Sarah Crowner Ceramics

Lyrical hard edge painting primary abstraction non painterly curator gary carrion murayari coined it personal modernism she has been declared a painter a sculptor and an installation artist during her career but none of these terms feel comprehensive enough nor do they do the artist or her work justice.

Sarah crowner ceramics.

She is known for canvases in which each color and form is comprised of a different piece of cloth attached via stitches. Ceramics textiles and principles of interior design are presented in a continuation of crowner s dialogue between the fine and applied arts. Sarah crowner 1974 was born in philadelphia. The artist and simon lee gallery london this process is adapted to ceramics in platform terracotta pentagon leaves a tiled platform raised six inches above the ground on a visible timber frame which extends almost flush to the.

She received a bachelor of arts from the university of california santa cruz in 1996 and a masters of fine arts from hunter college city university of new york in 2002 she also attended école nationale supérieure des beaux arts in paris france crowner lives and works in brooklyn new york. Moving through ceramics kentucky museum of arts and crafts louisville. Hog s curve halsey mckay new york. Moving through ceramics brooklyn artist sarah crowner creates an environment exploring the artist s relationship with material via painted walls curved shelves and tables and a hand painted theatrical backdrop the viewer is immersed into her thinking.

Sarah crowner was born in philadelphia pennsylvania in 1974. A participation in the 57th edition of carnegie international 2018. In conversation with aldy milliken december 15 2018 april 7 2019 in clay bodies. Along with art history her interest in materials is also evident and pervasive.

Sarah crowner plastic memory 2016 exhibition view at simon lee gallery london. Sarah crowner is a painter whose distinct approach emerged from her impatience with the medium. Moving through ceramics. Visual artist sarah crowner s work has been described as many things.

Recent projects include individual and group exhibitions at the kmac museum louisville kentucky usa 2018. Sarah crowner s diverse practice ranges from paintings and ceramics to sculpture and theatre curtains. Guggenheim museum 2017 and the solo. Carnegie international 57th edition 2018 carnegie museum of art pittsburgh.

The permanent installation at the wright restaurant salomon r. With a view to establishing a more egalitarian relationship between craft and content crowner s practice exemplifies a. Sarah crowner known primarily for her vivid sewn paintings crowner draws upon art historical references infusing them with a breath of fresh air and contemporary vitality. Dash sam moyer julia rommel erin shirreff flag art foundation new york.

Sarah crowner motifs catherine bastide gallery brussels 2014.