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33 HAWLEY Open Hours: Wed - Fri, 10am-7pm; Sat 12-7pm
Upcoming Exhibitions & Events
May 24; 6 - 7:30pm
GALLERY TALK and CLOSING RECEPTION
with Kathy King and Leslie Ferrin
We are thrilled to host Leslie Ferrin (founder of Northampton’s Pinch! in 1979) and Kathy King (exhibiting artist in PLATITUDE) for what promises to be an insightful Gallery Talk about the exhibition and history of serviceware in the United States.
During the talk Leslie Ferrin and Kathy King will excavate some of the complex conversations held within the exhibition, including contemporary queer artists’ responses to the history of ceramic serviceware as a medium for commemoration, timekeeping, and fostering national and familial identity.
Included in the exhibition is an historic commemorative plate of Mt. Rushmore from Leslie Ferrin’s collection which sits in direct dialogue with exhibition artist Bri Murphy’s Mending Rushmore project. About this project, Murphy states: “the works in Mending Rushmore aim to pose difficult questions about representation, justice, and the lingering scars of colonialism on the American landscape. It is the hope of the artists to bring a deeper conversation about national pride and history, and the ways we choose to commemorate and to forget.”
King and Ferrin’s conversation will also explore the way these artists use plates, platters, and dishware as a means to bring forth both historic and contemporary aspects of queer identity.
Kathy King is currently an active studio artist in the Boston area and is an Instructor and the Director of the Harvard Ceramics Program. In her work, King uses satirical humor, irony and sarcasm to provide a seductive vehicle to approach issues of gender and sexuality.
Leslie Ferrin is the director of Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art (both in Cummington, MA). Specializing in contemporary ceramic art 1950 – present, Ferrin is an internationally respected curator focused on ceramics working in support of artists, private collectors and in partnership with galleries and museums throughout the USA and internationally. She also founded Pinch! in Northampton in 1979.
During the talk Leslie Ferrin and Kathy King will excavate some of the complex conversations held within the exhibition, including contemporary queer artists’ responses to the history of ceramic serviceware as a medium for commemoration, timekeeping, and fostering national and familial identity.
Included in the exhibition is an historic commemorative plate of Mt. Rushmore from Leslie Ferrin’s collection which sits in direct dialogue with exhibition artist Bri Murphy’s Mending Rushmore project. About this project, Murphy states: “the works in Mending Rushmore aim to pose difficult questions about representation, justice, and the lingering scars of colonialism on the American landscape. It is the hope of the artists to bring a deeper conversation about national pride and history, and the ways we choose to commemorate and to forget.”
King and Ferrin’s conversation will also explore the way these artists use plates, platters, and dishware as a means to bring forth both historic and contemporary aspects of queer identity.
Kathy King is currently an active studio artist in the Boston area and is an Instructor and the Director of the Harvard Ceramics Program. In her work, King uses satirical humor, irony and sarcasm to provide a seductive vehicle to approach issues of gender and sexuality.
Leslie Ferrin is the director of Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art (both in Cummington, MA). Specializing in contemporary ceramic art 1950 – present, Ferrin is an internationally respected curator focused on ceramics working in support of artists, private collectors and in partnership with galleries and museums throughout the USA and internationally. She also founded Pinch! in Northampton in 1979.
JUNE 3 - 30 • A.P.E. Gallery
ARC 2024
4 PROJECTS in 4 WEEKS featuring
LESN101 + NAGO
NADA Art Collective
Bobby LaBitch
Sara Smith
full details HERE
Photos from Love and Depositions, conceived and directed by Marina Zurita, Acadia Barrengos, and Mollye Maxner. Photos by Marina Zurita
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