Kathy
Butterly
New York, NY
New York artist Kathy Butterly has created distinct, evocative sculptures for more than two decades, contributing to and expanding the tradition of studio ceramics. Butterly’s practice engages with concepts ranging from materiality and line to the history of the vessel. Using traditional ceramic forms as her starting point, she refers to these formal templates as her “canvas.” Contorting and misshaping these forms, she then adds layer upon layer of glaze and fires the works repeatedly, causing some colors and textures to recede and others to burst into view.
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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Viewing Hours:
Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Kathy Butterly
Pollen Winging It et al
Medium: Ceramic
New York artist Kathy Butterly has created distinct, evocative sculptures for more than two decades, contributing to and expanding the tradition of studio ceramics. For Open Spaces, a combination of new and older works by Butterly are on display at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. By way of their intimate scale, Butterly’s sculptures invite the viewer to move in and take a closer look, awakening our latent curiosity about the labor-intensive process required to produce such intricate creations. This is Butterly’s first one-person solo museum exhibition in the Midwest.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Viewing Hours:
Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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