Brie Ruais, Unfolding (Liquid Color), (Artist’s body weight in clay spread out in all directions), 2011, stained blue, yellow and green clay, white and brown stoneware, clear glaze, 65 x 60 x 1 inches, 165.1 x 152.4 x 2.5 centimeters
Vessels
May 7—July 3, 2013
Nicole Cherubini • Francesca DiMattio Brie Ruais • Beverly Semmes • Betty Woodman
The Hort is pleased to present Vessels, a group exhibition of recent works by five NY-based ceramic sculptors, ranging from emerging to the firmly established.
The artists are influenced by traditional ceramic objects, from storage vessels, to pots and planters, to vases, but use the medium to defy prevailing associations with decoration and utility.
From Brie Ruais' sculptural performances to Nicole Cherubini’s pot assemblages, each artist in Vessels finds unique ways to mold clay to successfully evoke and challenge ceramic convention to examine entangled issues of body, function, craft, domesticity, and beauty.
For additional information, please contact Chris Murtha, Director of Exhibitions, at 212.757.0915 x121 or cmurtha@thehort.org.
