Peter Pincus' Catalog 2017

PETER PINCUS HALL OF MIRRORS

at SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART

PETER PINCUS: HA

April 7th - MA “What started as my curiosity for pottery and vessel has extended to include painting and sculpture, and my present work is evidence of that evolution. I believe that color interaction can elicit new ways of seeing so I have dedicated the last five years to its study. Frequently, I elect to stage conflict by introducing an assertive color field to an equally emphatic form. This friction augments and enriches perceptions of space.”

– Peter Pincus In the world of ceramics, Peter Pincus is a master of perfection. In his work, color and form are bound together as if neither could exist without the other. The complexity and hard work of Pincus’ studio practice is concealed from us in the final presentation. The creative invention of form, the precise technique of developing and casting complex molds, and the honing of a finely tuned color palette seem effortless and we see only beauty, exquisite color and form unmarred by struggle or hard work. Perfection of form is often delineated by slivers of cast colored porcelain, fine tuned to color harmonies, more akin to painting than to clay, or grey scales, tuned as though music.

For this exhibition, Pincus has developed new forms and investigations. The Many Few Minus Two features stacked columns of color, cast from a 158-piece mold, in perfect harmony. In other works, Pincus explores the power of black and white.

ALL OF MIRRORS

Ay 20th, 2017 In a series of eight covered vessels, Intervals, Pincus investigates the distance between shades of black and white with the precision of a surgeon and heart of a poet.

Precisely integrated lids are so disguised that they seem inseparable from the form, a perfect grey-scale circle on each top. Only when a lid is removed are the gold luster mirrors, one raised and the other concave, revealed inside. When closed, the memory of the luster mirrors and their perfect enclosure remains.

Half/Whole continues this exploration from dark to light in three pairings of black and white porcelain forms. Each differentiated from the other by a line of round concave dots that diminish and swell from top to the belly creating a meditation on beauty.

Peter Pincus holds a M.F.A. and B.F.A. from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He currently holds the position of Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics at the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, NY. His ceramics can be found in numerous public and private collections, including the recent acquisition by the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO.

(left) Black Container Colored porcelain, gold luster 16” x 16” x 8” (right) Herringbone Container Colored porcelain, gold luster 16” x 16” x 8”

Vessels in Contrast Colored porcelain, gold luster 20” x 8” x 8” each

Vessels in Contrast Reverse

The Many Few Minus Two Colored porcelain 17” x 5” x 5” each

Set of Drinking Vessels Colored porcelain 7.5” x 4.5” x 4.5” each

Set of Drinking Vessels Reverse

Intervals Colored porcelain, gold luster 10” x 6” x 6” each

Intervals Gold luster detail

Trio of Drinking Vessels Colored porcelain 7.5” x 4.5” x 4.5” each

Trio of Drinking Vessels Reverse

Ewer Colored porcelain, gold luster, pc-11 12” x 6.5” x 5”

Urn Colored porcelain, gold luster, pc-11 16” x 8” x 8”

Cups Colored porcelain 4” x 5” x 5” each

Vase Colored porcelain, gold luster 14” x 8” x 8”

(left to right) Half | Whole Colored porcelain 8” x 6” x 6” each 2|1 Colored porcelain 8” x 6” x 6” each 1|2 Colored porcelain 8” x 6” x 6” each

A Sibling System Colored porcelain, gold luster 26” x 11” x 11” each

Vase (grey) Colored porcelain, gold luster 15.75” x 5” x 5”

Vase (blue) Colored porcelain, gold luster 15.75” x 5” x 5”

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