Francesc Burgos
vessels and dwellings
February 16 – March 26, 2016
Opening Reception:
Friday, February 19, 7 – 9 pm
Artist Statement :
“Ceramics has been, since prehistory, about vessels. As a sculptor and ceramist I am interested in natural and human-made forms that contain, protect and shape life in its multiplicity of form; a hard wall around a hollow space: shells, hulls, buildings… I am interested in the relation between interior and exterior space, and inspired as well by music and geometry. I aim for forms that will have a strong presence and be intriguing and beautiful, proportionate and harmonic inside and out: the poetics of space.”
— Francesc Burgos
Community High Student Exhibition
In addition to Francesc Burgos’ featured show, a special exhibit entitled Moments in Ann Arbor: A Student’s Perspective , with work by Community High School’s film photography students, will be on exhibit during the month of March.
Artists’ statement:
“Moments in Ann Arbor: A Student’s Perspective is an exploration of portrait and street photography through the eyes of our youth. All of our images are captured on black and white film, and printed in our darkroom at Community High School. The people and places are of our friends, relatives, chance-encounters, those that inhabit our town, and the places and buildings they inhabit and work in. These images capture people we know and people we may want to know. These pictures reflect our moments in Ann Arbor.
The students in the Community High School beginning film photography class have engaged in the black and white film process since September of this year. They experimented with pinhole photography and photograms, on the way to understanding light. These images are captured with 35 mm film cameras, on bulk-loaded film, and processed in our darkroom at Community. Printing is also done in our darkroom with our old Beseler enlargers. Community High houses one of the oldest darkrooms in Ann Arbor, and our photography students cherish their experience in this old, but beautiful, medium.
We hope you enjoy looking at our images of our city, and the people and places we visit and inhabit.”
— the students in the Community High School beginning film photography class, and Steve Coron, instructor.
This exhibition is dedicated to, and in memory, of Maureen Belden.
Selected work by other artists
showing in this exhibition
Selected work from WSG gallery artists and the following visiting artists:
Carlye Crisler, Janet Kelman, Kristin Hermanson, Maria Ruggiero, Martha Ceccio, Peter Gooch, Steve McMahon, Phil Dewey, Elaine Headly, Idelle Hammond-Sass
“Ceramics has been, since prehistory, about vessels. As a sculptor and ceramist I am interested in natural and human-made forms that contain, protect and shape life in its multiplicity of form; a hard wall around a hollow space: shells, hulls, buildings… I am interested in the relation between interior and exterior space, and inspired as well by music and geometry. I aim for forms that will have a strong presence and be intriguing and beautiful, proportionate and harmonic inside and out: the poetics of space.”
Community High Student Exhibition
Selected work by other artists
showing in this exhibition
