Susan Beiner: Organic Dissolution

SUSAN BEINER: Organic Dissolution
October 13 - November 21, 2012
VIEW EXHIBITION ONLINE 

Clay Art Center, located in Port Chester, New York, presents Organic Dissolution,  a solo exhibition of artist Susan Beiner.
The installation created by a mass of porcelain flowers emerges from the center of the room, this incredibly white garden refers to artificially manipulated nature and how we manipulate the natural world.

In conjunction with the exhibit, Susan Beiner will lead a one-day demonstration workshop  on Saturday, October 13 from 10am-5pm entitled  “Synthetic Reality: Altering Nature with Susan Beiner.”

Clay Art Center
40 Beech Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
914-937-2047
mail@clayartcenter.org
Gallery/Office Hours:
Monday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm
 

Susan Beiner: Organic Dissolution

The Familiar Unknown

"Big Baby" by Anne Drew Potter, 2009, Ceramic and Cloth

Il Familiare Sconosciuto, la Nostra Percezione della Realtà
Recentemente in Texas alla Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, si è conclusa una mostra di ceramica interessante da molti punti di vista. Non solo la qualità tecnica delle opere era degna di nota anche la parte più strettamente legata al messaggio e all'espressività artistica segnava un passo in avanti dell'arte ceramica.
Le artiste, tutte donne, Susan Beiner, Rebekah Bogard, Rebecca Hutchinson, Anne Drew Potter nelle opere hanno messo in discussione il concetto di familiare nella visione della realtà. Aspettative e preconcetti veicolano la nostra percezione portandola verso luoghi più familiari ma spesso estranei alla realtà stessa. Rebecca Hutchinson e Susan Beiner hanno lavorato sul concetto di natura da punti di vista diversi, mischiando la ceramica con materiali diversi. Mentre Anne Drew Potter e Rebekah Bogard hanno messo l'accento sulle relazioni sociali e interpersonali attraverso esagerazioni e stereotipi.
A chi avesse voglia di approfondire la parte più critica dell'evoluzione della ceramica contemporanea, consiglio la lettura di Critical Ceramics.
links
http://www.bluestarart.org/exhibits/view/40
http://susanbeinerceramics.com/home.html
http://www.rebekahbogard.com
http://www.rebeccahutchinson.com
http://www.annedrewpotter.com
















Sile Bloom, Rebecca Hutchinson clay and mixed media

















Love and Leisure series, Rebekah Bogard, ceramic, (detail)


The Perception of Reality
Blue Star Contemporary Art Centre, in San Antonio Texas, has hosted a very interesting show. Four artists, all women, succeeded in challenging our ideas of reality and of a ceramic exhibition.
Susan Beiner, Rebekah Bogard, Rebecca Hutchinson, Anne Drew Potter used clay often mixed with other materials in a very strong and different way. Hutchinson and Beiner played around with the concept of nature and how we perceive it. Potter and Bogard gave a personal view on relationship and social stereotypes. With the use of exaggeration and irony they construct a new reality and a new path for contemporary ceramics.
Highly recommend the reading of Critical Ceramics, in general and in particular about this show.

http://www.bluestarart.org/exhibits/view/40
http://susanbeinerceramics.com/home.html
http://www.rebekahbogard.com
http://www.rebeccahutchinson.com
http://www.annedrewpotter.com


Syntethic Reality, Susan Beiner, clay and mixed media, (detail)

The Familiar Unknown