New ceramics at Market Street Gallery

“Between Absurd and Obscene” by Sherri Cavan

“Locked Mystery’s of Our Ancestors” by Maggie Malloy

“The End of The Mechanical World” by Maria Sosina

by Ekaterina Levina

You won’t find a single vase or a plate at this show of ceramic sculpture.
Instead you’ll see a ceramic ship with words of wisdom written on it, ceramic bones and locks, an abstract shore house and amazingly real looking parts of rusty plumbing system.

The show runs until April 30 (Market Street Gallery, 1554 Market, San Francisco, http://www.marketstreetgallery.com/index.html)

The exhibit was fun and I enjoyed it!
It gives you an idea about the wide range of things that artist find inspiring – from conversations with God, meditation, personal memories to politics and mechanical creatures. Every piece there deserves a story about it.

I loved deeply spiritual sculptures of Maggie Malloy.

Check out her website:
http://www.mesart.com/maggiemalloy

I watched how surprised people were to find things looking like something from under the sink on a gallery wall. They obviously wanted to touch and check out if it was really a clay sculpture.
I saw how Maria Sosina explained the process of creating “The End of The Mechanical World” .

Find more Maria’s art on a website:
http://www.segmentusart.com/

I was lucky to share an art studio with Maria last summer. I watched her working on this installation and how she combined different things to build a new visual world.
I had a few conversations with Maria during our lunch time. Once she mentioned her childhood in Moscow and told a story about beauty and challenges of living in a XIX century building with an ancient plumbing.

The gift of the show – you’ll find and see the beauty of places like the one on this picture.