Ceramic Sculpture by Dong Won Shin

Check out some wild and lovely sculpture by Korean Artist Dong Won Shin.

KleinReid to premiere new work at the New York Gift Fair's accent on design section.

POTS / PENDANTS / PRINTS / PORCELAIN PUBLICATIONS
KleinReid Premieres Designs at the New York International Gift Fair
Accent on Design / Booth 4004
Jacob Javits Center / February 2 - 6

Contact kr@kleinreid.com or 718 937 3828 for details.

KleinReid
fine porcelain : handmade in ny since 1993

Also: Check out our StillLife Wood Set in Time Magazine, "At Home with
Nature" pg. 53 / Feb 4 issue

Kleinreid Holiday Studio Sale!

KleinReid's Holiday Sample Sale
Saturday December 8th & 15th, Noon to 5pm
51-02 21st St. 7th floor, Long Island CIty, NY 11101
718.937.3828
Corner of Borden Ave / 2 blocks from PS1
7 train to Hunters Point (2 stops from Grand Central)
G train to 21st St. (first stop in Queens from B'klyn)
E train to 23rd/Ely
* Cash only please * Feel free to share this invite *

Preview our Pots with this link: http://kleinreid.com/html/portfolio.html



BY TRAIN:
1.) 7 to Hunters Point (2 stops from Grand Central Terminal) -- Take left street exit. Walk to closest corner (49th Ave. and 21st St.) turn left onto 21st St. then see #2.
OR G to 21st St. -- Take street exit to the right. Walk south on 21st St. over bridge then see #2.
OR E to 23rd/Ely Stop -- Exit to the back of the train. Walk south on 21st St. (with Manhattan on your right). Cross Jackson Ave and continue - see #2.
2). Walk south on 21st St (with Manhattan on your right side). About a block ahead, you'll see a large brown and yellow factory building with billboards -- that's us. On the east side of street the sidewalk swoops under the overpass, then take the pedestrian foot bridge over the LIRR tracks. You're now in front of our building. Enter on the east side of the building = 51-02 21st St. We're on the 7th floor at the end of the hall.
BY CAR:
Midtown Tunnel (very easy):
Stay in FAR right lane. After toll, exit IMMEDIATELY then turn left onto Borden Ave. Go one block (over the RR tracks) and turn left onto 21 St. and park. We're the large brown and yellow factory building.
59th St. Bridge (moderately annoying):
Take lower level, take Queens Plz S. ramp exit onto Queens Blvd. Veer right to intersection with Jackson Ave. Turn right onto Jackson Ave. and go about 10 blocks to Vernon Blvd. (do not turn onto 21st St. from Jackson - it doesn't go through). Turn left onto Vernon, go one block and turn left onto Borden Ave. Go two blocks to 21st St. and turn left and park. We're the large brown and yellow factory building.
L.I.E. (easy):
To exit 15 (Van Dam St.) Continue forward, after a few blocks road jogs onto Borden Ave. After about a mile, turn right onto 21st St. and park. We're the large brown and yellow factory building.
From Brooklyn (also easy):
Take B.Q.E. to the L.I.E. (495 West) and follow LIE directions above.
OR take the Pulaski Bridge from Greenpoint's McGuinness Blvd. On the L.I.C. side, take sharp left onto Jackson Ave. Go about 3 blocks, veer right then turn left onto Vernon Blvd. at the light. Go one block and turn left onto Borden Ave. Go two blocks to 21st St. and turn left and park. We're the large brown and yellow factory building.

Trace Elements Exhibition

Press Release:
TRACE ELEMENTS

November 30, 2007–January 26, 2008

Margarete Roeder Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition entitled Trace Elements with works by Rudolf De Crignis, Frauke Eigen, Tayo Heuser, Christine Hiebert, Tom Marioni, and Susan York from November 30, 2007–January 26, 2008. A reception will be held on Friday, November 30, from 6–8 PM.

Rudolf De Crignis’s works, executed in colored pencil on board, present almost imperceptible veils of evanescent color. Like his stratified paintings constructed from many layers of blue and white paint with one or more layers of another color deeply inserted into them, these drawings are not illustrations, a visual expression of a theoretical position, but rather a rendering of that which cannot be expressed in language: the entirely direct and accessible sensations that the viewer experiences in front of these works.

Frauke Eigen’s photographs, all images of the “real” world confound us with the purely quotidian, images that are simultaneously unfamiliar and entirely ordinary. Taken in locales as diverse as Los Angeles, Bosnia, and Tokyo—immediately familiar to their inhabitants and entirely foreign to each other—their formal precision resonates with feeling. Often details, these black-and-white-photographs of orthogonal architecture and variegated nature create an immediacy of mood with the contingency of their apprehension.

