BEVERLY SEMMES
Bucket/Stack, 2015
Ceramic and epoxy
53 x 17 x 16 in.
Copyright The Artist
Beverly Semmes (Washington, D.C. 1958 - ) confounds our expectations of ceramics in her approach to a medium that is generally associated with adjectives more akin to delicate and refined...
Beverly Semmes (Washington, D.C. 1958 - ) confounds our expectations of ceramics in her approach to a medium that is generally associated with adjectives more akin to delicate and refined than clunky and raw. Her oversized pots, or stacks, are irregular and distorted forms, with a crude tactility. These polarities work to create an intermediary space inviting discourse on the paradoxes surrounding the artist's use of Vessel as metaphor for the female body and culture's representation of the feminine
Exhibitions
"Beverly Semmes", Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH, 27 June 2025 - 4 January 2026“FRP: RPF,” curated by Maria Park, Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 11 September 2019 - 7 October 2019.
"57th Carnegie International," curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 13 October 2018 - 25 March 2019.
“Handle,” Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, France, 19 October 2015 - 19 December 2015.