"Using Erik Scollon"
a project for Transcending the Figure
at The Dairy Barn, Athens Ohio
March 12 through April 25, 2010

Curated by Tom Bartel, Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Ohio University, Transcending the Figure will broaden the viewers idea of what the figure can be.   Don't miss this contemporary, cutting edge ceramics exhibit, which will features work by 22 renowned ceramic artists from across the country.

Join us for this amazing opportunity to view work by: Adrian Arleo, Mark Burns, Arthur Gonzalez, Sergie Isupov, Joe Bova,Thaddeus Erdahl, Jason Briggs, Pattie Chalmers, Stan Welsh, Edith Garcia, Margaret Keelan, Benji Schulman, Chuck Aydlett, Wesley Andregg, Cristina Cordova, David Alban, Tanya Batura, Colleen Toledano, Andrea Keys-Connell, Erik Scollon, Hunter Stamps, and Terri Frame.

Although I don't typically work in the realm of figurative ceramics, I do make objects that relate bodies and figures. I like to think of it as a kind of "social sculpture," where the materials of the sculpture are the objects I make, and ways that the audience ultimately decides to use it. So, I was quite excited to be included in show of figurative work.

For "Using Erik Scollon" I made a series of cups, that when assembled, form a self portrait. Visitors to the gallery were invited to take a cup with them if they agreed to create and upload a :30 second youtube video of the cup in use. All videos should be titled "Using Erik Scollon." Cups will be distributed through out the run of the show at two or three per day.

Once the video "score" of how the object is to be used is uploaded, the collaborators may request a certificate of authenticity that officially sanctions our collaboration as a work of art. Undocumented and uncertified objects are not considered "official works of art."