by Carole Epp | Feb 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Oh dear bad Bon Jovi song stuck in my head, sorry about sharing that. Just wanted to let you all know why I’ve been so busy and so neglectful at posting about studio work lately. It’s because my show at Mysteria Gallery in my old hometown of Regina opens this Saturday. It’s been an insane few weeks pulling everything together, but the photos have now been taken and the work ready to be packed in the car for the drive down. I’m really excited about this show, excited about the new works, excited about showing in my old hometown (looking forward to seeing a lot of old friends); and I’m also excited about showing with Marsha Kennedy who beyond being an amazing painter that I’ve admired for years – she was also my undergrad painting professor. I do hope if you’re in the area you’ll stop by to say hi, but if you can’t make it I’ll make sure to post some pictures of the new work on my website asap. And I do promise I’ll get back to my new years resolution to post more starting next week. You guys have been incredibly generous with lovely comments and I really appreciate the feedback! You’re all just so darn lovable! Cheers.
Mysteria Gallery website
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s not very often that I get to post about an awesome exhibition of ceramic work that i’ll actually get to see, but today is an exception. Come one, come all to the Mendel art gallery this Friday night for the opening reception of Brendan Tang‘s show Sugar Bombs. Curator and artist talk at 7pm, opening at 8pm. Hope to see you there!
by Carole Epp | Jan 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
Eden Revisted: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser
Friday, February 12, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Join us for this unique evening with Kurt Weiser! For this talk, the artist shares his process and how the role of drawing evolved in his work from formal design to narrative form. The talk will begin at 5:30, followed by a reception with the artist at 6:30. This special event is $10 at the door, $5 for students and SCC members.
2100 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
www.contemporarycraft.org
p: 412.216.7003 f: 412.261.1941
Open: Mon–Sat 10–5 pm
by Carole Epp | Jan 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Exhibition runs: January 17, 2010 – March 21, 2010
From the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Website:
“Introspective Expeditions: Journeys to the Self Winter welcomes exhibitions by three ceramic sculptors whose explorations about change and transformation are as much about three voyages of ongoing self-discovery. While these introspective exhibitions approach various archetypal models from deeply personal perspectives, the questions are universal and accordingly, each one invites us into a dialogue about our own connections to these mysteries.
Jane Adeney offers us TRANSUBSTANTIATION. Known for her installations and ceramic sculptures, Adeney’s works are about controlled states of transformation and of alchemical metamorphosis. Her fascination with the clay’s various stages of being, (malleability, firing, and smoking) mirrors her examination of various stages of personal passage, renewal, and the cycle of transformation. Her work is about human existence and the symbolic purification of fire while it reaches into the depth of our inner selves, touching internal worlds of desires, and possibly, fears.
In the 21st century, politics, technology, and economic globalization have resulted in the merging of people from many nationalities and cultures. Sin-ying Ho’s ONE WORLD/MANY PEOPLES describes the path of such an encounter between colliding cultures and eras. Fragments of various Eastern and Western forms and imagery are juxtaposed to comment on contemporary postcolonial theory, which critiques Imperial Europe by examining such issues as slavery, migration, race, gender, and place.
Throughout the ages, there has been a legacy of representing women and motherhood as an iconographic image of “Women as Vessel.” Usually symbolizing such ‘ideals’ as fertility, purity, and the nurturing caregiver, these representations were positioned as eternal yet lacked any human experiential dimension. In BROKEN … BUT STILL STANDING, the sculptures by Louise Pentz take us into a world of contradictions where mothering is a deeply personal journey full of on-going learning, teaching, and transformation. Here, women are the vessels of personal identity and experience and our mothers’ legacies of strength, endurance, and faith continue to inspire and guide. “
For more info and images visit the Website.
