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Almine Rech

Arlene Shechet Urgent Matter

Jan 15 — Apr 3, 2016 | Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis

Across plaster, porcelain, clay, and paper, New York- based artist Arlene Shechet’s intensive, playful practice consistently pushes the boundaries of what sculpture can be. Over the last decade, she has worked extensively in ceramics, crafting a visual language that breaks many of the medium’s given rules—for example, firing clay at odd temperatures, applying glaze where there should be  paint, and incorporating kiln bricks into the armature of the sculpture itself. She takes advantage of the inherent hollow nature of ceramics to produce astonishing, often lopsided objects that challenge gravity to hover on the brink of collapse.

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