Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth in San Francisco

Ten Tigers friend, and newest corespondent, Francesca Becker, visited Collection Connections at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, CA this past week. She took some amazing photos of artist Timothy Horn's Bitter Suite project, which is inspired by the legends of California socialite, Alma Spreckels.

The pieces seen here, are: Mother-Load, 2008: Plywood, painted steel, aluminum foil, polystyrene foam, hot glue, acrylic medium, rock sugar, and shellac
(Mother-Load is the life sized Cinderella-like carriage)

Diadem (light heavyweight), 2008
Painted steel, stainless steel, foam core, polystyrene foam, bronze wire, rock sugar, shellac, acrylic gel medium
(This is the chandelier)

Sweet Thing, 2008
Blown glass, nickel-plated bronze
(This resembles a bad-ass piece of jewelry)





For more information on the artist and the exhibition, click here.
Thanks thanks thanks to Francesca!

"Californiaclaytion"

California Artists Nancy Selvin and David Furman opened their show of ceramic art at Clayworks' gallery in Mount Washington on the 26th.
The show contains two very different bodies of work that somehow feel appropriate alongside one another.

Artists Nancy and David greet people attending the opening

Ann Hazels, looking lovely

Artist Nancy Selvin discussing one of her pieces

Nancy Selvin's terracotta vessels, with their irregular, almost primitive shapes reference the historical aspects of ceramics and vessel-making.

Chris Anderson mans the front desk

David Furman's dirty ceramics

David Furman's pieces feature jointed artist mannequins (re-created in clay) in a variety of poses from mundane to sexual. I remember reaching the 1st grade and getting to use an articulated mannequin for the first time and thinking, "yes! this is art." Furman's pieces are familiar with their classic forms and intimations of common interactions.



Also, don't miss Ting-Fang, an exchange/resident artist from Taiwan, whose beautiful, colorful bowls, cups and wall pieces are on display in the resident gallery.

California Clay at Baltimore Clayworks

Opening April 26, 6-8pm
Slide-Lecture April 25th
Nancy Selvin 7:00pm, David Furman 8:00pm
Please RSVP to reserve a space

Evocative works by Californians, David Furman and Nancy Selvin seem very dissimilar at first glance, but both artists provide insight into the human condition. Intimate insights are provided by Furman through his figurative explorations of symbolic interpersonal poses and Selvin with her domestic collections and poetic labeling of these compositions

for more information visit www.baltimoreclayworks.org