Grace Tuthill: Collaborative Intuition, Witt Gallery, CSUS
Grace Tuthill: Collaborative Intuition
Febrary 24- 28, 2020
Witt Gallery, Kadema Hall, CSUS
I went to the reception for Tuthill’s show and there
were more people than during regular gallery hours. She constructs space with
her abstract ceramic pieces and sand. Therefore, I believe the atmosphere of
the show would be very different depending on the number of people in the
space.. The floor of the gallery is a dark amber that is quite similar in color
to most of her ceramic pieces and the sand’s light creamy brown looked shiny
with light creating contrast. It was evening so I felt the sand color looked brighter
than in day time.
Tuthill shared her short bio and art statement. She
mentioned a little bit about her childhood difficulties and how being part of
the ceramic community has helped her to express her various emotions and
experience. I thought all of the ceramic pieces that were sitting on the tables
or floor were the result of her life healing process. Even more, she describes
their shapes like coral, the human brain, or microscopic diatoms and these
organic shapes can be the universal human perspective of nature.
Tuthill’s
observation of ceramic artwork, which comes from the earth, sand, and clay made
me think more about different stages of my materials. I have been thinking
about the liquid stage of my pigment and of my plastic before my creating
action starts. Through this contemplation, I have realized my creating process
is getting more complicated and more thoughtful. It seems like I pay attention
to each step less because they have become my habits and life.
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Artist bio and Art statement
Floor Installation
Music by John
Small sculptures view on reception evening
Coner Installation
Nice blog! and I like the amount of pictures you have and the quality of them. One thing I notice about the sand is that the placement is similar to the shapes of the ceramic pieces.
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