zachary weber
Zachary Weber contemporary ceramic porcelain explorations. Various works available.
The smiley vase was an exploration of opposites. Taking an ancient form, the amphora and a classical material, porcelain and juxtaposing with a contemporary material, spray paint as well as contemporary language: emojis and graffiti creating a tension in the perception of its meaning.
Words on Art and Practice
Zachary Weber (b.1997) devotes much of his professional career to integrating the natural problems of ceramic arts. Constructing vessels had been a metaphorical practice of finding order, and cutting out spaces, redressing the topography of surfaces, and embracing chance, being the inverse exercise of chaos. Chaos and order provides a template for balance, as though a work may be built with structural integrity, it can still be subjected to measured acts of gravity and the unknown dimension within extreme temperatures. Through the process from clay to vitrified ceramics, much can be subject to failure, but only with adaptation and physical negotiation, what was deemed unintentional can be rectified in ways truly extraordinary. The archetypes within mythical narratives and ancient architectures, along with chance operation, provided much inspiration during the artist’s process; each constructed within the crossroads of playful improvisation and extreme criticality.
Smiley Face Vase Gold II 2022
12” x 7” x 8.5”
$800