The Teapot Redefined, 2009

This teapot is made entirely of paper, with gilded paper "fins". Hollow, with a removable top, but non-functional. So, watched or not, it is quite unlikely to boil.

Mobilia Gallery
http://mobilia-gallery.com/
358 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
phone: 1-617-876-2109
email: mobiliaart@verizon.net

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"Watched Pot"

Materials:
Handmade Indian khadi paper, painted with fluid acrylic, metal-leaf embellishment.

Dimensions:
8” in diameter

Katherine Glover at SOFA Chicago 2009

Sculpture Objects and Functional Art Expo, November 6 - 8, 2009, Navy Pier

"Fission"

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Materials:
Handmade Khadi paper, birch plywood, gold leaf, acrylic

Dimensions:
48" x 48" x 2 1/2"

represented by: Jane Sauer Gallery

http://jsauergallery.com/
652 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
phone: 505-995-8513
fax: 505-995-8507

Katherine Glover at the Fuller Craft Museum Members' Show

Fuller Craft Museum, October 17, 2009 – March 21, 2010

"Stygia"

"...an exquisitely constructed boat that rests atop a series of symmetrically structured caryatids. Delicate horsehair threads spring out of the boat like smoky tracings of fireworks in the night sky."

-- Susan Isaacs in Surface Design, Winter, 2009


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Materials:
Encaustic on silk organza, cast and carved encaustic, with natural white horse hair.

Dimensions:
9” high x 28” long x 6.5” deep (exclusive of horse-hair plume which extends outward about 18”)

New Work -- Small Panels, Samples #2

A second sample for a metal-leaf embellished-paper panel, this one using black paper with silver. With its red companion piece, visible below, it is currently available for viewing at:

Jane Sauer Gallery
http://jsauergallery.com/
652 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
phone: 505-995-8513
fax: 505-995-8507

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"RR" -- 2009

Dimensions:

12" wide x 12" high x 2.5" deep

Materials and process:

Torn Khadi paper strips, colored with fluid acrylic, adhered edge-on to 1/4" cradled birch plywood panel. Silvered leaf embellishment on the paper strips' exposed edges.

"I.D." at Jane Sauer Gallery

This paper panel is now on view at the Jane Sauer Gallery, in Santa Fe, NM, having recently returned from its nationwide travels with the highly acclaimed "Pulp Function: an Exploration of Paper as a Medium for Art", the Fuller Craft Museum's paper show curated by Lloyd Herman, founding Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery, Washington DC.

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"I.D." -- 2005

Dimensions:

48" wide x 16" high x 2.5" deep

Materials and process:

Torn Khadi paper strips colored with fluid acrylic, adhered to .5" MDF panel with encausic medium.

New Work --Small Panels/Samples

Currently I'm at work on ideas for new, large-scale paper panels that will be embellished with metal leaf. Many collectors want to view work samples to understand the technique and look of using paper in this way, and to visualize how a large panel might look in their home or place of business. Additionally, it is important that these samples be small works of art in themselves -- beautifully made to the same standard of a completed large piece. And if a collector desires to purchase a small piece, well, some certainly will be available! Stay tuned to see upcoming samples/small pieces.

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"LT, RI" -- 2009

Dimensions:
12" wide x 12" high x 2.5" deep

Materials and process:

Torn Khadi paper strips, colored with fluid acrylic, adhered edge-on to 1/4" cradled birch plywood panel. Gilded embellishment on the paper strips' exposed edges.

Summer Fiber Show at Mobilia Gallery

"Cut the Edge/Weave the Line/Textile Arts 2009"


Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
tel: 1-617-876-2109
web: http://www.mobilia-gallery.com

June 16 - July 31, 2009

Opening Night Preview and Reception,
Thursday, June 18th, 8:00 ti 8:00 PM

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"Flume" -- 2009

Dimensions:

36” high x 48” wide x 2.5” deep.

Materials and process:
Torn Khadi paper strips, colored with fluid acrylic, and adhered to cradled 3/8” birch plywood.

My own TV reality show!!

Hardly.

BUT!!

TV Land’s “High School Reunion”, returns this fall for its all-new 2009 season, featuring Las Vegas’ Chaparral High School class of ‘89.

The cast has begun filming at “an estate on the breathtaking island of Kaua’i”.

Present in this estate’s main house, where much of the action takes place, are a number of KG works – the entry gate, an atrium-filling digital painting in the grand entry, and textile designs and collagraph prints throughout the house’s living and sleeping areas.

Please visit the fabulous film site, Kaua'i Nani. Here, enjoy some of the artwork which may offer vague glimpses in the background shots of the upcoming drama. Click on any photo to enlarge.



