CASAVELLS SPRING (2022) - Side Gallery

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SPRING 2022

SPRING 2022

CASAVELLS
APR 13

Side Gallery is delighted to announce the opening it’s annual exhibition at Casavells. Situated in the Idyllic countryside of Empordà – Costa Brava, the magnificent Spanish masia will host the presentation of a curated selection of design and contemporary ceramics.

The 2022 seasonal edition will act as a continuation of Side Gallery’s recent ceramic exhibition, “Exposed Materials”, whereby a new group of artists, such as Liu Xi with her gilded ceramic sculptures that show the stunning diversity and beauty of the female anatomy, and Roger Herman’s surrealist vases decorated with Paleolithic cave drawings, recommence the gallery’s desire to explore the world of clay. Amongst others, Nick Weddell’s googly eyed stool, and amorphous tableware, Adam Shiverdecker’s absurd mugs, Harvey Bouterse’s chic ceramic lamps, and Willem Van Hoof’s African vessels explore the diverse nature of contemporary vernacular ceramics.


Alongside a comprehensive combination of ceramic artists, Side Gallery delves deep into realms of contemporary design, exhibiting works ranging from the sharp lines and raw surfaces of the multifunctional furniture “Beasts” of Sam Chermayeff, to the abstract memory foam meteorites of Sanghoon Kim. Seeking to bring together an animated assortment of designers such as Nebil Zeman, Charlotte Kingsnorth, Elissa Lacoste, Taher Asad-Bakahtiari, Sophie Rowley, Jennifer Zurick and Lukas Saint-Joigny, Side Gallery endeavors to expose the diversity of contemporary design. Albeit chemical reactions, digital drawing or handicraft techniques this collection of creators differ in processes, but through material and colour amalgamations can be merged and melted together to create surprising combinations.

In most cases, the designer's forms are derived from typologies that we understand intuitively , but are altered, and the identification of an object can even be lost, through the reduction of form, or added applications, often allowing the objects to acquire a new meaning. In the case of Zeman, the intense layering of dripping plaster gives his objects a sense of otherworldliness, stemming from a fascination with ancient civilisations, archaeological encounters, science fiction and futuristic visions. Charlotte Kingsnorth intuitive lead process of addition and subtraction, physically sculpting out a character and rearranging new body parts in what appears to be an anthropomorphic happening, similarly allows her objects to live a second life.