LA MIA CERAMICA

Paris: 57, rue du Temple
4 June – 16 July 2016

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Press Release

Opening: 4 June, 6-8 pm

In opening a dialogue between the works of artists spanning a variety of generations, the group show la mia ceramica explores how ceramics are imagined, and then manipulated by artists whose background is not traditionally in this medium but rather in sculpture, painting or installation. It was first in the 1930s that Fontana started to delve into the potential and importance of ceramics in his manifesto la mia ceramica. Picasso would pursue this exploration again some years later during his time at Vallauris. Inspired by modern interpretations of an ancient tradition, la mia ceramica traces the gestures and changes throughout history that have lead to the innovative contemporary take on the medium. A clear message emerges: the art of ceramics is timeless, the medium opening itself to an endless reinterpretation and revisiting. It has the potential to be transformed into all imaginable formes, gliding from the representation to the abstraction,but also between meticulous mastery and physical impulsion, opening an infinite field of remarkable possibilities.

Upcoming exhibitions and fairs:

Paris

Ai Weiwei
3 September - 8 October 2016
Opening: 3 September, 6-8 pm
57, rue du Temple 75004 Paris

Beatriz Milhazes
17 October - 19 November 2016
Opening: 17 October, 6-8 pm
57, rue du Temple 75004 Paris

Berlin

Liz Larner
14 September - 22 October 2016
Opening: 14 September, 6-8 pm
Goethestrasse 2/3, Berlin-Charlottenburg

Wilhelm Schürmann
14 September - 22 October 2016
Opening: 14 September, 6-8 pm
Bleibtreustrasse 45, Berlin-Charlottenburg

Fairs

Art Basel & Art Basel Unlimited
16-19 June 2016

Press contact:
Galerie Max Hetzler
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Berlin: +49 30 346 497 85-0
Paris: +33 1 57 40 60 80

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vernissage: 4 juin, 18 - 20h

L'exposition collective la mia ceramica, tout en donnant lieu à un large dialogue entre les œuvres d’artistes de différentes générations, s'intéressera en particulier à la manière dont la céramique est conçue et recréée par des artistes qui ne se concentrent habituellement pas sur ce matériau, mais dirigent plus fréquemment leurs pensées vers la sculpture, la peinture ou l'installation. Très tôt, dès les années 30, Fontana s’exprime à travers un manifeste, la mia ceramica, faisant clairement apparaître les questions et les possibilités qui y étaient contenues, et que Picasso testera à son tour à Vallauris des années plus tard. Inspirée par ces réinterprétations modernes d'une tradition ancienne, la mia ceramica suivra les gestes et les changement qui ont eu lieu à travers l'époque actuelle pour aboutir à un traitement nouveau. Ce qui apparaît ainsi est l'approche constamment revisitée d'un matériau qui peut être réinterprété sans fin, transformé de toutes les manières imaginables, glissant de la représentation à l'abstraction, mais témoignant aussi de la maitrise précise ou de l'impulsion physique, ouvrant ainsi un champ infini de possibilités.

Expositions et foires à venir:

Paris

Ai Weiwei
3 septembre - 8 octobre 2016
vernissage: 3 septembre, 18-20h
57, rue du Temple 75004 Paris

Beatriz Milhazes
17 octobre - 19 novembre
vernissage: 17 octobre, 18-20h
57, rue du Temple 75004 Paris

Berlin

Liz Larner
14 septembre - 22 octobre 2016
vernissage: 14 septembre, 18-20h
Goethestrasse 2/3, Berlin-Charlottenburg

Wilhelm Schürmann
14 septembre - 22 octobre 2016
vernissage: 14 septembre, 18-20h
Bleibtreustrasse 45, Berlin-Charlottenburg

FAIRS

Art Basel & Art Basel Unlimited
16-19 June

Pour plus d’informations, merci de contacter:
Galerie Max Hetzler
presse@maxhetzler.com
Paris: +33 1 57 40 60 80
Berlin: +49 30 346 497 85-0

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Works

**LYNDA BENGLIS**

*Acolapissa*

2013
glazed ceramic
49,5 x 71,1 x 30,5 cm

**LYNDA BENGLIS**

*Acuyé*

2013
glazed ceramic in 3 parts
63,5 x 55,9 x 38,1 cm

**LYNDA BENGLIS**

*Lipan*

2013
glazed ceramic in 2 parts
55,9 x 73,7 x 40,6 cm

**IDA EKBLAD**

*A Caged Law Of The Bird The Hand The Land*

2011
marble, painted and glazed ceramic panels, steel
48 x 98 x 190 cm.; 18 7/8 x 38 5/8 x 74 3/4 in.

