The Curated Object

Exhibitions Davenport. Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational. The Figge Art Museum. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions...

Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational
February 02, 2008-May 11, 2008

This exhibition displays the unique approaches of contemporary glass artists that combine both a respect for tradition and a cultural defiance. These artists use the material as personal expression and transcend the obvious by an in-depth study of technique, history, and knowledge of traditional art forms. The objects range from highly refined glass blowing to an almost brutal use of the medium. Artists include Hank Murta Adams, Sonja Blomdahl, Nancy Callan, William Carlson, Dante and Paul Marioni, Jay Musler, Walt Lieberman, Michael Rogers, Dick Weiss, and Brent Kee Young.

For more information please visit: The Figge Art Museum

-Joanne Molina

Exibitions Davenport. Teapots: Object to Subject. The Figge Museum of Art. The Curated Object: International Decorative Arts Exhibitions...

Teapots: Object to Subject
June 16, 2008-August 11, 2008

The traditional teapot has a familiar shape and silhouette—the angled spout and gently looping handle. Selected from the finest entries in the 2004 Survey of Contemporary American Teapots at the Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, this exhibition of 45 ceramic, metal, and mixed media works challenges the concept of the teapot as a predictable utilitarian vessel. As it becomes more abstracted, function becomes less relevant—the subject of the work becomes the primary focus—the object becomes a secondary concern. Artists include internationally known and collected Richard Notkin, Bennett Bean, Michael Simon, and Noi Volkov as well as emerging artists.

For more information please visit: The Figge Art Museum
-Joanne Molina