{"product_id":"means-to-an-end-catalog","title":"Means To An End Catalog","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest continuous exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States, enters its ninth decade with \u003cem\u003eMeans to an End.\u003c\/em\u003e Guest curated by ceramic artist Reniel Del Rosario, this exhibition considers contemporary artists’ enduring fascination with clay, a medium that demands precision, patience, and resilience. The artists in this exhibition embrace clay’s challenges, using ceramics as a springboard for innovation and dialogue across diverse media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDel Rosario has selected works by artists who integrate ceramics into broader artistic approaches, combining clay with video, collage, painting, performance, and more. Works by Debra Broz, Paola de la Calle, Cathy Della Lucia, Fred DeWitt, Matt Goldberg, Dana Hemenway, Stephanie Temma Hier, Haylie Jimenez, Sahar Khoury, Karen Kuo, Cathy Lu, Kari Marboe, Patrick Martinez, and Victor Saucedo challenge conventional ideas about the utility and limitations of the medium and demonstrate its unique dynamism. Collectively, these artists reveal clay’s enduring relevance to and pervasive presence in contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I wanted to curate a Ceramic Annual that feels distinctly nontraditional,” says Del Rosario. “The artists in \u003cem\u003eMeans to an End\u003c\/em\u003ework in ceramics almost by coincidence—there are many other ways they could create their objects. But there is this innate pull, an adoration of ceramics, that makes them utilize the material. It is one of the most exciting and flexible materials to work with.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalog featuring an essay by Garth Johnson, Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. It also includes an interview with Del Rosario and Beth Ann Gerstein, executive director of the American Museum of Ceramic Art, as well as a foreword by Erin M. Curtis, Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mixedmediaeditions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59508829225041,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/2424\/5585\/files\/35B042C1-3EE0-4C6C-9B08-5065D5DEA9CA.jpg?v=1778610310","url":"https:\/\/mixedmediaeditions.com\/products\/means-to-an-end-catalog","provider":"mixedmediaeditions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}