MERCURIAL TENSION
with Wendy Liss and Elizabeth Pratt
presented at Courtyard by the Marriott | July 16 - November 4, 2024
Mercurial Tension features work by Philadelphia artists Wendy Liss and Elizabeth Pratt. Liss’s ceramic sculptures, shaped by intuitive gestures and the unpredictable outcomes of pit-firing, embody a dynamic play of textures and colors. Pratt’s canvases explore themes of anxiety and healing through symbolic knots that evolve from sources of fear into symbols of unity and resilience.
Together, their works weave a narrative that invites viewers to contemplate the expressive potential of art in transforming emotions and perceptions, offering a harmonious exploration of artistic process and chance encounters.
Opposite: Elizabeth Pratt
Entwinement 2020
Oil on paper
38 x 51"
$3,500
Right: Elizabeth Pratt
Safety Net, 2022
Oil on paper
51 x 72"
$3,500
Eternal, 2023
18 x 11 x 10”
$1,100
Wendy Liss
Prana, 2017
Ceramic
10 x 10 x 10”
$675
Right: Elizabeth Pratt
Incarnation, 2022
Oil on paper
51 x 60"
$3,200
Pratt
With
Opposite (left to right): Wendy Liss Interact, 2023 Ceramic 8.5 x 7 x 4" $500 Wendy Liss
Small Pit-Fire Vessel, 2022 No dimensions given Ceramic
