“Earth Skin” Exhibition

Cavin-Morris Gallery

[Image: Rafa Perez "Untitled" (2011) Ceramic, 2.5 x 12 x 9.75 in.]

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Clay is a mediation between the artistic impulses of the maker and a sense of Place and inner and outer landscapes. Its tactility once fired satisfies human needs in much the same way a natural landscape vista immerses us not only in a recognition of our place in the universe but also the immediate place we dwell in. Clay as a bond between artist, audience, and spirit. Evocation becomes manifestation.

In the sculptural part of the exhibition is the work of Melanie Ferguson, Rafa Perez, Phyllis K. Sullivan, Tim Rowan, Mike Weber, Mitch Iburg, Youngbin Lim, Simcha Even-Chen, Rebecca Buck, Sarah Purvey, Shozo Michikawa, and Jane Wheeler.

The second part of the exhibition will be in our presentation room and will feature 25 chawan (tea bowls) presented as sculpture. Artists represented will be: Eddie Curtis, Akihiro Nikaido, Peter Callas, Shiro Tsujimura, Steve Sauer, Akira Satake, Jeff Shapiro, Wasaburo Takahashi, Takashi Tanaka, Yoh Tanimoto, Kai Tsujimura, Robert Fornell, Gyozo Furuse, Lisa Hammond, Shigamasa Higashida, Osamu Inayoshi, Aki Katayama, Hideo Matsumoto, Shozo Michikawa, Richard Milgrim, Toshio Ohi, Takao Okazaki and others.

The ceramists in this two-part exhibition are poets in their medium. They act as translators in the spaces they conjure and occupy with a sensual grace. Skin responds to the hand. It is that intimate. This work is part of that response.