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July Issue 2008
Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte,
NC, Features New Generation of Craft Artists
The Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte, NC, is showcasing the work of six young North Carolina studio craft artists in the exhibit, Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina, which illustrates the vitality and diversity present among a new generation of artists. The exhibition features works by Vivian Beer (metal), Devin Burgess (glass), Cristina Cordova (ceramics), Anne Lemanski (paper), Brent Skidmore (furniture) and Jerilyn Virden (ceramics), all of whom are creating extraordinary and distinctive work that is quickly gaining national attention. The exhibit will be on view through Nov. 30, 2008.
Selected for the quality of their work, the exhibition's artists visually and conceptually represent the dynamic future of craft in our region. "If you choose a work from a rising star, you make an investment in the future yours and theirs," says Rob Williams, Consulting Curator of Craft + Design. The works featured in Possibilities explore sculptural forms, high design, humor, politics and the confrontation of cultures.
The exhibit includes evocative ceramic works from artists Cristina Cordova and Jerilyn Virden. Cordova creates work that captures both personal and universal confrontations of cultures experienced by Latin American immigrants, while Virden's sandblasted clay forms bridge the gap between the vessel and modernist sculpture.
Vivian Beer's sculptural metal forms that function as seating complement Brent Skidmore's functional furniture with "Stone Age" influences. Contributing paper pieces to the exhibition, Anne Lemanski's three-dimensional constructions of animal forms feature politically charged images on hand-painted and appropriated paper fragments. Finally, Devin Burgess will present groupings of blown glass that showcase the sophistication of high design.
For further information check our NC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Museum at 704/337-2000 or visit (www.mintmuseums.org).
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