Large-Scale Ceramic Works Break Barriers in the ZEMLYA Exhibition

Ukrainian artist-ceramicist Serhii Makhno is celebrating his inaugural gallery exhibition at the moment happening at Les Ateliers Courbet in New York Metropolis. ZEMLYA is a sequence of large-scale ceramic works, each practical and ornamental, that had been created in Makhno’s Kyiv studio alongside his staff of grasp artisans. Within the midst of the continued battle in Ukraine and the hindrance of the pandemic, they had been in some way capable of finding methods to collect on the studio to maintain creating their work.

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With ZEMLYA, Makhno has expanded upon the breadth of his work of sculptural lighting and ceramic objets by exploring new scales, varieties, and features. Ongoing conversations with gallery founder Melanie Courbet led to the 2 growing this sequence of distinctive sculptural, practical items. Hand-modeled in ceramic and plaster, they mark his first assortment of furnishings design that makes use of ceramic.

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Proof of the Japanese Wabi-Sabi aesthetic Makhno favors is clear throughout all mediums used throughout the studio. He additionally pulls from conventional inventive strategies, genuine strategies, and pure supplies to create objects that dwell on the intersection of cultural heritage, practical design, and modern artwork.

Duta Puzata Chair

Since 2003, Makhno’s work has spanned structure, inside design, sculpture, and objets d’artwork. Within the final 20 years, the studio has turn out to be a mirrored image of the his multidisciplinary imaginative and prescient – housing a ceramic workshop, practical artwork, and lighting design studio. There, Makhno and his staff hand-form every of the ceramic items earlier than layering a number of glazes that give the floor a recognizable, extremely textured pores and skin.

Duta Puzata Chair

Khmara Lamp

Khmara Lamp

Khmara Lamp

Pyl Chair

Pyl Chair

Ulamok Desk Bench

Ulamok Desk Bench

Syaivo Chair

Syaivo Chair

Vushka Mirror

Vushka Mirror

Vushka Mirror

Vushka Chair

Vushka Chair

To be taught extra in regards to the ZEMLYA exhibition, go to ateliercourbet.com.

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