March 2020
Clay Biennial — and mask-making — at Craft Contemporary
Craft Contemporary has opened its second Clay Biennial. "The Body, The Object, The Other" uses the human body as a springboard for material and conceptual experimentation with ceramics. Emerging and established artists (including Brie Ruais, whose Topology of a Garden, Southwest, is shown above) demonstrate how, at a variety of scales and modes of expression from sculptural objects to site-specific installations and performative works. And if you go this Thursday, you can get creative yourself: LA artist Mimi Haddon will teach the art…
Find out more »The Body, The Object, The Other at Craft Contemporary
On view: January 25–May 10, 2020 Across the street from LACMA, the newly renamed Craft Contemporary (formally the Craft and Folk Art Museum) is hosting its second clay biennial. The exhibition, titled The Body, The Object, The Other, focuses on clay artists who explore themes of the body. This is apt, given the intensely physical process that clay demands of its maker. Throughout the show, many artists create playfully figurative work. Roxane Jackson’s monstrous ceramic hand has long yellow fingernails that…
Find out more »January 2022
Diedrick Brackens at Craft Contemporary
In the exhibition Heaven Is a Muddy Riverbed by weaver Diedrick Brackens at Craft Contemporary, the artist presents his poetry alongside his artworks for the first time. Known for his narrative and figurative weavings, the poetry on view allows the artist’s narratives to come to life, with threads and language woven together into a robust personal language. “Bottom feeders, inked every hue / siphon dignity rarely given to them. / ready for betrayal, that is easy to carry,” one poem…
Find out more »May 2022
The Sum of the Parts: Dimensions in Quilting
The five artists in The Sum of the Parts explore the physical and conceptual dimensionality inherent in quilting. They investigate core aspects of quilting including abstraction, pattern making, and how memories are embedded in materials, while expanding upon the form itself by pushing beyond its conventional structure using unexpected materials and sculptural techniques. On view May 29 - September 11th. To receive the full weekly coverage from Lindsay Preston Zappas, subscribe to our Art Insider Newsletter at kcrw.com/newsletters. Photo courtesy…
Find out more »May 2023
Wayfinding at Craft Contemporary
The Craft Contemporary now hosts its third clay biennial—an exhibition which highlights California ceramic artists and celebrates the diversity of the medium. This iteration, titled Wayfinding, centers on our relationship to the earth, as well as a celebration of familial and cultural traditions. Lourdes Jiménez-Pulido pulls influences from his Navajo and Pueblo of Isleta heritage to create vessels patterned with swirling motifs; Charles Snowden’s surrealist figures take inspiration from ancient Mexican rituals; and Christina Margarita Erives’ delightful spreads of pan…
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