by Carole Epp | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
elegant disorder
perspectives on porcelain
Elegant Disorder: Perspectives on Porcelain is a
group exhibition featuring contemporary artists Paul Mathieu, Sin-Ying
Ho, Shelley Miller, Elizabeth Zvonar and Brendan Tang. Presented at
Satellite Gallery, this exhibition engages with the history of
porcelain—in particular, contemporary expressions of the blue-and-white
motifs reminiscent of Chinese Ming Dynasty wares. With more than a dozen
works on display touching on pottery, sculpture and photography, this
exhibition joins new perspectives to familiar porcelain motifs.
The works in this exhibition make a compelling statement: porcelain
is an active and vivid vehicle for our imagination. It has always been a
force in global trade and industrialization since early modern times
and, while its proliferation is a direct consequence of Western
colonialism, it is seldom considered within critical discussions of that
history. This ancient material may seem obsolete within today’s
technocratic societies, yet it continues to thrive, as it has for
thousands of years, in both applied and creative fields.
Elegant Disorder seeks to make visible the tensions between
local and global identities embedded within porcelain’s materiality and
design. It is from this perspective that each artist in the exhibition
subverts expectations of craft and decorative arts as well as gender
roles. Each engages with the questions of history, technology,
sexuality, colonialism, and labour that have long intersected on
porcelain’s elegant surface.
Elegant Disorder: Perspectives on Porcelain is curated by
Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo, a candidate in the Master of Arts
program in Critical and Curatorial Studies at the University of British
Columbia. For more information please visit: http://www.curatorialstudies.ca
This exhibition is made possible with support from the Michael
O’Brian Family Foundation, the Killy Foundation and the Audain Endowment
for Curatorial Studies through the Department of Art History, Visual
Art and Theory, in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art
Gallery at the University of British Columbia.
Please join us for the Curator’s Tour of Elegant Disorder with Louis-Alexandre Douesnard-Malo.
Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 2pm
Space is limited. Please RSVP to reserve your place: [email protected] or
604-681-8425.
Free. Refreshments will be provided. Visit our website for further information: www.satellitegallery.ca
by Carole Epp | Mar 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
April 19 , 2012, 6:30PM
3811 Point Grey Road
Vancouver, B.C.
Join us for a memorable evening of dinner followed by a silent auction of works by some of British Columbia’s most celebrated ceramic artists. The online auction catalogue will be available as of April 1, 2012.
The evening will also include the presentation of the NWCF Award, the recipient artist talk, as well as the parade and exchange of unique dessert plates made by local potters for each guest to take home.
The proceeds of this bi-annual fundraiser support the NWCF Speaker Series, the Canadian Clay Symposium, the Maureen Wright Scholarship Fund and the prestigious annual NWCF Award for excellence in the ceramics arts.
Founded in 1998 by John Cloutier, Keith Rice-Jones and the PGBC Board, the From Oven and Kiln silent auction and dinner has become our main fundraising event. Funds raised through the Oven and Kiln Auction/Dinner supported the Jumpstart Scholarships, and continue to support the Maureen Wright Scholarships and, beginning in 2009, the NWCF Award.
Reservations & Tickets:
Ticket Price:
-$110 for members of the BCPotters Guild
-$125 for non-members
In person:
Gallery of BC Ceramics
1359, Cartwright St.
Granville Island,
Vancouver, B.C., V6H3R7
Cheque payable to:
“NWCF From Oven and Kiln”
(Send to above address if mailing in your order)
Phone: 604-736-3039 | Deborah Sloan
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.nwcf.ca/fundraising.html
by Carole Epp | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Exhibition run: October 21, 2011 to Jan 15, 2012 TERRA NOVA: Canadian ‘Ground-Breakers’ in Ceramic Art
Ceramic arts may date back well over 25,000 years but contemporary artists continue to redefine both its material and conceptual possibilities. Terra Nova brings together some of Canada’s most innovative contemporary ceramic artists in a fresh celebration of beauty. Ranging from sculpture and thwarted functional pieces, to multi-media installations, these artists’ unique approaches both materially and conceptually will delight and astound viewers. 10 Artists / 10 Years: Surveying work by Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics Recipients
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics, this exhibition surveys key works created by winners of this prestigious award and demonstrates what is made possible when creativity is supported by visionary philanthropy. The Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics supports highly promising emerging professional ceramic artists to conduct intensive research at a pivotal moment in their careers. Works created before and after having won the Award will be on view. Past winning artists are: Susan Collett (Toronto), Laurent Craste (Montreal), Marc Vincent Egan (Toronto), Joan Bruneau (Lunenburg, NS), Kate Hyde (Warsaw, ON), Ying-Yueh Chuang (Toronto), Rory MacDonald (Regina, SK), Kasia Piech (Hamilton), Jasna Sokolovic (Vancouver, BC), and Brendan Tang (Kamloops, BC).www.theclayandglass.ca
by Carole Epp | Nov 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
With none other than Canada’s newest ceramic art award winner Brendan Tang who just received the Winifred Shantz Award from the Canadian Clay and Glass Museum. See more about that
here.
