR program and now is a
faculty instructor at Medicine Hat College in Visual Communications.
Jan 14 – Feb 25
Public Reception with the Artist
FRI Feb 3 | 7 PM
Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre
401 First St SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2
Hours: Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM / Sat 12-5PM
Statutory Holidays and Sundays CLOSED
www.esplanade.ca
www.koinengliew.ca
by Carole Epp | Nov 26, 2016 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, technical tuesday
DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 (EST)
52st ANNUAL NCECA CONFERENCE: CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture
Wednesday March 14 – Saturday, March 17, 2018
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overview
The exhibition and expansion of
contemporary ceramic practice will include diverse approaches to ideas
and senses of materiality involving clay and process. NCECA’s annual
conference is enriched by the innovation and vision that emerges from
our community to present ceramic art of the highest caliber in the form
of Concurrent Exhibitions (CEs). These exhibitions make ceramic art
visible and accessible to communities in which the conference is based.
Concurrent Exhibitions also provide a platform for participating artists
to engage with the global audience of ceramic enthusiasts to expand,
challenge, and celebrate critical and aesthetic horizons of art made
with clay. NCECA promotes Concurrent Exhibitions through the print
conference guide, app, website, Blog and social media. While NCECA makes
efforts to cluster the shows within art/ cultural districts to maximize
viewer attendance, it is not able to guarantee that all exhibition
venues will be included on tour routes.
2018 Exhibitions Focus
NCECA seeks exhibition proposals
that incorporate clay as the principal medium of expression and have
conceptual resonance with the theme of its 52nd annual conference, CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture.
The conference will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in March
2018. Cross-currents within Pittsburgh’s three rivers are traversed by
446 bridges. These natural and cultural features are vibrant metaphors
for the intersectionality, significance, and experience of different
cultural constructs. Traditions and innovations coexist throughout the
ceramic medium’s history. Our creative work with ceramic art in the 21st
century can be a catalyst to generate dialog and empathy. When art
grapples with change through underrepresented ideas, new models of
creating, teaching, and learning, it has the capacity to crystalize
experiences of diversity and notions of community. Through these
exhibitions, NCECA hopes to share and promote innovative approaches to
ceramic art that explore and highlight the experiences of diverse
cultures within a dynamic society.
full details here: nceca.net/concurrent-exhibition-proposals/
by Carole Epp | Nov 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
RAIN SHADOWS
Ceramics by Jane Sawyer with words by Carolyn Leach-Paholski.
Following a successful showing at Mansfield Ceramics Gallery in Sydney, Rain Shadows (mark 2) comes to Melbourne.
Showing at Tacit Contemporary Art
30 November – 18 December
by Carole Epp | Oct 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Curated by Phil Rogers
Bandana Pottery, USA
Frank Boyden, USA
Bruce Cochrane, CANADA
Nic Collins, UK
Josh DeWeese, USA
Jeff Diehl, USA
Doug Fitch, UK & SCOTLAND
Hannah McAndrew Fitch, SCOTLAND
Anne Mette Hjortshøj, DENMARK
Shinsuke Iwami, JAPAN
Lee Kang-Hyo, KOREA
Lucien Koonce, USA
Ken Matsuzaki, JAPAN
Jan McKeachie Johnston, USA
Phil Rogers, WALES
Tim Rowan, USA
Akira Satake, USA
by Carole Epp | Oct 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Delicate Dependencies
San Francisco, CA
October 14 -29, 2016
Humankind has become the driving influence
and force behind natural evolution, with the ability to alter life from a
single cell all the way up to entire ecosystems. Through these actions we
are leaving vulnerable species and habitats frantic, facing disruptions
and uncertain outcomes. In my work I explore these actions while also
creating an evocative and mysterious narrative that shows
our interdependence with the land and animals around us.
“Delicate Dependencies” is an exploration of
these ideas shown through plants and animals native to the western United
States. These creatures exist in habitats stressed or impacted by human
activity, leading them to an unclear future. They inhabit a space
where the relationship between humans, and the plants and animals around them,
are intricately and physically bound together, dependent on each other for
their long-term viability. Sculpted from the silken white earth of porcelain, I
see these delicate figures as containing power, as modern talismans and
precious telling objects. They see a heightened vision of human
influence in the natural world and are here to remind us of our current
trajectory and the delicate dependencies we all share.
Website: crystalmorey.com
