Nicole Cherubini
12 Sep - 05 Dec 2009
© Nicole Cherubini
Amphora, 2007
ceramic, terra cotta, porcelain, luster, yellow crystal ice, wood, enamel, and fake gold and silver chain
70 x 64 x 30 inches
Courtesy the artist and D'Amelio Terras, New York
Amphora, 2007
ceramic, terra cotta, porcelain, luster, yellow crystal ice, wood, enamel, and fake gold and silver chain
70 x 64 x 30 inches
Courtesy the artist and D'Amelio Terras, New York
NICOLE CHERUBINI
September 12 - December 5, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, September 11, 7 to 9 p.m.
This is the first West Coast museum exhibition of Nicole Cherubini’s ceramic work. It will feature several new, large scale, epic pieces that reference the history of the clay medium, while slyly commenting on contemporary popular culture and America’s obsession with material wealth through their size, decorative surfaces, and color. Cherubini’s vessels––constructed from coils of clay, terra-cotta, and porcelain, hunks of marble and alabaster, plywood, and more––are accompanied by sculptural appendages and 2-D constructions housed in rectilinear frames. The results expand our notion of ceramics and the vessel, urging a reconsideration of work that is simultaneously formal and decorative and yet defies function.
Cherubini’s handmade ceramic sculptures, called G-pots, are built in layers from the bottom up, repeatedly glazed to achieve a richness of color, and then are adorned with baroque appliqué or other opulent garnish, including dyed furs, jewelry, and other objects.
The pedestals on which the pots sit are very much a part of the work. Whereas the pots are over-the-top decorative, the pedestals are minimalist––made from materials like steel rods, plywood, Plexiglas, and painted foam.
The artist lives and works in New York, where she earned an M.F.A from the School of Visual Arts. She earned her B.F.A. at Rhode Island School of Design and later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.
September 12 - December 5, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, September 11, 7 to 9 p.m.
This is the first West Coast museum exhibition of Nicole Cherubini’s ceramic work. It will feature several new, large scale, epic pieces that reference the history of the clay medium, while slyly commenting on contemporary popular culture and America’s obsession with material wealth through their size, decorative surfaces, and color. Cherubini’s vessels––constructed from coils of clay, terra-cotta, and porcelain, hunks of marble and alabaster, plywood, and more––are accompanied by sculptural appendages and 2-D constructions housed in rectilinear frames. The results expand our notion of ceramics and the vessel, urging a reconsideration of work that is simultaneously formal and decorative and yet defies function.
Cherubini’s handmade ceramic sculptures, called G-pots, are built in layers from the bottom up, repeatedly glazed to achieve a richness of color, and then are adorned with baroque appliqué or other opulent garnish, including dyed furs, jewelry, and other objects.
The pedestals on which the pots sit are very much a part of the work. Whereas the pots are over-the-top decorative, the pedestals are minimalist––made from materials like steel rods, plywood, Plexiglas, and painted foam.
The artist lives and works in New York, where she earned an M.F.A from the School of Visual Arts. She earned her B.F.A. at Rhode Island School of Design and later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine.