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Pots: Francis Upritchard

Past exhibition
May 24 - June 30, 2018
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Francis Upritchard Star Foot Urn II, 2018 Wood fired ceramic, resin, urushi, brass powder 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 6 inches (21 x 13.3 x 15.2 cm)
Francis Upritchard
Star Foot Urn II, 2018
Wood fired ceramic, resin, urushi, brass
powder
8 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 6 inches
(21 x 13.3 x 15.2 cm)

For her third exhibition at the gallery, Francis Upritchard presents a new series of clay pot sculptures that are the result of her residency at Lux Art Institute this past winter in Encinitas, CA.  Upritchard is an adept collaborator and these works are evidence of a natural chemistry between artist and place, in particular between her and the artisans working in the Lux ceramic studio. Thrown on a pottery wheel–   faces emerge from the otherwise smooth surfaces, augmented by painted marks, patterns and glazes. Her pots evoke the sense of artifacts or anthropological objects, but resist those categorizations, challenging the viewer to look again, inviting a level of mystery and implying a level of understanding that avoids capture. Installed on a series of plinths that recall the kind of didactic presentation common in museums, Uprtitchard makes a nod to the tone of wonder often conveyed through the institutional presentation of objects.  

 

Also, on view are a series of small scale works on paper. These drawings are sketched in washy volumes of watercolor and depict vessels, figures and fluorescent lizards.  Painted in a loose freehand, they foreshadow many of the marks and patterns that emerge on the surfaces of her ceramics.

 

Additional works from the artist’s work at the Lux Art Institute’s residency program while be included in a much-expanded forthcoming exhibition of new work at the Barbican museum in London.Upritchard’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) (2016).  Melbourne, Australia; and at the City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (2016). The Hammer Museum, LA; at Whitechapel Gallery, London (2014); the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (2013); Nottingham Contemporary, UK; Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (2012); and the 53rd Venice Biennale, Italy (2009).  She lives and works in London.

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List of Works
Installation Views
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Works
  • Francis Upritchard Star Foot Urn II, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Star Foot Urn II, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Star Foot Urn III (pink), 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Star Foot Urn III (pink), 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Star Foot Urn I, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Star Foot Urn I, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Bird Foot Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Bird Foot Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Star Pattern Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Star Pattern Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Three Stripe Paint Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Three Stripe Paint Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Cloudy Sky Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Cloudy Sky Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Bright Green Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Bright Green Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Brown Jar, Looking Up, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Brown Jar, Looking Up, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Bubble Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Bubble Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Check Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Check Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Cross Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Cross Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Cross Star Vase, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Cross Star Vase, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Estelle in Brown, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Estelle in Brown, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Green Lidded Urn with Black Motive, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Green Lidded Urn with Black Motive, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Green Pot with Modern Black Motive, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Green Pot with Modern Black Motive, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Green Pot with Stiffy, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Green Pot with Stiffy, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Green Sex Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Green Sex Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Grey Face and Sex Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Grey Face and Sex Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Grey Face Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Grey Face Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Grey Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Grey Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Mustache Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Mustache Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Ochre Face Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Ochre Face Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Pink Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Pink Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Purple Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Purple Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Purple Two Figure Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Purple Two Figure Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Purple Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Purple Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Star Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Star Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Tall Brown Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Tall Brown Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Tall Toothpaste Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Tall Toothpaste Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Teal Motive Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Teal Motive Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Teal Motive with Yellow Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Teal Motive with Yellow Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Temmoku Jar, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Temmoku Jar, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Triangle Motive Pot, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Triangle Motive Pot, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Triangle Motive Pot with Aura, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Triangle Motive Pot with Aura, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Triangle Motive Urn, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Triangle Motive Urn, 2018
  • Francis Upritchard Two Pink Pots, 2018
    Francis Upritchard
    Two Pink Pots, 2018
Press
  • NYC Gallery Scene – Highlights Through May 27, 2018

    Genevieve Kotz, Hamptons Art Pub, May 21, 2018
  • Beautiful Shows for Beautiful Weather: 33 New York Gallery Exhibitions to See This May

    Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, artnet, May 1, 2018

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