Form Follows Food
2010-12-03 - 2011-01-06 | NY
Form Follows Food
December 3, 2010 – January 6, 2011
The Jane Hartsook Gallery is pleased to present form follows food, an invitational exhibition celebrating the fine art of pairing food and drink with the perfect vessel.
Each artist was invited to create a group of ceramics designed to enhance the delights of a certain type of food or drink – their choice. The results are as varied as the makers: from Marie Antoinette-inspired candy dishes to cozy pudding cups, festive popcorn bowls and lobster dishes, there is literally something here for every taste!
This special holiday exhibition and sale features new work by Nancy Bauch, Posey Bacapoulos, Leanne McClurg Cambric, Sanam Emami, Sarah Gross, Molly Hatch, Ayumi Horie, Janice Jakielski, Gail Kendall, Michael Kline, Gregg Moore, Brooke Noble, Lisa Orr, Zena Verda Pesta, Joe Pintz, Sara Paloma, Brenda Quinn, Tyler Speicher, Kala Stein, Sue Tirrell and Cynthia Vardhan.

One More Than Five, Resident Artists Exhibition
2009-12-03 - 2009-12-20
One More Than Five
Resident Artists Exhibition: Jordan Becker, Will Coggin,
Costain, Stacy Cushman, Kristen Wicklund, Nicki Ritchie
December 3 – 20, 2009

Everything is not as it seems, Jeanne Quinn
2009-01-08 - 2009-02-09
Everything is not as it seems
Jeanne Quinn
JANUARY 8 – FEBRUARY 5, 2009
“In Richard Wagner’s 1849 essay “The Artwork of the Future,” he presents the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk: the complete work of art. I have always loved this idea of being able to create something sensually encompassing, as Wagner attempted with his own work. The decorative arts, referred to in German as Kunsthandwerk, in some sense have always provided the possibility for the total work of art. The decorative arts are the arts of domestic space and they surround us completely: textiles, wall coverings, carpets, furniture, lighting, vessels of all kinds, and every other thing that covers a wall or ceiling or floor or that we use in everyday life.”
“I like to think of my pieces as Gesamtkunsthandwerks, in which I attempt to combine multiples that reference traditionally decorative objects into sensually encompassing installations. In the decorative arts of the past, as well as contemporary installations, the viewer becomes a participant in, and actually enters in to the work of art. The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House reads as a parlor space with its hardwood floors, marble fireplace, and tall windows. It provides a space to explore some of these ideas about the decorative arts, bridging the gap between public exhibition space and domestic space. For my exhibition, I have made a room-sized porcelain chandelier installation, alluding to the history of the space as a parlor and the decorative objects found there, but re-shaping these elements into a contemporary installation that references multiples, materiality, and the body.” -Jeanne Quinn, 2008
