Taylor Carter
Sofia Castagna
Olivia Gorman
Taylor Carter and Oliva Gorman(bkgrd) Julie Drout (Front)
Taylor Carter
Taylor Carter, Olivia Gorman, Julie Drout
Sofia Castagna
Megan Stevens
Julie Drout
John Dixon
Sophie Neslund (R) Julie Drout (M) Sofia Castagna (L)
Sophie Neslund (bkgd) Julie Drout (front)
Sophie Neslund
Sofia Castagna
Harmony Denlinger
Sophie Neslund
Taylor Carter
Olivia Gorman
The exhibition Post Post Local is a collection of work made
by students and professors from the University of Cincinnati in response to
thoughts on regionalism and globalism. It simply shows what we make at home
within the perimeters of our materials and facility, and how we handle our
ideas placed within the new environment of factories in Jingdezhen, China.
Post Post Local is a response to an
exhibition last December at the Mufei Gallery in Jingdezhen, where half of the
work in the exhibition was made and carried on a plane from the US. The other
half was produced while in residence at The Pottery Workshop during a 3.5 weeklong
study abroad course. This iteration examines each artist’s response to working
in Jingdezhen, China and how that has affected their current studio practice.
One step in the making
process can be exchanged for another, allowing each artist to experiment while
gaining a stronger hold on porcelain, a material with one of the sharpest
learning curves. This back and forth of knowledge and give and take of
tradition is why we value our time working in Jingdezhen.
Hopefully this
exhibition suggests that we are moving forward culturally and creatively. We
are asking ourselves “ what is local”, is it only based on geographic and
political boundary, or as individuals do we continuously re-define the place we
call here as we build on new experiences?
