Connie Kiener
This Way That Way
2019
ceramic glazes, maiolica, oil paint
21.5 x 12.5 x 7 inches
Flight Paths
2019
ceramic, maiolica, wood, shellac
20 x 10 x 7 inches
Fiori Dorati
2019
ceramic, maiolica glaze, china paint
17.75 x 10 x 6.675 inches
Youthfulness
2019
ceramic, maiolica, underglaze, oil paint
17 x 10 x 6.675 inches
Waking Dream 1 & 2
2019
ceramic glaze and china paint
2.25 x 5 x 2.5 inches each
Pecking Order
2019
ceramic, maiolica technique
10 x 6.75 x 11 inches
Peep
2019
ceramic, maiolica, china paint
8.75 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches
Clearly I've Given You a Veritable Litany of Conceptual Choices
2019
ceramic, maiolica, china paint
7.75 x 10 x 5.5 inches
Strictly Speaking
2019
ceramic, maiolica, china paint
13.25 x 7 x 6 inches
Levitating Orangutan 1
2019
carved wood, acrylic gouache, ceramic glazes, china paint
13.5 x 13.5 x 3 inches
Levitating Orangutan 2
2019
acrylic gouache, ceramic glazes, china paint
13.5 x 13.5 x 3 inches
Levitating Orangutan 3
2019
carved wood, acrylic gouache, ceramic glazes, china paint
13.5 x 13.5 x 3 inches
Levitating Orangutan 4
2019
carved wood, acrylic gouache, ceramic glazes, china paint
13.5 x 13.5 x 3 inches
Witness
2019
ceramic, glaze, and acrylic gouache on wood
16 x 20 x 2.375 inches
Sonic Dreaming
2019
glazes, china paint, acrylic gouache on wood
18.375 x 15 x 2.75 inches
Jay My Way
2019
ceramic glazes, china paint, acrylic gouache on wood
18.375 x 28.5 x 2.75 inches
The Progression of Being Still
2019
glazes, china paint, acrylic gouache on wood
18.375 x 28.5 x 2.75 inches
In the month of October, the gallery is pleased to present Waking Dream by ceramic artist Connie Kiener. This show brings together a range of the artist’s interests in life, the animal kingdom, and our place in the universe, which is demonstrated through a selection of wall-mounted work and freestanding sculpture. A series of levitating orangutans are re-created as honorable and noble creatures, and whimsical birds adorn the busts of her sculptures, which are painted using Kiener’s distinctive maiolica style. As the artist states, “These sculptures are vessels, as we ourselves are vessels. The bust is their safe place and they are looking out into the world from the inside out.” In Waking Dream, the artist further juxtaposes the notion of being awake and being in a dreamlike state – of eyes open and eyes shut, which adds to the cosmic and subliminal quality of this body of work. This work has also reached beyond Kiener’s past ceramic techniques, to include carving in wood, and painting works without the restrictions of ceramic firing.