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Crystal Morey, Three Graces, detail, 2019, 19 x 10 8", porcelain, photo: John Polak
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LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID
Leslie Ferrin
We are thinking of you, our artists, colleagues and friends.
Wherever you are, and hopefully safe, we are all experiencing the new reality of living in a profoundly changed world. We’ve been hearing of so many challenges in day to day life, fear of exposure, loss of employment, constant worrying for loved ones and managing varying degrees of long term isolation.
Last week, our third in quarantine, our particular struggle was complicated by a surge in internet demand within our small, rural community that is still without broadband service and suffers from chronic, spotty cell service. Due to social isolation, we must now use the internet for everything we do, to work, to make purchases, to stay connected with distant family, and to provide access to online school for our youngest resident, Roosi Isupov. We live in rural America where we can take daily walks and never see another soul. We feel fortunate to be where we are and continue what we do given the limitations of remote work. Our inconveniences pale when we connect with those in urban hot spots who are living densely, surrounded by incessant 24/7 wailing sirens and alone. Together we will get through this with you and our artists who are resilient, determined, creative. We will remain connected to one another through our shared support of art, culture and empathy for one another.... the director note continues.
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The NATURE/NURTURE series
NATURE/NURTURE | Group Show of 12 Women Artists
CRISTINA CORDOVA| PBS Craft in America | New Works in Nature/Nurture
LAUREN MABRY | Nature/Nurture | Cylinders & Flow Blocks
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Be Safe - Be Well - Stay in Touch
Leslie Ferrin
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ON NURTURE | Crystal Morey
"I grew up in Northern California of the 1980s and 90s, influenced by the movements of free speech, feminism, and living close to the land. My ideas of gender were rooted in feminine strength, connected to the power of nature. As my love for nature, equality, and art have grown, becoming my own, I have realized the historical absence of female voices depicting our bodies and experiences. Now, as a woman and an artist, I want to reclaim the art historical nude with its powerful beauty, relationship to the natural world, and the ability to share a new, contemporary narrative." - Crystal Morey
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Nature/Nurture at Ferrin Contemporary, Crystal Morey, with Mara Superior and Kadri Parnamets. photo: John Polak
Nature/Nurture is a group exhibition of twelve contemporary female artists invited to explore the influence of gender and its impact on their practice. The exhibition explores these ideas that range from direct interpretations of the natural world to more abstract notions, such as the construction of gender and the endowed role of women within their personal and professional careers. Works in clay range in form from individual vessels to composed still lifes and figural and abstract sculpture. The exhibition remains on view in North Adams and when MASS MoCA reopens their galleries to the public, we can resume our programming.
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Selected works in NATURE/NURTURE are featured in the online shop, open 24/7.
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by Jennifer Huberdeau, September 20, 2019
NORTH ADAMS — To gaze upon artist Crystal Morey's delicate, highly-detailed porcelain statues is to take a trip back to a time when goddesses were worshiped and loomed large.
Small in scale, her animal-human hybrid figures are reminiscent of tutelary deities, house guardians and magical talismans. An unseen force undulates from their stark white nakedness, transforming their romanticized female forms into vessels of strength and power, whether intertwined with one another or posed alone.
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@CMorey ON INSTAGRAM
Crystal Morey uses instagram to share her process, artistic practice, thoughts about works in progress, press and installation shots of her work exhibitions.
Happy #internationalwomensday! To all the women, girls, and non-binary people out there and those who love them, let’s celebrate! I love thinking of the thread of women who have come before - carrying, supporting, and creating the opportunities we have today. The thread continues with us, and into the future! XO #venusonthewaves #eve #leda #futureisfemale #femalegaze #missanthropocene
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Above: Crystal Morey, “Sea Level Rise in Eden” 2019, hand-sculpted porcelain, 16.5 x 9 x 7.5″
Acquired by Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California.
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ABOUT CRYSTAL MOREY
(b. 1983, Nevada City, CA, lives and works in Oakland, CA)
Crystal Morey sculpts porcelain animal-human hybrids as an exploration of the effects of post-industrial advancements on natural ecosystems. Drawing from contemporary environmental narratives and a range of art historical visuals, her work highlights vulnerable species interwoven with human counterparts. Morey has been an artist-in-residence at the LH Project, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and the Penland School of Craft.
Recent works presented in her solo exhibition Venus on the Waves (2019) were acquired by the Crocker Museum of Art, (Sacramento, CA), and the Monterey Museum of Art, (Monterey, CA). Her work has been shown nationally and internationally at 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, (Queensland, Australia), the Antler Gallery, (Portland, OR) and the Frick Pittsburgh, (Pittsburgh, PA). In 2006, Morey completed her BFA from California College of the Arts, and she received her MFA from San Jose State University in 2012. Morey is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
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