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Ceramics Now Exhibition, The Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
December 9, 2011 - January 6, 2012

Ceramics Now Magazine has the pleasure to invite you to the first edition of Ceramics Now exhibition, held at the Paintbrush Factory, in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, from December 9, 2011 to January 6, 2012.

Opening reception: Friday, Dec 9, at 18:00.

The exhibition presents different approaches of contemporary ceramic art through the works of 15 artists from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, South Korea, Israel and Poland, and celebrates the launch of Ceramics Now Magazine’s first printed issue. The artists are also featured in the issue.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Chang Hyun Bang (SK), Antonella Cimatti (IT), Patrick Colhoun (UK), Carole Epp (CA), Simcha Even-Chen (IL), Shamai Gibsh (IL), Mark Goudy (US), Roxanne Jackson (US), Margrieta Jeltema (IT), Maciej Kasperski (PL), Jim Kraft (US), Cynthia Lahti (US), Claire Muckian (UK), Connie Norman (US), Liza Riddle (US).

EXHIBITION SPACE:
The Paintbrush Factory (third floor)
Henri Barbusse nr. 59-61
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Open Monday-Saturday, 14-20 pm, closed on Sundays, Christmas (Dec 24, 25, 26) and New Year (Dec 31, Jan 1). Free admission. With the kind support of SABOT Gallery and the Paintbrush Factory.
http://www.ceramicsnow.org/exhibition

Click on the following link to listen to Molly Vidor talking on KBOO about her current show, "Honeydrippers."

http://kboo.fm/node/32498

THURSDAY, DEC. 8th, 6 - 8 pm

Lois Leveen discusses the recasting of American history in contemporary art and literature, looking at the mixed-media sculpture of award-winning Native American artist Marie Watt and Leveen's own novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, which is based on the true story of a free black woman who during the Civil War spied on behalf of the Union by posing as a slave in the Confederate White House. The first hour will be a talk in the gallery in front of Watt's sculpture, and the second hour will be a more informal discussion in the museum cafe.

Click here to buy tickets: https://pam.spotlightboxoffice.com/purchase/step4?ticketID=63560

Molly Vidor's raw, gusty work might leave her best described as a punk rock painter. She's toyed with pure abstraction over the years, but in Honeydrippers she brings back floral work. In works like Dark Ranunculus and Flavor Hearts, she shreds the notion of the standard still life with visceral black plums on a near-monochrome backdrop. It's as if she is channeling the siren song of Lydia Lunch in the 1983 film Vortex. The artist's fascination with the succulent flesh of white peaches, after all these years, obviously steals desire itself, as they sear before disappearing. -TJ Norris

Sculptor Ellen George re-emerges with a stylish sophistication in “Sensing Place,” taking on the wilder side of botanicals. Recommendation by TJ Norris

In our PDX booth visitors will discover new, fresh artists and revisit artists they already know. We will present the work by three artists Amjad Faur, Johannes Girardoni and D.E.May. Each is distinct from the other yet they share a certain quiet intensity addressing space and form that has an emotional content. A peek in our closet will reveal works by additional PDX artists such as Cynthia Lahti, Nancy Lorenz, Storm Tharp, Masao Yamamoto, Kristen Miller and Adam Sorensen.
For more info look under our exhibitions: http://pdxcontemporaryart.com/pulse-miami-2011