by Carole Epp | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sunday, August 16, 3–5pm
Artist Talk with Robert Silverman
Artist Robert Silverman will
talk about his inspiration for “Tirana” (shown above and below), a
featured work in the GLAZED & DIFFUSED exhibition. Edi Rama, artist
and mayor of Tirana, Albania, who transformed the city with color, was
Silverman’s inspiration for this piece. After the talk, join us for the
closing reception of GLAZED & DIFFUSED.
This survey exhibition focuses on a select group of international
artists chosen for their use of fired clay and glaze pigment to convey
abstract content. Their sculpture, vessels, tile, and site-specific
installations reveal intended, abstract results using fluidity,
abstraction, & color theory.
Artists: Raymon Elozua, Peter Christian Johnson, Jun Kaneko, Jae Yong Kim, Steven Young Lee, Lauren Mabry, Sara Moorhouse, Ron Nagle, George Ohr, Peter Pincus, Robert Silverman, Linda Sormin, Toshiko Takaezu, Beatrice Wood, and Betty Woodman.
by Carole Epp | Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
TORONTO – August 2, 2013 – The Gardiner Museum is excited to present the 3rd Annual RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award,
which recognizes the ceramic artist whose work receives the most votes
from Canada’s participating public with a $10,000 cash prize.
Each
year, a panel of experts nominates five outstanding artists from
Canada’s artistic scene. The talented nominees for 2013 are Robin DuPont (British Columbia), Michael Flaherty (Newfoundland and Labrador), Monica Mercedes Martinez (Manitoba), Amélie Proulx (Quebec) and Linda Sormin (Ontario).
The
Gardiner Museum-appointed nominating committee is comprised of artists,
educators, art critics, and/or curators from different regions across
Canada. Each of these five experts is invited to select an emerging
artist for nomination. To be eligible, participating artists must be
Canadian citizens or permanent residents, out of school, practicing for
at least three years and no more than 10 years. They also must have
participated in at least one exhibition at a recognized gallery, museum
or other arts organization.
The five selected artists have the
opportunity to showcase new works created specifically for the
competition, which will be on display at the Museum from September 3 – October 15, 2013, with voting closing on October 13, 2013.
During this time, visitors are invited to vote for the artist of their choice, either at the exhibit or online by clicking here. The Gardiner Museum will post voters’ comments on its website to stimulate dialogue about Canadian art and ceramics.
The
winner of the 3nd Annual RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award will
be announced at a public reception at The Gardiner Museum from 5:30 –
7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 15, 2013.
This year’s nominees were chosen by the following panel: Katrina Chaytor, Ceramics Faculty, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary; Bruce Cochrane, Ceramic artist, Mississauga, Ontario and former head of ceramics, Sheridan Institute; Gloria Hickey, Curator and writer on crafts, St. John’s Newfoundland; Jean-Pierre Labiau, Curator of Exhibitions and Decorative Arts, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec; and Grace Nickel, Professor Ceramics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg;
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About the Gardiner Museum
The
Gardiner Museum connects people, art and ideas by offering an intimate
look at one of the world’s oldest and most universal art forms –
ceramics. The Museum’s collections span continents and time, giving a
glimpse into the development of ceramic processes, decoration and form.
Year-round, the Museum mounts special exhibitions, events, lectures and
clay classes to complement its permanent collection. The Museum also
features the Gardiner Shop, which specializes in artist-designed,
artist-made merchandise. More information about the Museum and its
exhibitions can be found online at www.gardinermuseum.com.
Members of the media can register to access the Gardiner Museum’s online media room (www.gardinermuseum.com/news-and-media/mediaimagegallery) where they may download images and additional media materials.
For more information and complete artist bios, please contact:
Lisa Raffaele
PUNCH Canada
416.360.6522 ex. 239
[email protected]
by Carole Epp | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
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UNDER THE INFLUENCE: THE HARLEQUIN EFFECT
Wednesday January 16, 2013, 6:30 – 8 pm
Speaker: Kate Hyde, ceramic artist
Ontario-based artist Kate Hyde discusses her work in the exhibition Harlequinade and
the impact of theatre on her artistic practice. The talk will be
followed by a focused tour of the Museum’s permanent collection in which
the artist will highlight objects that have influenced her development.
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The Vase Project celebrates the art of copying and the role
of the usually anonymous artist in Jingdezhen. Working with 101 blank
vases, the curators created a visual chain letter selecting factory
workers and painters from independent workshops around the city to copy
and hand‐paint a blue-and-white contemporary landscape based on their
original sketch of the smoke stacks of Jingdezhen.
The project took place sequentially over a two year period: the
first factory artist received the sketch which he/she copied on a blank
vessel which was then fired and passed on to the next artist to copy
on a new identical blank vase and so on.
The Vase Project exhibition reveals that even when working
by rote or mimetically the anonymous artist’s individual brushstrokes
contribute to a singular one-off aesthetic within mass‐production.
Curated by Barbara Diduk, Charles A. Dana Professor of Art at
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in collaboration with Zhao
Yu, Assistant Professor at the Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
This exhibition explores the recent allure of China on Canadian
ceramicists. In the past few years, numerous ceramic artists have
attended residencies and exchanges in Fuping and Jingdezhen, replacing
the tradition of visiting Japanese folk (Mingei) potteries, in search of
authentic experiences.
The exhibition traces this new direction and how/if it has re-shaped
ceramic practice in Canada. Themes include contemporary Western
interpretations of Asian iconography, the relationship between the
handmade and mass production and the endurance of blue-and-white (Qing
Hua).
Go East features work by nine artists from across Canada
that were made in China or inspired by their experience of living
there. Artists participating in this exhibition are: Susan Collett, Jackson Li, Sin-ying Ho, Rory MacDonald, Sally Michener, Ann Mortimer, Paul Mathieu, Walter Ostrom and Diane Sullivan.
Curated by Rachel Gotlieb
PROGRAMS
JAN 14: PANEL DISCUSSION: Engaging with Ceramic Processes in Contemporary Art with artists Clint Neufeld and Linda Sormin. Moderated by Mona Flip, Curator of the Koffler Gallery
JAN 16: LECTURE: Under the Influence: The Harlequin Effect with artist Kate Hyde
JAN 25: LUNCH + LEARN: Susan Swan: The Western LightFEB 9: TRANSFORMATION BY FIRE: Hands-On WorkshopFEB 12: LECTURE: Married to Pottery: A Life of Uncertainty with Senior Curator Rachel GotliebFEB 14: JAMIE KENNEDY VALENTINE’S DINNER
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by Carole Epp | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Opens June 11, 2011 Overthrown: Clay Without Limits brings together regional, national and international artists who push the boundaries of clay to create large-scale installations that respond to the dynamic architecture of the Daniel Libeskind-designed Hamilton Building. The majority of the twenty-five participating artists will create site-specific artworks.
Highlights include a large-scale ceramic and found object sculpture by Linda Sormin that utilizes the colossal, slanted wall in the Hamilton Building atrium; an installation of clay flakes, each around 300 pounds, by Neil Forrest; a 23-foot chandelier by Jeanne Quinn; and a tiled enclosure with freestanding elements by Anders Ruhwald.
Overthrown also includes a sampling of smaller ceramic objects that acknowledges that other means, besides size, can challenge expectations of the material.
Find out more at the Denver Art Museum Website
