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'OBJECTS'
Group Ceramics Show
featuring
Sylvia Hyman Karen Shapiro Betty Spindler
 
Sylvia Hyman "Earthly Diversity" 11 x 11.5 x 6 Karen Shapiro "Texaco Oil" 23.5 x 19 x 4
Betty Spindler "Hot Dog" 6 x 15 x 6
As we celebrate the beginning of a brand New Year, we're excited to present this ceramic show with new works by Sylvia Hyman, Karen Shapiro and Betty Spindler. Each of these three talented artists are well known for their particular style of work.  Sylvia Hyman "To Health & Wealth" 13 x 12.5 x 10
Sylvia Hyman (1917 - 2012) joined the gallery for just this one season. She sculpted in stoneware and porcelain for decades and is best known for her familiar trompe l'oeil style. Her works are in prestigious collections throughout the USA and internationally, world including the Smithsonian. At 95 years of age Hyman created 12 new works for our gallery show. Sadly, Sylvia passed away in December. She was a gracious and talented woman whom we will miss. Her sculptures will be available through mid-March at which time any remaining pieces will be returned to her family. If you've been considering a piece by Sylvia Hyman, this show offers the last opportunity to add to your collection.
Karen Shapiro "M & M's Bag with 6 Candies" (wall mounted) 16 x 24
Karen Shapiro derives her art from what's already there. It doesn't have to be studied, interpreted or understood. Her ceramic sculpture is what it is. Shapiro's ceramics represent items that are used, and they look it. Each piece speaks to an era or a season, an event or a time when the item belonged in the life of the viewer. As Shapiro states, "People don't have to understand it; it's already understood."
 Betty Spindler "Burger and Fries in a Red Basket" 6 x 12
Betty Spindler's sculptures are still lifes. They are the objects she is sculpting; a bowl of fruit or a group of vegetables, a window with curtains or maybe a bath towel hanging on a rack. They are common items from everyday life. Her sculptures are hand built, low-fired ceramics. She sometimes uses solitary objects to form relationships between them and wants her work to have a painterly quality, to be whimsical and to create their own sense of self.
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