“GHP Amer, Baga, Cameron, Greenbaum, Lins, Mackler, Salle” Exhibition

The Jane Hartsook Gallery

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The Jane Hartsook Gallery presents an exhibition bringing together for the first time the ceramics of New York City artists Ghada Amer, Trisha Baga, Robin Cameron, Joanne Greenbaum, Pam Lins, Alice Mackler and David Salle, into one exhibition. These artists highlight the artworld having found expression in clay – encapsulating the mood of the contemporary scene. All of these artists work out of the studios at Greenwich House Pottery, through class, a clandestine ceramics club or our residency program. Though the Pottery might be the thread binding these artists together there is a commonality in their expressive approach to material manipulation and a profound intrigue for color.

Figuration, abstraction, neo-expressionism and the postmodern are all represented in this exhibition. Each artist approaches the material with similar motivation, to exploit clay’s potential – bending the material to their will. Salle explores and his work documents the physicality of the material, pushing, pulling, pinching and tearing at the forms while Mackler uses the material as an expression of her inner impulse. The pure abstractions of Greenbaum are in-between, neither representative but not completely without grounding. Baga and Lins recreate actual objects, or in Baga’s case, persons. Their approach to the material expresses a real joy in exploration and creation. Cameron, whose work vacillates between the figure and the vessel, recycles the old to breathe life into the new. Amer’s works are representations of the figure in her case, the woman. Amer works within the tradition of functional forms made with vivid porcelain coloration. Regardless of the artist, color is a central theme among their works, that and an unbounded enthusiasm for material potential.

The groundswell of interest in ceramics now taking place is unprecedented and New York City is the epicenter. In addition to the numerous gallery and museum exhibitions around the city, our studios are filled with artists looking to expand their practice. These artists are exploiting clay’s expressive potential and have found a welcoming home in our studios. Whether making work for an upcoming solo exhibition in their respective gallery, or developing ideas for the Whitney Biennial, their activity has added to the culture, community and undoubtedly to the discourse of the field. At present this work is largely neoexpressionist and at odds with conceptual art, though not to imply that it is without meaning. It is raw, unmediated, irreverent and reverential. This art turns away from conceptualism to look inward, with the focus on itself and the medium.

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from February 27, 2015 to March 27, 2015

Opening Reception on 2015-02-27 from 18:00 to 20:00

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