Thursday, September 10, 2015

Korean Monthly Ceramic Art + Life May 2015



Korean Monthly Ceramic Art + Life 

May 2015


Thrilled to share this article on my work in the May 2015 
issue of Korean Monthly Ceramic Art + Life. Thanks Sukjin Choi!



Thursday, June 4, 2015

"Profiles of Time" Solo Exhibition at the "Rocca Flea, Gualdo Tadino, Italy

Profiles of Time

SOLO EXHIBITION
"ROCCA FLEA" Museo Civico, Gualdo Tanino
CURATED BY ROLANDO GIOVANNINI
4-30 June 2015







Curator Rolando Giovannini & museum director Catia Monachelli




Sunday, April 5, 2015

NCECA 2015 Biennial



25 January-29 March 2015

Great News!! For the second time, I have been selected to participate at the 2015 NCECA Biennial! You can see the previous post here about my entry in the 2013 NCECA Biennial in Houston.

From 25 January, the works chosen for the 2015 NCECA Biennial will be on display at the David Winton Bell Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island.  This is a juried international ceramics exhibition arranged by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.

Jurors for the exhibition were Linda Christianson, Minnesota studio potter; Jo-Ann Conklin, Director of the Bell Gallery; and Anders Ruhwald, Head of Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art. They dwindled down 1147 entries into just fifty works crossing nations and state boarders. There were pieces issued from 22 states and Canada, Hong Kong, Italy, Romania, South Korea and Sweden.

These works encompassed a multitude of different styles and techniques, from functional pottery to installations with associated video or computer programs. 

My piece, "Pink Shout" in the Biennial show, is now in the permanent collection of the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center.



Paolo Porelli, 2014
slipped stoneware
29,5 x 18 x 7”


with Chris Taylor and Steven Lee


with Lori-Ann Touchette and me


lots of people the night of the inauguration between family and friends!!


Lori-Ann Touchette, Rolando Giovannini, Jamie Walker and Paolo Porelli

Sunday, March 1, 2015

"Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy" at the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea in Rome



"Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy"

at the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea in Rome


I am excited to announce that I have been invited to particpate in  the Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy exhibition in the GNAM: National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome. Curated by Nino Caruso and Mariastella Margozzi, this exhibition provides a rich survey of contemporary ceramic sculpture in Italy from the post-war period to the present. 180 works of 63 different artists are included in this,  the most significant show of ceramic art in Italy in more than 50 years. Dedicating circa 2000 square meters to a reassessment of ceramic sculpture that elevates it to its deserved position as an art form, the show redresses the marginalisation of ceramics as a minor art. 

The exhibition will be open from 11 March-7 June 2015


Paolo Porelli, Fire-bearer  2014, slipped terracotta & mixed media, 160 x 68,5 x 84cm


  
Paolo Porelli, Number Girl 2014 (back)
89 x 43 x 40cm 
Last Generation 2015 
38cm max H
installation (detail)





Room with Figurative Sculpture, GNAM, Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture in Italy



Wednesday, April 9, 2014

A selection of works from my visiting artist stint at Kansas State University

Paolo Porelli 2014, Pink scream
Paolo Porelli 2014, Bow Lady

Paolo Porelli 2014, Super

Paolo Porelli 2014, Free Fall



Fire-bearer and other variations of a life-size statue

Paolo Porelli 2014, Enamoured
Paolo Porelli 2014, Fire-bearer

Paolo Porelli 2014, Five-points
Three versions of a life-size statue that will be presented in the CERAMICA IN FIORE. NATURA-ARTE-TENDENZE ' exhibition in Tolfa this May.