Tayo Heuser will show one work from a recent series of large drawings executed in ink on burnished and stained paper. Predominantly circular, the scale, around 4 x 4 feet, provides an encompassing image; but the realm that Heuser invites us to enter is not spatial but something less tangible. Investing in an understanding of both the immediate (the work itself) and the elusive, the exhibited work is dedicated to Agnes Martin. “Anyone who can sit on a stone in a field awhile can see my painting.”

Christine Hiebert’s new, large drawing demonstrates her ongoing engagement with charcoal on paper, and a desire to evoke space and animate it. Constructing her work in a highly intuitive way, she uses line to lead thought. It could also be said that she uses line to leave thought behind: meaning on the one hand, that she subordinates conscious thoughts to those that arise out of the searching line, and on another, that she leaves for us a trail of those searching moments.

Tom Marioni’s work, from a new series entitled Out-of-Body Free-Hand Circles is made by drawing circles with a pencil attached to a bamboo stick. Thus literally “out-of-body” in that the pencil is not grasped by the artist’s hand, the double entendre phrase also refers to the space the drawing occupies as well as that of the body that created it. The artist wrote, “My circles are tracings of themselves—by going over and over the circles each time getting them more correct I am tracing the circles underneath.”

Susan York’s drawings, installations, and sculptures are all composed from graphite, variously rubbed and polished on paper or directly on the wall, or cast in solid graphite. Evidencing the artist’s interest in duality, specifically tension and tranquility, the drawings here manifest tension through their material geometry and surface, tranquility through the infinitely fine modulation of the surface and repetitive effort in their production. Less seen than felt, ultimately these dualities fall away and distill into the sublimity of the present moment.

For further information and images please contact the gallery at 212 925 6098
or email info@roedergallery.com

Thomas Müller presents: Flower

Date: October 13th – November 9th, 2007

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 13th, 6pm - 9pm

Cost: Free and open to the public

Location:
Spacecraft Gallery
2865 North Park Way (Behind the North Park Theater)
San Diego, Ca 92104
http://www.spacecraftgallery.com

Gallery Hours: by appointment

Spacecraft Gallery 2007 monthly exhibitions continue
with a new installation by Los Angeles artist Thomas Müller.

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688 South Santa Fe Avenue #112
Los Angeles, CA 90021

Porcelain by James Klein and David Reid - 1993 to present.

Porcelain by James Klein and David Reid
Works from 1993 to the Present

June 6 - September 28, 2007
Schein-Jopseph International Museum of Ceramic Art
NYSCC at Alfred Unversity, Alfred, NY
Binns-Merill Hall
607.871.2421 / ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu

Wednesday September 19
Conversation with James Klein & David Reid
Holmes Auditorium, Harder Hall, 5.00pm

Thursday September 20
Museum Reception with the Artists, 4.30 - 6.00pm
Bergren Forum: "Reframing Ceramic Industrial Design" Ezra Shales, Ph.D.
Nevins Theatre Powell Campus Center, 12.10pm

Christie Wright & Scripps 63rd Ceramics Annual in Art Ltd. Magazine

Ofcourse, I'm proud to share with you the work of my wife and business partner, Christie Wright. Her "Ceramic Cell Phones", –which she designed and created at the European Ceramic Work Center in Den Bosch, The Netherlands– are built by hand from many tiny ceramic and wire parts. The body and the parts were developed using rapid prototyping technology as well as dripping clay. The body shape was based on a yet to be released typeface by yours truly.

This month's Art ltd., West Coast Art & Design has a great feature on the Scripps 63rd Ceramics Annual with a photo of Christie's Black "Ceramic Cell Phone". (She has a black and a white phone in the exhibition and has made different models, of which you can see examples on her website.)

Also see this previous post. And the Art ltd. website.

KleinReid's New StillLife Series

KleinReid is a ceramic design company based in Brooklyn, Ny. The partners James Klein David Reid have been deisgning contemporary vases lamps and other objects for about 14 years and have received wide critical acclaim and exposure. They recently launched their new Still Life series [pictured] which has been seen in Bergdorff-Goodman's famous Christmas window display and various exhibitions.

[From KleinReid.com:] "Regal and Serene. Procelain vases and sculptural objects mix new and old to create stunning tableaus. Our "with Flowers" vases intricately covered in porcelain blossoms. Each delicate flower is handmade and applied one at a time, creating a glorious bouquet."