**LUCIO FONTANA**

*Crocefisso*

1950/1955
colored and glazed ceramic
50 x 35 x 18 cm

**LUCIO FONTANA**

*Drago*

1949/1950
colored ceramic glazed with silver, brass base
39 x 105 x 28,5 cm

**GÜNTHER FÖRG**

*Untitled*

1994–1995
painted clay
48 x 32 x 5 cm

**GÜNTHER FÖRG**

*Untitled*

1994–1995
painted clay
49 x 37 x 5.5 cm

**LIZ LARNER**

*xv (caesura)*

2016
ceramic, epoxy, mirror
57,2 x 93,3 x 29,8 cm

**FAUSTO MELOTTI**

*Vase*

circa 1955
glazed ceramic
25 x 7,7 x 8 cm

**FAUSTO MELOTTI**

*Vescovo*

circa 1952
glazed ceramic
40 x 23 x 16 cm

**NAVID NUUR**

*Rituals of the Rational*

2016
wood fired ceramic made of various stoneware clays, coprolite, various types of wood, palm tree ashes, seashells
circa 15 x 9,5 x 9 cm

**NAVID NUUR**

*Rituals of the Rational*

late Cretaceous – 2016
wood fired ceramic made of various stoneware clays, coprolite, various types of wood, palm tree ashes, seashells
circa 25 x 17,5 x 19,5 cm

**NAVID NUUR**

*Rituals of the Rational*

ate Cretaceous – 2016
wood fired ceramic made of various stoneware clays, coprolite, various types of wood, palm tree ashes, seashells
circa 21,5 x 18 x 18 cm

**PABLO PICASSO**

*Pichet*

undated (1948)
white terra cotta partially painted with paraffin, engobes and enamel, partially glazed
23 x 15,5 x 23 cm

**STERLING RUBY**

*Basin Theology/Conflict Helix*

2013
ceramic
52,1 x 108,6 x 112,5 cm

**DAVID SALLE**

*Vessel 14*

2014
glazed stoneware
36 x 14 x 12 cm

**DAVID SALLE**

*Vessel 5*

2014
glazed stoneware
29,2 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm

**DAVID SALLE**

*Vessel 8*

2014
glazed stoneware
25,4 x 14 x 14 cm

**DAVID SALLE**

*Vessel 6*

2014
glazed stoneware
30,9 x 16,5 x 16,5 cm

**JOSH SMITH**

*Untitled*

2016
ceramic
dimensions variable; set of 9

**ROSEMARIE TROCKEL**

*Tisch 7*

2008
ceramics glazed, steel, wood
43 x 120 x 60,5 cm

**EDMUND DE WAAL**

*the worlds of things I*

2016
black vessels and blocks of steel
12,5 x 30 x 8,5 cm

**EDMUND DE WAAL**

*a white city*

2016
8 porcelain vessels and 4 plaster blocks in 3 aluminium and plexiglass vitrines
38 x 50 x 10 cm, spaced 3 cm apart; 120 x 50 x 10 cm overall

**REBECCA WARREN**

*The Wise Virgin*

2012
hand-painted clay on painted MDF plinth
64 x 78 x 61 cm

Publications

la mia ceramica

Lynda Benglis, Ida Ekblad, Lucio Fontana, Günther Förg, Liz Larner, Fausto Melotti, Navid Nuur, Pablo Picasso, Sterling Ruby, David Salle, Josh Smith, Rosemarie Trockel, Rebecca Warren, Edmund de Waal
Galerie Max Hetzler / Holzwarth Publications, Berlin 2016
With an introduction by Edmund de Waal

€ 35.00

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