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Weekly Update – Clay Studio’s summer shows

This week’s Weekly has my review of two shows at the Clay Studio. Below’s the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. One thing hasn’t changed in the roistering, shape-shifting art world: Clay exhibits, like those on view at the Clay Studio, are a celebration of the material’s great diversity. From traditionalists making cups and bowls that look like they’re from 1940 to clay sculptors making conceptual pieces, you’ll find it all in the associate artist and the graduate student exhibits. Pieces sit side by side on pedestals in a seemingly happy terra-cotta democracy. Andrew EastwoodBrown JacketEarthenware$1000 Twenty-five of ... More » »

In the Garden 2 & 3

Jackie Tileston, Opera Brain Incantation, mixed on linen Gardens become figments of the imagination on the shortest days of the year. So naturally, a show about gardens that begins as the days shorten and ends before they lengthen turns my thoughts to the divide between art and the real thing–any real thing, any art. Jackie Tileston, detail, Opera Brain Incantation, mixed on linen The exhibit is Garden in Winter, a small group show featuring work by six artists–Jackie Tileston, Margery Amdur, Bill Scott, Robert Straight, Carole Sivin and Diane Pieri–at Hopkins House in New Jersey. Each artist takes a different ... More » »