“Molding / Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings” Exhibition

“Molding / Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings” Exhibition

Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs

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Curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson and Allison Peller
Featuring works by: Ann Agee, Lynda Benglis, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Elisa D’Arrigo, Peter Gourfain, Joanne Greenbaum, Valerie Hegarty, Stephanie Imbeau, Kristen Jensen, Julia Kunin, Alice Mackler, Annabeth Rosen, Arlene Shechet, Peter Shire, and Betty Woodman

D O R S K Y G A L L E R Y | Curatorial Programs presents the continuation of its program of independently-curated exhibitions - Molding / Mark-Making: Ceramic Artists and Their Drawings curated by Margaret Mathews-Berenson and Allison Peller. A color brochure with an essay by the curators has been published to accompany the exhibition.

For the artists of the present exhibition -Ann Agee, Lynda Benglis, Kathy Butterly, Nicole Cherubini, Elisa D’Arrigo, Peter Gourfain, Joanne Greenbaum, Valerie Hegarty, Stephanie Imbeau, Kristen Jensen, Julia Kunin, Alice Mackler, Annabeth Rosen, Arlene Shechet, Peter Shire, and Betty Woodman -drawing is key to the dialogue between mind and hand. Marks made on paper are analogous to the molding of clay and application of glazes. Some of these artists make preparatory drawings; others create drawings after a ceramic work is completed, while still others draw or carve directly on the clay to activate surfaces. Many of their drawings point towards process, gesture and intent that translate into three dimensions; some create three-dimensional drawings. Others use widely varied paper supports to explore ways to render gesture in three dimensions. While seeking more expressive ways of working in clay, these artists often blur the boundaries between ceramics and drawing. Each medium is in service of the other, inspiring cross-fertilization and reciprocity between sculptural forms in clay and works on paper. Experiencing drawings and ceramics side-by-side clarifies these relationships for the viewer while inspiring new readings and understandings of each work of art.

Margaret Mathews-Berenson is an independent curator and art educator specializing in contemporary art and photography. Former director of the Drawing Society and editor of Drawing magazine, she is an accomplished lecturer and writer. Her articles have been published in ARTS, American Artist, The Pastel Journal and Sculpture magazine, among others. She is currently on the faculty of the 92nd Street Y in New York, and serves as curator of the Deborah Remington Charitable Trust for the Visual Arts.

Allison Peller is an independent curator based in Brooklyn, NY. She has curated exhibitions in New York and Minnesota, including Ornamentation of the Joint, Brooklyn, NY; The (Sacred) Void, First Things, NYC; and Visual Inheritance, Olson Gallery, St. Paul, MN. In addition, she has project managed numerous exhibitions, including New. New York, Essl Museum, Vienna, and Incarnational Aesthetics, NYCAMS Gallery, NYC.

Media

• Drawing
• Ceramics

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