View in your browser   Beth Katleman Folly January 20-February 17, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, January 20, 6-8 pm Jane Hartsook Gallery Greenwich House Pottery 16 Jones Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10014 212.242.4106 www.greenwichhousepottery.com Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present a new installation by New York-based artist Beth Katleman. Katleman’s work has been described by Ken Johnson in the New York Times as “doll-sized rococo theaters of murder and domestic mayhem.” Her deliciously subversive porcelain sculptures combine rococo ornament with icons from popular culture. The intimate Jane Hartsook Gallery, with its marble mantel and double-height windows, hints at a domestic past. Katleman covers an entire wall of the gallery with three-dimensional porcelain “wallpaper.” Fifty white sculptural tableaus hover just off the turquoise wall, surrounded by garlands of flowers. Each tableau is a miniature landscape with water features, topiaries, architectural follies, figurines and toys from the flea market. Dark humor infuses the narratives: an elf sits astride a giant smiling snail in the shadow of the Sacre-Coeur Basilica; a parade of bridesmaids ends badly with one attendant drowning in a pond; and a toothless boy cavorts with a kindly reindeer as a duckling tumbles over a waterfall. Directions: Subway to West 4th Street. Gallery is located on the 2nd Floor of Greenwich House Pottery, 16 Jones Street, between Bleeker and West 4th Street and 6th and 7th Avenues. (View Map) Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 pm – 6 pm or by appointment. E-mail Beth Katleman. Press Inquiries: Lauren Hennessy, 212-991-0003 ext., 402 About Greenwich House Greenwich House is a registered 501 c(3) organization and a member of the United Neighborhood Houses of New York. Greenwich House is proud to be a Better Business Bureau accredited charity. Support Greenwich House Sign Up for "Goings On Around Greenwich House" Contact Greenwich House Pottery 16 Jones Street New York, NY 10014 Ph: (212) 242-4106 Fax: (212) 645-5486 pottery@greenwichhouse.org Send to a Friend |