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Gareth Mason Talk at SOFA Chicago

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Mindy Solomon Gallery is presenting an impressive collection of contemporary sculpture created by Gareth Mason and David Hicks at this year’s SOFA Chicago art fair.

On Saturday, November 5 at 12:30—1:30PM in room 326 Gareth Mason will be presenting a dynamic talk and demonstration entitled, “Fire: Ceramics, Mystery and Creativity.” Gareth describes, “Fire is an essentially mysterious force; its allure as magnetic now as it was to the earliest human beings.” (Above, ’Batholith’ detail).

Gareth Mason’s intimacy with fire affords him an acute perspective on that primordial power. Fire is the most taxing and rewarding of creative partners; replete with creative possibility, fickle, brutal and addictive, it can bless or bury the efforts of anyone who dares to meddle. Illustrated with images of his work and palette, Gareth Mason will discuss fire’s centrality to his practice, its potency to the human imagination, and the majesty of ceramic experience. (Above, Shadow Aghast).

We are looking forward and offering an exceptional grouping of Gareth Mason’s ceramic sculptures. Please contact the gallery for more information or view more of Gareth’s work here and experience the exclusive interview here. (Above, Terrain, Strata Series).

SOFA Chicago “Bling It On”

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Mindy Solomon Gallery will be exhibiting at this year’s 18th SOFA Chicago November 4—6 located at the historic Navy Pier. Proudly, we will be presenting a compelling sculpture program featuring artisans Gareth Mason and David Hicks (pictured above).

There’s a lot of buzz around this art fair, as Mark Lyman, founding director of SOFA describes, “My original vision for the SOFA fairs was to keep pressing to heighten the visibility of art on the cutting edge of the field.” (Gareth Mason, pictured above).

Maverick British artist Gareth Mason is a master sculptor exploring the marvels of porcelain with an alchemistic flare. His dynamic surfaces communicate a type of wizardry not frequently found in more traditional vessel forms. His arresting, swirling vortex of color and expression speaks to the works of great abstract expressionists. His erosive multiply fired structures evoke more questions than answers, and pottery enthusiasts as well as lovers of all contemporary art forms will be beguiled by the mystery of his fire.

Fine artist David Hicks recent collection of works deem him the “King of Bling.” Hick’s features an unparalleled exploration into the wonderland of luster and metallic glazing. His wall sculptures are composed with dozens of hand built objects carefully arranged to create wall pieces unlike anything ever expressed in ceramic material. Using considerable construction skills, he creates a system of wall mounts and cables that appear to float effortlessly from the wall. Hick’s duality between hard and soft provides the viewer with a highly textual, multi-dimensional experience. (Interview here).

If you would like to learn more about SOFA Chicago, please check in here. For more information about Gareth Mason and David Hicks please contact the gallery. We look forward to seeing you soon.

2013 Gallery Schedule

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Mindy Solomon Gallery Exhibition + Fair SCHEDULE

April 6-May 11, 2013
Solo Exhibition: Sylvia Hommert

May 25-June 29, 2013
Material Inspiration
Gareth Mason 

June 10-16, 2013
Scope Basel 2013

June 30- July 13, 2013
Gallery Closed for Holiday

July 20- September 14, 2013
The Paintings of Erin Parish 

September 21- October 26, 2013
Generic Art Solutions Solo Show

November 2nd- December 7, 2013
Southern Fried
John Byrd, Jeremy Chandler, Jeremiah Jenkins

December 14- January 25, 2013
FOCUS KOREA
Artists to be announced

February 1- March 15, 2014
Solo Exhibition: Christopher Winter

March 22- May 3, 2014
Wood Fire Show
Josh DeWeese, David Peters and friends

ARCHIVE

January 7-February 18, 2012
Rock-Paper-Scissors featuring fine artists from balzerARTprojects, Basel, Switzerland

January 20—23, 2012
ArtPalmBeach featuring James Kennedy, Josh DeWeese, David Hicks, Sylvia Hommert

February 16—20, 2012
Art Wynwood International Art Fair featuring Gareth Mason, David Hicks and James Kennedy

February 25-March 31, 2012
Meditative Journeys: Sungyee Kim and Kang Hyo Lee

March 7—11, 2012
SCOPE NY Booth A-11 de la Torre Brothers, Generic Art Solutions, Marc Burckhardt, Bonnie Marie Smith, Kurt Weiser, Sunkoo Yuh and James Kennedy

April 14-May 19, 2012
Explicit Content: Bart Johnson, Becky Flanders, Anne Drew Potter, Christina West, Scot Sothern, Bonnie Marie Smith, Léopold L. Foulem and Barbara DeGenevieve

April 20-23, 2012
SOFA New York: Korean Artists featuring: Lee Kang Hyo, Ree soo Jong, Lee Inchin, Sungyee Kim

May 17- 20, 2012
artMRKT San Francisco

May 26-July 7, 2012
Detailed Information
John Byrd, Kate MacDowell, Marc Burckhardt, Wookjae Maeng, Christopher Torrez and Carrie Anne Baade

June 12- 17, 2012
SCOPE Art Basel, Switzerland

July 19- 22, 2012
artMRKT Hamptons 

July 26- 30, 2012
art southampton 

July 14- Sept. 8, 2012
Organic Inhabitants
David Hicks and Patricia Sannit

September 7- 9, 2012
Shanghai Contemporary

September 15- November 3, 2012
Constructions and Compositions:
The Work of James Kennedy

September 28- 30, 2012
Art Platform Los Angeles

October 4- 12, 2012
(e)merge art fair

October 18- 21, 2012
Texas Contemporary Art Fair

November 2- 4, 2012
SOFA Chicago

November 10- December 15, 2012
The Work of Bart Johnson

December 4- 9, 2012
Art Miami

December 22, 2012- February 2, 2013
Home for the Holidays
The de la Torre brothers

January 24-27, 2013
The Metro Show NYC

January 12- February 23, 2013
Subversive Narratives: Exposing the Raw Side
balzerARTprojects

February 14-18, 2013
Art Wynwood

March 7-10, 2013
VOLTA NY

February 9- March 30, 2013
Post Coital
Rebekah Bogard, Georgine Ingold, Muir Vidler, Scot Sothern, Christina West, and Becky Flanders and Marta Soul courtesy of Kopeikin Gallery

April 10-14, 2013
Zona Maco Contemporary Art Fair