"The Pleasure of Growth"
The Pleasure of Growth, an exhibition of ceramics by Janny Baek 00 CR, will be on view from March 22–May 20, 2023.
The family of organisms Janny has created share a technical language across a range of several categories of forms, including clouds, waves, and flows. An air of mystery emanates from their strange but familiar appearance. Their misty ombres and gradients seem to come from within, built as they are of pigmented clay. As functional vessels, they feel less like containers and more like expellers of gasses and energies. It is impossible to look at them without imagining that, if you withdrew your attention, they might evaporate or scurry off, returning to the vast cloud of possible forms from which Janny manifested them.
An artist profile from The New York Times and a writeup from Wallpaper about the exhibition are available to read online.
