The artist uses paper to create the work.
Friday, April 7, 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Elise Siegel, Artist
Portrait Bust with Cobalt and White Underglaze
- 2015
- ceramic, glaze
- 25”x13”x8.5”
Portrait Bust with Lavender Hair and Black Base
- 2015
- ceramic, glaze
- 16”x10”x6”
Pink Bust with Torn Arm
- 2010
- ceramic, aqua resin, paint
- 21"x13"x8"
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Minerva Parker Nichols, Architect, United States, b. 1860 d. 1949
America’s First Independent
Woman Architect
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Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Artist, United States
Sculptor Ebitenyefa Baralaye’s
Ceramic Vessels
Pay Homage to His Ancestry
“Portraiture can serve as a record for people’s families, dynasties, and cultures,” reflects artist Ebitenyefa Baralaye. Following the racial reckoning of 2020 and the death of his father that same year, the Nigerian-born, Detroit-based sculptor has embraced figuration while contemplating his own identity. Two new bodies of work riff on the 19th-century face jugs created by enslaved people in the American South, particularly the work of David Drake, a.k.a. Dave the Potter. “There’s a duality,” Baralaye explains of the objects, which served both practical and spiritual purposes. “It speaks to the pain and agony of enslavement—the objectification of Black people but it’s also a vessel for poetic expression.” Finished in a black satin glaze, his Akanza series mixes his and his father’s abstracted facial features. Meanwhile, his All My Relation series (named after an inscription by Dave the Potter) pays homage to his Nigerian ancestors through an imagined archive of eyes, ears, and noses. Works from both projects go on display February 15 at Friedman Benda’s Los Angeles gallery, alongside large ceramic finials and columns inspired by the work of Yoruba artisan Olowe of Ise and Catalan architect Antoni GaudÃ. A finial, Baralaye notes, has almost as much to say as a face: “As the capstone of an architectural structure, it’s expressive, it describes and exalts the nature and context of a place, it conveys a sense of identity.”baralaye.com
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Hannah Martin, February 2023
Architectural Digest https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/sculptor-ebitenyefa-baralayes-ceramic-vessels-pay-homage-to-his-ancestry
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Friday, February 17, 2023
Morel Doucet, Artist, Miami based, Hails from Haiti, b. 1980
The Brown Menagerie
Media: Glaze Ceramic & Aerosol Paint
Dimension: 10 in X 6 in X 15 In
Year: 2015
Photo by David Gary Lloyd
Brown is the color of rich soil. It is a composite color made by combining red, black, and yellow. The color is widely seen in human hair color, eye color, and skin pigmentation. It is also, according to public opinion surveys in Europe and the United States, the least favorite color of the public. “The Brown Menagerie” examines facets of race, sexism, and fashion through an Afro-Caribbean lens.
https://www.moreldoucet.com/the-brown-menagerie
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Sunday, February 12, 2023
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