The new ceramics show that I mistakenly thought was going to open at the Contemporary Arts Forum at the beginning of this month is about to finally open. The show entitled “An Expanded Field of Possibilities” will contain work from 11 artists, including Anna Sew Hoy whose work was the highlight of the University Art Museum’s California Biennial exhibit this passed summer. The show opens on the 28th with an artist/curator “Meet and Greet” at 5pm ($5 for non-members), and the official opening reception from 6 to 8 (Free).
Ceramics is not something I would traditionally get very excited about; however, beginning with some really amazing work I found at the LA Art Fair and some great work currently up at Sullivan Goss, I’ve become increasingly excited by the new and cutting-edge ways in which young artists are using this medium. It should be a wonderful exhibit and I hope to see loads of people there to help support CAF. Then come back here to post a comment letting us all know what you thought of the exhibit.
See below for all the information.
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An Expanded Field of Possibilities CAF will highlight ceramics in contemporary art, with a groundbreaking exhibition featuring 11 internationally acclaimed artists. In the book 20th Century Ceramics, Edmund da Waal described artists’ use of clay in the last hundred years as “a field of possibilities.” In the last century, artists ranging from Henri Matisse and Isami Noguchi to contemporary artists like Judy Chicago and Jeff Koons used ceramics in their artistic practices. Now, in the 21st century, artists have all but eliminated the traditional boundaries between high art versus craft or fine versus decorative arts in creating An Expanded Field of Possibilities, the title of this exhibition. This exhibition in Santa Barbara continues the avant-garde legacy of West Coast artists in particular who embrace innovation and creativity with this medium, exploring its relationship to the feminine domain, beauty and ornament, as well as notions of taste, luxury, and decadence.
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 Nicole Cherubini
Hydria with a Lethykos, 2008 |