IN THE BERKSHIRES | On View at Galleries & Museums & Outdoor Sculpture

IN THE BERKSHIRES | On View at Galleries & Museums & Outdoor Sculpture

IN THE BERKSHIRES NORTH ADAMS | W. STOCKBRIDGE | CUMMINGTON SUMMER 2022 Ferrin Contemporary SUMMER IN THE BERKSHIRES at the gallery | in museums | outdoor sculpture SERGEI ISUPOV PAST & PRESENT | EARTH & SKY | MISS COMET North Adams | West Stockbridge | Cummington Internationally renowned artist Sergei Isupov has had a busy, creative six months with  and new work on view throughout the Berkshires. The fire sculpture performance at TurnPark Art Space was a huge success, and the outpouring of interest prompted us to extend his solo show PAST & PRESENT at Ferrin Contemporary. The EARTH & SKY sculpture is on view at TurnPark Art Space in the outdoor sculpture park along with a beautiful solo exhibition, Proximal Duality in the airy gallery through October. MISS COMET, is the first mosaic public sculpture by Sergei Isupov and Kadri Parnamets and one of 9 sculptures on view in REFLECTIONS on Main Street in Cummington, the tiny Hilltown village on the eastern edge of the Berkshires where they live and work. Made from ceramic shards, donated by the community, found in pottters' shard piles and "mudsharked" from the river that runs behind his studio, the 8' upside down head is on view in front of Project Art, where Isupov's studio and gallery is open to visitors by appointment. PAST & PRESENT solo exhibition of recent works at Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA visit us on the MASS MOCA campus. open daily, closed Tuesdays or other times, by appointment. Above: Sergei Isupov and Past & Present, a wall installation of head sculptures presented on a painted collage of Greek text - photo John Polak. On June 11, TurnPark Art Space hosted Sergei Isupov and master kiln builder Andres Allik for a truly unique spectacle: the first petal kiln firing in New England. To build Earth&Fire Isupov used 800 lbs of clay to build a nine foot sculpture that was revealed at peak temperature. WATCH the 2 minute time lapse video above for a glimpse at this incredible project and learn more HERE.   AT PROJECT ART gallery, studio and gardens MISS COMET one of nine public sculptures in REFLECTIONS | Main Street, Cummington, MA. VISIT PROJECT ART Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour - July 23-24 Hilltown Open Studio Tour - October 2-3 54 Main Street, Cummington, MA open by appointment MORE ...     AT TURNPARK sculpture park & gallery Sergei Isupov: PROXIMAL DUALITY solo exhibition of sculpture and drawings curated by Grigori Fayteyev through October 31 2 Moscow Rd, West Stockbridge, MA  Wednesday - Monday, 10 - 5 pm

PAST & PRESENT | CATALOG click HERE for link to the online CATALOG of PAST & PRESENT  on view at FERRIN CONTEMPORARY. AT FERRIN CONTEMPORARY BOBBY SILVERMAN: NEW WORK In our 2021 exhibition MELTING POINT, co-curated by Katya Heller and Leslie Ferrin, Bobby Silverman featured a new series of works that paired vessels and tiles. Wildly successful and energized by the response, he returned to his New York studio with the freedom to experiment and explore with stunning results. During the summer of 2022, we are pleased to present selected works at our two galleries in North Adams and New York. Writing about his process, he explains "I began adding other materials to the mix including cast resin, glass, chrome, and automotive paint. These additional materials possess their own specific properties that complement and illuminate ceramic surfaces. This approach allows me to investigate the idiosyncratic nature of ceramic materials and its phenomenological properties such as luminosity, translucency, gravity, and reflection." - Bobby Silverman BOBBY SILVERMAN: NEW WORK Ferrin Contemporary | North Adams, MA Heller Gallery | New York, NY PREVIEW NIGHT & OPEN STUDIOS BUILDING 13 | MASS MoCA Thursday, July 14, 5–7 pm Ferrin Contemporary Preview OUR AMERICA/WHOSE AMERICA? group exhibition featuring contemporary artists responding to racial stereotypes found in historic, commercial ceramics. Open Studios at Assets for Artists - July 14 & August 11 The Chalet Thursday nights through Sept. 8 all on the MASS MoCA campus, North Adams Above: Salvador Jiménez-Flores, A Hand Gesture to Systemic Racism: Al que le quede el saco que se lo ponga ON VIEW IN BERKSHIRE MUSEUMS IMPRINTED: ILLUSTRATING RACE Landmark exhibition examining the role of published images in shaping attitudes toward race and culture featuring contemporary works by Elizabeth Alexander, Garth Johnson, Paul Scott and objects from the Ferrin Contemporary collection of souvenirs, transferware and figurines. Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA On view through October 30 Open daily, closed Wednesdays Above: Elizabeth Alexander, A Mightier Work is Ahead: Jackson at Antietam #2, altered plate from the 'Jackson and Lee: Legends in Gray' collection of commemorative plates, 2022. LAST CHANCE - CLOSING IN JULY COURTNEY LEONARD Breach: Logbook 20/Nebulous Form & Relation: Contemporary Native Ceramics This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH on view through July 23 Breech: Logbook 22 Picture Gallery at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Cornish, NH on view through July 12 KUKULI VELARDE: CORPUS Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston School of the Arts, Charleston, SC on view through July 16