Elyse Pignolet: Boys Will Be Boys October 31 – December 23, 2020 “Boys Will Be Boys” is a series of ceramic sculptures and watercolor paintings imbued with traditional porcelain decoration from around the world, the vessels depicted contain familiar patterns and motifs but upon closer inspection, reveals ubiquitous flower patterns have been reimagined with text referencing Trump’s many unsettling and demeaning comments on women, references to elected figures publicly accosting female colleagues, sexual assault and the everyday experience of street harassment and gendered stereotypes. The tension between the decorative floral arrangement and the vulgar text speaks as much to the contemporary world woman face daily as it does to the political climate in the US today. Says the artist, “Intentionally, I begin my process with something strongly associated with the feminine... pretty, decorative, domestic, familiar, a vase, a flower arrangement. My hope is to then slightly create a shift: to make the situation a bit uncomfortable, a bit strange. Perhaps offensive or even vile. I’m interested in contrasts”.
Locker Room Banter, 2020 Ceramic tile mural with glazes Approximately 25 x 19 inches $2,400
Bimbo, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes and gold luster Approximately 4 inch diameter $700
Crazy, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes and gold luster Approximately 4 inch diameter $700
Nasty, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes Approximately 4 inch diameter $700
Learn to Get Along with the Boys, 2020 Ceramic platter with glazes and gold luster Approximately 17 x 12 ½ inches $2,400
Nasty, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes and gold luster Approximately 8 1/2 inch diameter $1,200
Nice Piece of Ass, 2020 Ceramic plate w/ glazes and gold luster Approximately 10 inch diameter $1,400
Angry, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes and gold luster Approximately 8 1/2 inch diameter $1,200
Can Do Anything Grab Them by the Pussy, 2020 Ceramic plate with glazes and gold luster Approximately 11 inch diameter $1,400
You Don’t Know Me, But You’ve Been Inside Me, And That’s Why We’re Here, 2020 Ceramic tile mural with glazes Approximately 25 x 19 inches $2,400
You Should Calm Down/You Should Smile More, 2020 Ceramic vase with glazes and gold luster 9 x 5 x 2 1/2 inches $4,200
Indelible in the Hippocampus, 2020 Ceramic ice bucket with glaze and gold luster 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 6 inches $4,000
All I Ask of Our Brethren is They Take Their Feet O Our Necks, 2020 Ceramic candelabra with glaze and gold luster 11 x 8 x 8 inches $4,200
Damned If I Do, 2020 Damned If I Don’t, 2020 Ceramic Vase with glaze and gold luster Approximately 4 x 3 1/4 x 3 Ÿ inches each $2,500 each
He Knew Exactly What He Was Doing, 2020 Ceramic dish with glaze and gold luster 15 x 10 1/2 x 2 inches $2,800
Good Girl, 2020 Ceramic dish with glaze and gold luster 13 1/4 x 6 x 2 inches $2,800
There’s an African American Man Threatening My Life (Amy Cooper), 2020 Ceramic vase with glazes 10 x 6 x 6 inches $4,000
Mr. Vice President I’m Speaking, 2020 Sumi watercolor on paper 16 x 16 inches unframed $2,000 unframed
Shhhh/Shrill, 2020 Sumi watercolor on paper 16 x 16 inches unframed $2,000 unframed
What Were You Wearing, 2020 Sumi watercolor on paper with collage 24 x 20 inches unframed $2,500 unframed