Adrian Arleo

"AWARENESS" - hand-built ceramic sculpture of squirrel with many eyes in body

2012

I love this extraordinary American surrealist piece - a collage/montage, an assembly of objects in a velvet-clad box/frame - for a number of reasons reasons. I love the fact that it depicts pipes, among the most iconic images of the surrealist movement, rooted in Magritte’s famous 1929 painting which depicts a pipe accompanied by the caption “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe). Marcel Duchamp loved using pipes...

“Metamorphosis” is a unique over-glaze Chinese porcelain pot by renowned ceramist and painter, Jared FitzGerald. Blowing in the wind. The wind crosses to the mountain and loops lazily in circles in the blue sky. “Metamorphosis” is part of a new series from Fitzgerald’s studios in Jingdezhen, China. This series uses over-glaze, a new ceramic firing technique that diverges from Fitzgerald’s previous ceramic practice, which used the traditional under-glaze technique with blue and white colors. Over-glaze allows FitzGerald to paint with a range of colors; unlike with other glaze techniques, such as under- or middle-glaze, over-glaze allows FitzGerald to paint onto an already fired ceramic panel, so there is no serious change in the color of the pigments. This is a special technique which allows the artist to mix Chinese painting techniques with western techniques derived from oil painting. Over-glaze decoration is considered one of the most important modern glaze techniques in Jingdezhen now. The traditional overglaze decorative colors in Jingdezhen include Gucai (antique colors...

“Aqua” is a unique over-glaze Chinese porcelain pot by renowned ceramist and painter, Jared FitzGerald. Fish and sea creatures travel around the pot. The thin layers of color gives the design an open and delicate feeling. “Aqua” is part of a new series from Fitzgerald’s studios in Jingdezhen, China. This series uses over-glaze, a new ceramic firing technique that diverges from Fitzgerald’s previous ceramic practice, which used the traditional under-glaze technique with blue and white colors. Over-glaze allows FitzGerald to paint with a range of colors; unlike with other glaze techniques, such as under- or middle-glaze, over-glaze allows FitzGerald to paint onto an already fired ceramic panel, so there is no serious change in the color of the pigments. This is a special technique which allows the artist to mix Chinese painting techniques with western techniques derived from oil painting. Over-glaze decoration is considered one of the most important modern glaze techniques in Jingdezhen now. The traditional overglaze decorative colors in Jingdezhen include Gucai (antique colors...

Artist: Justin Siegel Title: Untitled ( purple/blue ) Medium: Underglaze and ink on ceramic pottery Size: 6 x 3 1/2 x 3 inches Year: 2021

Artist: Justin Siegel Title: Untitled (yellow) Materials: Glaze, underglaze and color pencil on pottery ceramic Size: 5 3/4 x 5 x 4 inches Year: 2021

Artist: Justin Siegel Title: Untitled (0621-06) Size: 5.5 H x 15w x 5.5d Medium: Ceramic pottery and underglaze Year: 2021 Justin Siegel’s abstract pain...