Catherine Person Gallery is currently exhibiting the ceramic work of Hannah Alex-Glasser. The work is quiet and understated, with unglazed rough-textured matte surfaces. Her hand-formed sculpture is built from hundreds of layers of clay, kiln fired first and then buried in the ground and pit fired again.
Statement by artist:
Underlying my work is a feeling of deep connection with nature, whose beauty, complexity and integrity have been, for me, a constant source of centering and awe. My work is inspired by the natural environment, the lasting and archaic substances of our given world and bodies -- stone, bone, earth, wood, shell. But it is equally rooted in the symbolic realm of the inner world and of the experience of being human. I follow images as they arise from within and simultaneously respond to those presented by the outer world. Strata -- layering of earth, cells, calcium, of waves, of the effects of erosion, the layering of time, of experience, of consciousness --intermingle, co-exist, interconnect.
Statement by artist:
Underlying my work is a feeling of deep connection with nature, whose beauty, complexity and integrity have been, for me, a constant source of centering and awe. My work is inspired by the natural environment, the lasting and archaic substances of our given world and bodies -- stone, bone, earth, wood, shell. But it is equally rooted in the symbolic realm of the inner world and of the experience of being human. I follow images as they arise from within and simultaneously respond to those presented by the outer world. Strata -- layering of earth, cells, calcium, of waves, of the effects of erosion, the layering of time, of experience, of consciousness --intermingle, co-exist, interconnect.
Hannah Alex-GlasserMeandering, 2006
Clay, kiln fired & pit-fired, 18”h.x11”x11”
Hannah Alex-Glasser © 2006 Photo: David Scherrer
Courtesy of Catherine Person Gallery
Hannah Alex-GlasserStrata Leaning, 2007
Clay, kiln fired & pit-fired, 14”h.x 9”x9”
Hannah Alex-Glasser © 2007 Photo: David Scherrer
Courtesy of Catherine Person Gallery
Hannah Alex-GlasserSystem, 2002
Clay, kiln fired & pit-fired, 16”h.x22”x16”
Hannah Alex-Glasser © 2002 Photo: Richard Sargent
Courtesy of Catherine Person Gallery
Hannah Alex-GlasserTempus Fugit, 2006
Clay, kiln fired & pit-fired, 13”h.x14”x12”
Hannah Alex-Glasser © 2006 Photo: David Scherrer
Courtesy of Catherine Person Gallery
Hannah Alex-Glasser is an LA native and currently works and resides in the San Juan Islands. She is largely self-taught in her use of clay. This is her first show at the gallery. The exhibition continues through May 10th.
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Hannah Alex-Glasser
Strata
April 3rd - May 10th 2008
Gallery Hours: Tue-Fri 12-6, Sat 12-5 or by appointment
Catherine Person Gallery
319 Third Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
206 763-5565
For additional information contact the gallery or visit
their website Catherine Person Gallery
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