Earthenware. Stoneware. Kitchenware. Homeware. From ancient pottery for cooking and storage to modern decorative objects adorning the home\, ceramics have a long\, important history in domestic settings. This exhibition adds a contemporary twist to the association\, with objects th at signal an irreverent or even zany approach to the medium. Robert Arneso n's Case of Bottles mimics factory-made glass soda bottles but adds a wonk y\, handmade feel. The miniatures of a newly married couple by Beatrice Wo od playfully hint towards a disruption in domestic harmony. Woody De Othel lo fuses household objects with body parts\, lending shape to the emotions that are latent but nonetheless expressed in domestic spaces. These alter ations draw the ordinary-bottles\, chairs and bites of food-into the extra ordinary\, prompting us to reevaluate our relationship with the things we encounter in our homes every day.
WARES! debuts two new works: Woo dy De Othello's underneath the surface changes occur that we cannot bear w itness to (2023) and Seth Bogart's largest ceramic work to date Cheeks (20 23).
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230918 LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T180744Z SUMMARY:WARES! Extraordinary Ceramics and the Ordinary Home TRANSP:OPAQUE X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:Earthenware. Stoneware. Kitchenware. Homewa re. From ancient pottery for cooking and storage to modern decorative obje cts adorning the home\, ceramics have a long\, important history in domest ic settings. This exhibition adds a contemporary twist to the association\ , with objects that signal an irreverent or even zany approach to the medi um. Robert Arneson's Case of Bottles mimics factory-made glass soda bottle s but adds a wonky\, handmade feel. The miniatures of a newly married coup le by Beatrice Wood playfully hint towards a disruption in domestic harmon y. Woody De Othello fuses household objects with body parts\, lending shap e to the emotions that are latent but nonetheless expressed in domestic sp aces. These alterations draw the ordinary-bottles\, chairs and bites of fo od-into the extraordinary\, prompting us to reevaluate our relationship wi th the things we encounter in our homes every day.
WARES! debuts two new works: Woody De Othello's underneath the surface chang es occur that we cannot bear witness to (2023) and Seth Bogart's larg est ceramic work to date Cheeks (2023).
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