Gateway to the estate, featuring a carved pattern of creeping fig, ficus pimula.

© 2003 Katherine Glover




Digital painting of the island of Maui, triptych measures 84" x 44", giclée print on canvas. © 2003 Katherine Glover



The Bird of Paradise Room in the Main House. Textiles and prints

© 2003 Katherine Glover



The Blue Room in the Orchid House. Textiles © 2003 Katherine Glover

Forces at work in the artist/gallery world

Two recent articles exploring the commercial side of the art world are must-reads for anyone making, selling, or collecting art In This Economy (I’m trying to avoid using that tedious acronym, ITE, which is popping up in nearly every conversation).

The first, “This Summer, Some Galleries Are Sweating”, reporting on the devastating downturn-effects experienced by many prominent New York galleries, appeared in this week’s New York Times. Some big-name venues have simply folded. Others are scrambling to adopt survival tactics that include giving deep discounts to price-sensitive collectors, featuring lower-priced works, cutting inventory, laying off staff, and dropping artists without strong sales records.

On the upside are greater opportunities for smaller and less expensive works, and for close collaboration among artists, galleries, and established collectors (as opposed to “shoppers” who might be more interested in speculative buying).

On the downside, a particularly disturbing takeaway is that collectors are feeling especially conservative, meaning that younger, emerging artists may find their futures eclipsed before they’ve had the chance to establish their voices – and this could translate into a dishearteningly long-term loss of diversity and innovation in the art discussion. All in all, it’s a cautionary tale that could make anyone working in the art world quake in his or her shoes.

The second article, titled, “It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money … No, Really, It’s Okay”, is a working paper published in April by colleagues at my old haunt, the Harvard Business School. The page presents the article abstract and contains a link to the entire paper in downloadable format.



This timely article deconstructs several competing assumptions that arise in discussions about “art” and “commerce” – e.g., art is a luxury and an indulgence; commercial concerns will drive out aesthetic excellence, etc. The authors’ ultimate conclusion is that good art can and should achieve appropriate commercial value consistently, not just occasionally, and that this occurrence is most likely when a conversation takes place between artists and managers, a conversation in which neither artists nor managers dominates.

Although Austin and Devin are not writing specifically about the world of gallery art, theirs is a critical point for everyone active in that world – artists, galleries and collectors -- to examine and take into account. And as the NYT article makes clear, artist/gallery relationships must work together to respond effectively to market pressures. To paraphrase, “If both parties do a great job, we end up … with an outcome that has both artistic and commercial value, an outcome to celebrate.”

One can’t predict with any degree of certainty which galleries and artists will weather the turbulence of the financial storm. However, it’s safe to say that close collaboration between artists and their galleries are more likely to come up with strategies that will aid in mutual survival.

Katherine Glover at Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Jane Sauer Gallery

http://jsauergallery.com/
652 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
phone: 505-995-8513
fax: 505-995-8507

Coinciding with SOFA West 2009,
Santa Fe Convention Center, June 11 - 14.
Opening Night Preview and Reception,
Wednesday June 10th, 5:30 p.m.

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"Fission" -- 2008

Dimensions:
The piece comprises nine separate 16-inch panels hung together.
48” wide x 48” high x 2.5” deep.

Materials and process:
Torn Khadi paper strips, colored with fluid acrylic, and adhered to cradled 3/8” birch plywood. Gold leaf applied to exposed edges.

Katherine Glover - Basketry in Perspective Exhibit

Jane Sauer Gallery
http://jsauergallery.com/

Exhibition dates: April 24 - May 26, 2009

opening Reception: Friday, April 24, 2009, 5-8 PM
652 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
phone: 505-995-8513
fax: 505-995-8507

This show coincides with “Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Collection of Sara & David Lieberman”, which opens on April 24, 2009 at the New Mexico Museum of Art, and runs through September 6, 2009.

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"Galatea Goblet" -- 2009
dimensions: 12.5" tall x 6" wide:
horse-hair "pouf" is 18" wide
materials: goblet bowl is encaustic on silk organza
sewn with white horse-hair,
stem and base are cast and carved encaustic.

Katherine Glover at SOFA NYC 2009

Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue at 67th Street
New York, NY 10021
April 16-19, 2009

OPENING NIGHT GALA PREVIEW
Wednesday, April 15, 20 5:30 - 9:00 PM
http://www.sofaexpo.com/NY/2009/index.htm

Represented by
Mobilia Gallery
358 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
tel: 1-617-876-2109
http://www.mobilia-gallery.com

"BullsEyes 1 and 2" - Dimensions 6" x 8" x 2", Date: 2009
Materials: torn and khadi paper, fluid acrylic, adhered to cradled birch panel

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