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January Issue
2010
Nina Liu and
Friends in Charleston, SC, Features Exhibition of Creatures
Nina Liu and Friends in Charleston, SC, is presenting the exhibit, Creatures Large and Small, featuring paintings and ceramics by artists from around the country, and it will remain on view through Jan. 31, 2010.
Pat Benard is a ceramist from North Carolina. Her work is functional, but what catches the viewer's eye is its humor. The combination is playful and practical.
Charlestonian John Davis, one of the first academically trained potters in South Carolina, throws vessels on the wheel and manipulates the resulting objects to create a series of fantasy creatures that both imitate and distort natural forms. The results are fascinating combinations of familiar types that resemble giant horned beetles or odd domestic animals.
Diane Gilbert's sculptures complement Davis' work. This Canadian uses her experience in working for the film industry and museums to create ceramic pieces that often incorporate other media and sometimes require three firings. Whether she uses porcelain or earthenware, her sculptures are convincingly realistic.
Jeff Kopish, another Charlestonian, includes works from his "canned fish series" in the exhibition. He uses a variety of found items to "make trash and waste into art". These playful wall pieces reveal the artist's strong sense of design and are sure to elicit smiles from viewers.
Colorado painter Susie Miller Simon includes works that refer to imagery of the Southwestern United States and the traditions of that region in Creatures Large and Small. She uses color, shape, and texture to create layered paintings that have a mystical quality.
Cynthia Tollefsrud's oils and pillows are enticing because of their jewel-like colors. This Tennessee resident uses her sly wit and designs that refer to paintings from the great traditions of Western art history to create images that work on many levels.
Aggie Zed, a native
of South Carolina who now lives in Virginia, includes both paintings
on paper and ceramic figures in the exhibition. The paintings
have a dream-like, theatrical quality, and her hybrid figures
recall ancient myths and modern fantasies.
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