RADICAL POTS
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Front Cover: VINCE PALACIOS, “Potato Tree with Yellow Vines” (detail), 2021, ceramic, glaze, 14” x 15” x 15”
Radical Pots
April 9 - May 14, 2022 Duane Reed Gallery invites you to Radical Pots, a ceramic invitational exhibition that boasts revolutionary innovations in contemporary ceramics. This exhibit assembles a showcase of six potters, each with unconventional techniques that both honor the tradition of ceramics while proudly pushing beyond boundaries of the familiar vessel. José Sierra draws from mythos, ranging from east Asia to his home country of Venezuela, constructing forms teeming with lively shapes and super-saturated colors. Other artists engage in wildly unconventional materials, such as Maxwell Mustardo’s neon plastic encasing his work’s mossy surface post-firing, or Stephen Creech’s ceramic foam glaze which only inflates in the heat of kiln firing. The theme of rich texture runs deep throughout the collection, be it in Vince Palacios’ crackling clusters or Andrew Casto’s sleek, luscious fields of metallics and creams. Each pot is hand-built and invites opportunities for unique construction, such as Kyle Johns’ cast and colored porcelain. Despite having a wide range of techniques, materials, and inspirations, each ceramicist compliments one-another through their commitment to experimentation and detail, building intricate sculptural forms to be investigated from every angle.
Andrew Casto
Left: “Batllo”, porcelain, gold luster, 2022, 10.5” x 9” x 9” Center: “Venere”, porcelain, gold & white gold luster, 2022, 18” x 7” x 7” Right: “Laibleins”, porcelain, gold & white gold luster, 2021, 12.5” x 12” x 11”
Andrew Casto
Stephen Creech
“Nerifoami 855”, 2022, ceramic foam glaze, 9.5” x 9” x 10”
“Nerifoami 1350”, 2022, ceramic foam glaze, 12” x 12.5” x 9”
Left: “Nerifoami 2070”, 2022, ceramic foam glaze, 16” x 11.5” x 11.25” Center: “Nerifoami 2857.8”, 2022, ceramic foam glaze, 15.5” x 12.5” x 14.75” Right: “Nerifoami 2120.3”, 2022, ceramic foam glaze, 12.5” x 14.75” x 11.5”
Kyle Johns
Left: “B2Y Spectrum Loop Dispersion”, 2021, colored porcelain, 7” x 9” x 9” Center: “B2Y Spectrum Loop Dispersion”, 2021, colored porcelain, 7” x 9” x 9” Right: “YOR Spectrum Loop Dispersion”, 2021, colored porcelain, 7” x 9” x 9”
Vince Palacios
Left: “Potato Tree with Blue Vines”, 2021, ceramic, glaze, 15” x 16” x 16” Center: “Potato Tree with Purple Lip”, 2021, ceramic, glaze, 18” x 17” x 17” Right” “Potato Tree with Orange Lip”, 2021, ceramic, glaze, 16.5” x 16” x 16”
José Sierra
“SLD01”, 2022, stoneware, gold luster, glaze, 25” x 22” x 21”
“SLD02”, 2022, stoneware, glaze, 25” x 23” x 23”
Maxwell Mustardo
Left: “Green & Blue #8”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 20.5” x 9.5” x 8.5” Center: “Green Pitcher #4”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 13” x 9” x 7.5” Right: “Blue & Orange #1”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 24” x 11” x 10”
Maxwell Mustardo
Left: “Blue & White #1”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 17” x 12.5” Center: “Yellow PItcher #2”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 9” x 6.5” Right: “Orange Anthropophora #7”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 17.5” x 12” x 9”
“SLD01”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 25” x 22” x 21”
Above: “Torold” , 2022, stoneware & plastic, 8” x 12.5” x 10.5” Top Left: “Blue & Green #5”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 4” x 6” x 4.5” Bottom Left: “Blurple #4”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 4.5” x 6” x 4.25”
“SLD01”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 25” x 22” x 21”
Above: “Purple Torold #3” , 2022, stoneware & plastic, 8” x 13” x 12” Top Left: “Orange #6”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 4.25” x 5” x 3.75” Bottom Left: “Green & Pink Mug #1”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 5” x 6.75” x 4.75”
Above: “Gadroon #5”, 2022, stoneware & plastic, 13.5” x 9” x 9.5” Top Right: “Red & Lavendar Shot Glass”, 2022, glazed porcelain, 3.25” x 3.5” Bottom Right: “Metallic Torold #8”, 2022, glazed porcelain, 4.5” x 7”
“Blue & White Bud Vase #3”, 2022, glazed porcelain, 10.5” x 4”
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Back Cover: VINCE PALACIOS, “Potato Tree with Yellow Vines”, 2021, ceramic, glaze, 14” x 15” x 15”
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