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A ceramic relationship‘Between’ uses ceramics to explore communicationGene Davis, DDN Staff WriterTuesday, March 9, 2010 |  | | PLINTH — Cutline: “Give and Take” is part of Karen Swyler’s exhibit that is showing this month at the Plinth Gallery. |
Karen Swyler’s new exhibit, “Between,” at the Plinth Gallery explores something that ceramics generally don’t normally touch on Ń relationships.
Swyler’s work examines the subtleties in communication. She is interested in how the meaning of thoughts and emotions change as they conveyed from one person to another, according to her artist statement.
“These interchanges occur through a touch, a glance, a smell, or a whispered word,” she says in her statement. “They are quiet, subtle, and often transitory.”
To accomplish her goal of exploring relationships, Swyler works exclusively in porcelain. She skillfully takes apart simple forms and reassembles them into pairs or groups that convey a relationship to each other. The surfaces are then finished using a simple white glaze.
“Karen Swyler’s ceramic works are based on the pairing of shapes and the resulting relationships that are created,” said a statement from Jonathan Kaplan, the owner and curator of the Plinth Gallery. “The subtleties of edge, contour, and line are all profound interpretations of the vessel form within an entirely new and imaginative context.”
After completing her undergraduate studies with honors at Alfred University, Swyler received her Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics from university of Colorado at Boulder. In 2003, Swyler was awarded a residency at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, and was honored as an “Emerging Artist” at the 2008 National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference.
Swyler is presented in numerous collections and galleries throughout the country. In 2007, she was included in Chicago’s’ Dubhe Carreno Gallery during the prestigious “Sculpture, Objects, and Functional Art” exhibition. She is currently the Assistant Professor of Art at Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt.
“Her work is refined, elegant and reflects her interpretations of personal relationships using paired vessels as a metaphor,” said a statement from Kaplan. “We welcome her back to Colorado and are honored to show her fine ceramic work at Plinth Gallery.”
Where: Plinth Gallery, 3520 Brighton Blvd.
When: Through March 28
Information: PlinthGallery.com
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