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Contemporary Clay 2021

In-Person Exhibition: August 17 - December 10, 2021*
In-Person Reception: Thursday, October 7 from 5-7PM
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Dynamic ceramic artwork that looks like metal

Eliza Au, Untitled, 2018, porcelain, 14 x 7 x 4 in. 

Extremely large ceramics featuring faces of men and women in various colors

Sunkoo Yuh, Repatriations, stoneware, glazed, 2013, 68 x 87 x 36 inches

Back for its next iteration at the WCU Fine Art Museum, Contemporary Clay 2021, gathers artists from a variety of backgrounds who push boundaries on topics including race, culture, sexuality, gender, and class.

Guest curated by Heather Mae Erickson, Associate Professor of Ceramics at WCU, Contemporary Clay surveys the ever-expanding field of American-made ceramics. The exhibition encourages viewers to consider the concepts, processes, and context of clay in contemporary art. 

Each artist, from emerging to established, is featured because of their noteworthy contributions to the field.

Multimedia piece

Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Whitewash, video, 2017, 6:06 minutes

Exhibition-Related Content 

September 30 | 12-1PM | Virtual 

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy: "Clay is Hot"

Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy is the essayist for the catalogue being produced as part of the Contemporary Clay 2021 exhibition. Angelik is a New York and Los Angeles-based curator, writer, and arts administrator of contemporary art and craft, focusing on ceramics. Her current research investigates the aesthetic of optimism and the subversive power of humor, cuteness, and leisure as tools of protest. Amplifying the voices of BIPOC artists is central to her practice. She serves as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York.

 
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October 6 | 12-3:30PM | Panel Discussions | Virtual

Panel 1: 12-1:30 EST胼
Topic Title: "Trends in Materiality: Ephemeral Clay"
幛硃釵勳梭勳喧硃喧棗娶:胼傭Magdolene浴ykstra  
捩硃娶喧勳釵勳梯硃紳喧莽:

  • Linda Swanson胼
  • Kate Roberts - 
  • Anthony Sonnenberg -

BREAK 1:30-2:00 EST

Panel 2: 2:00-3:30 EST
Topic Title: Reclaiming Ground
幛硃釵勳梭勳喧硃喧棗娶:&紳莉莽梯;Andres Payan Estrada from Craft Contemporary 胼傭&紳莉莽梯;
捩硃娶喧勳釵勳梯硃紳喧莽: 

  • Nicki Green  
  • Natalia Arbelaez   
  • Kahlil Robert Irving 


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

October 7 | 6-7PM | In-Person Gallery Talk 

Part of in-person reception event.

Contemporary Clay 2021

Curated by Heather Mae Erickson, Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, was on view from October 6 - December 16, 2016.

The exhibition examined the evolving, expanded field of clay and ceramics. Exciting shifts throughout the field push this limitless material through new processes and concepts. This exhibition aimed to show the depth and breadth of this material and its users ideas, ranging from, but not limited to, traditional and non-traditional functional objects, rapid prototyping, use of mixed materials in objects and installations, and unfired clay as a final material. This exhibition encouraged viewers to consider the concepts, processes, and contexts of clay in contemporary art. Each artist, from emerging to established, was selected due to their noteworthy contribution to the field of contemporary clay and ceramics.

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