Liz Larner

The ceramic work of American artist Liz Larner (born 1960) offers many different layers: their form and heaviness are reminiscent of antique plates, in the deep hues of the glazings they are like paintings, while their fissured and often broken surfaces tell the story of their creation. This theme of brokenness can also be found in the titles: caesura suggests a pause between two halves, subduction refers to the collision of tectonic plates, calefaction is a heat experiment in which minerals added to the clay crystallize or evaporate, porcelain melt means putting stress on what has already been created. Above the cracks, though, Larner adds the mesmerizing surfaces of her exactly shaded glazings.