2013, Installation images from the Contemporary Art Center,
Cincinnati Ohio. Curated by Justine Ludwig.
A project addressing the concept of place-making through a series
of room vignettes, each involving the viewer in an intimate
conversation with the space and the work. The Living Room features
site-specific installations, prints and decorative objects by Cincinnati
artists whose unique practices overlap with contemporary craft—
Paul Coors, Future Retrieval, Terence Hammonds, and Such + Such.
Delicately tethering themselves to Cincinnati's rich history of
decorative craft production and skilled artisanal trades, these
artists have forged their own paths by breaking new ground, each
taking dynamic new approaches in redefining traditional processes
and traditional spaces. They remix materials and content, inject
whimsy and subversion into the aesthetic conversation, creating
natural and unnatural tensions that draw the viewer in and beg for
closer inspection.
The Living Room Fireplace was acquired by the Cincinnati Art
Museum in the spring of 2018. The Living Room Fireplace is one of
two pieces made in collaboration with Terence Hammonds at The
Rookwood Pottery Company.