Photo: Maria Eugenia Daneri, New York Cottage and Garden
Photo: Clay Gardner
Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Credit Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
Ceramics Art and Perception
Katleman in her Brooklyn studio, working on a commission for Christian Dior’s London flagship store, 2015. Photo: Clay Gardner.
Katleman in her Brooklyn studio, working on a commission for Christian Dior’s London flagship store, 2015. Photo: Clay Gardner.
Folly, 16 ft. (4.9 m) in length, cone 10 porcelain, wire, chain, heat-shrink tubing, 2010. Installed at Greenwich House Pottery, New York, New York. Photo: Alan Wiener.
Hotel Mirana, 4 ft. (1.2 m) in height, cone 10 porcelain, mirror, wire, wood, chain, 2014. Channeling Nabokov’s Lolita, this opulent mirror immerses the viewer in a private universe, with moments from the novel brought forth in 1950s Americana. Photo: Malcolm Varon.
Hostile Nature (detail), 8 ft. (2.4 m) in length, cone 10 porcelain, wire, chain, 2013. This allegory, from a larger installation, combines cast toys with themes from Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. Photo: Malcolm Varon.
Beth Katleman, “Hostile Nature,” at Todd Merrill
Porcelain Playland (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT) Katleman pours liquid slip into a plaster mold. The artist refines a piece after it has hardened. A plastic doll basks in its mold. Pieces are fired in a kiln after drying. See Resources.
Treasured Trinkets Sculptor Beth Katleman works in a Brooklyn studio bordering the Gowanus Canal, where she transforms dimestore figurines into porcelain works of art. See Resources.
“Folly” by Beth Katleman, 2010
Photo: Hervé Goluza
The Art Economist, Volume 1, Issue 3: Back Cover
