TEAPOTS: Interpretations - All Media

Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Photography

July 11 - September 5, 2009

reception: 7/11 4-6pm

 show overview

TEAPOTS: Interpretations
Group Show of Sculpture, Painting, Photography and Studio Pottery
Dates: July 11 - September 5, 2009

Reception and Gallery Talk: Saturday, July 11, from 4-6 pm

Tea Tasting with Harney & Son's Fine Teas
Tastes from Jae's Spice

Curator: Leslie Ferrin, Author of Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object

PITTSFIELD, MA - Ferrin Gallery presents TEAPOTS: Interpretations a group show group show of teapots and artwork in all media featuring the iconic form of the teapot. the show opens with a talk by curator, Leslie Ferrin followed by a public reception on Saturday, July 11th, 2009 from 4 - 6 pm at 437 North Street. The exhibition features over thirty works in all media including sculpture, painting and photography that depict or explore the teapot form. In addition to conceptual artwork, there will be a selection of functional teapots by over thirty artists and potters from throughout the country.

In 2000, gallery owner, Leslie Ferrin wrote Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object a book that presents the history of the object and surveys contemporary functional and sculptural interpretations. During the 80's and 90's Ferrin was responsible for dozens of exhibitions and during that time, helped to establish public, private and corporate collections including Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colorado, The Gloria and Solomon Kamm Collection and at the Charak collection now at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI. This is the first exhibition exclusively focused on teapots by various artists to be held in Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield.

"In the past 30 years, the contemporary American teapot has become the most significant object of decorative and applied art being produced and collected. Thousands of artists, working in all media, have embraced the teapot, creating individual testimonials to this appealing form. With passionate collectors active and now several museums acquiring and exhibiting teapots both within larger collections and as a separate theme, this form continues to develop and draw new interest." Leslie Ferrin from Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object.

Works by local artists featured in the show include the abstract forms in silver by Michael and Maureen Banner, woodfired stoneware based on historic pottery by Mark Shapiro, porcelain storytelling with antique imagery by Mara Superior, collage and assemblage by Donald Clark, and functional works by studio potters by Michael McCarthy, Christy Knox, Sam Taylor and Tom White . Painters Nanny Vonnegut and Janet Rickus will feature the teapot form in their still lifes as will photographer, Ogden Gigli.

Click HERE for review of show by Keith Shaw in The Berkshire Eagle