Worth a read: Article about Amy Gogarty’s current exhibition at The Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery.

“Unlike giant cargo ships with their tidy, opaque containers, Gogarty’s ship-like forms, on view until Aug. 4, are jumbled arrays that evoke the afterlife of consumer goods. Crumpled cans have realistic rims and tabs while their surfaces flare with coloured glazes or earthen speckles. Wilted, wheel-thrown tubes seem lumpy, as if one could squeeze out one more dollop. Thin ceramic sheets with pale glazes are rumpled to evoke rags, fast fashion or tattered plastic.

Gogarty, who taught for years at what’s now the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, adds sculpted clay forms such as seed pods, small apples, lifeless twigs and, sometimes, a tendril with a leaf. The latter suggests nature attempting to sprout from the detritus, or invasive species hitching a ride.”

https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/amy-gogarty/

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