Curator, Sandra Percival & Artist, Malia Jensen
Thursday, July 11, 4-5pm at OJMCHE
Sandra Percival, founding Director and Curator of Zena Zezza will lead a tour of the exhibition featuring forty-five works of Hans Coper installed in a “Gesamttkunstwerk” or “total work of art” in conversation with Portland-based artist, Malia Jensen. Coper pushed the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction in his work, fusing the functional with the cultural with the symbolic.
Percival is joined by artist Malia Jensen for a conversation on Coper’s work and the origins of his practice as a studio potter, first working with and sharing a studio with Lucie Rie from 1946 to 1958. Jensen’s father, Jay Jensen, was a studio potter in Oregon, thriving during the fertile art and craft scene of the 1970s. Malia Jensen’s work often combines raw and seductive materials, including clay, to call attention to the brutality and beauty of daily life. Central to her practice is a metaphorical exploration of the human condition. Jensen’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she has been an Artist in Residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Jensen is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
CURATOR, SANDRA PERCIVAL & ARTIST DANIEL DUFORD
Thursday, August 22, 4-5pm at OJMCHE
Sandra Percival, founding Director and Curator of Zena Zezza will lead a tour and discuss the exhibition featuring over forty works of Hans Coper installed in a “Gesamttkunstwerk” or “total work of art” in conversation with Portland-based artist, Daniel Duford. Coper pushed the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction in his work, fusing the functional with the cultural with the symbolic.
Percival and Duford will consider the influences seen in Coper’s work from ancient art to minimalism, and how his interest in jazz and improvisation might be construed in his work. Daniel Durford’s work takes multifarious forms from painting to performance and story-telling. Collaborative by nature, Duford has transformed drawing with a choreographer and composer, published a graphic novel with actor Ramiz Monsef, and recently founded an institute in Virginia centered on resistance and social justice. Duford is recipient of a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship and he has upcoming exhibitions at the Orange County Museum, Santa Ana, and the Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland. Duford has taught ceramics at Reed College, PNCA and OCAC.
Sandra Percival, founding Director and Curator of Zena Zezza will lead a tour of the exhibition featuring forty-five works of Hans Coper installed in a “Gesamttkunstwerk” or “total work of art” in conversation with Portland-based artist, Malia Jensen. Coper pushed the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction in his work, fusing the functional with the cultural with the symbolic.
Percival is joined by artist Malia Jensen for a conversation on Coper’s work and the origins of his practice as a studio potter, first working with and sharing a studio with Lucie Rie from 1946 to 1958. Jensen’s father, Jay Jensen, was a studio potter in Oregon, thriving during the fertile art and craft scene of the 1970s. Malia Jensen’s work often combines raw and seductive materials, including clay, to call attention to the brutality and beauty of daily life. Central to her practice is a metaphorical exploration of the human condition. Jensen’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she has been an Artist in Residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Jensen is represented by Elizabeth Leach Gallery.
CURATOR, SANDRA PERCIVAL & ARTIST DANIEL DUFORD
Thursday, August 22, 4-5pm at OJMCHE
Sandra Percival, founding Director and Curator of Zena Zezza will lead a tour and discuss the exhibition featuring over forty works of Hans Coper installed in a “Gesamttkunstwerk” or “total work of art” in conversation with Portland-based artist, Daniel Duford. Coper pushed the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction in his work, fusing the functional with the cultural with the symbolic.
Percival and Duford will consider the influences seen in Coper’s work from ancient art to minimalism, and how his interest in jazz and improvisation might be construed in his work. Daniel Durford’s work takes multifarious forms from painting to performance and story-telling. Collaborative by nature, Duford has transformed drawing with a choreographer and composer, published a graphic novel with actor Ramiz Monsef, and recently founded an institute in Virginia centered on resistance and social justice. Duford is recipient of a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship and he has upcoming exhibitions at the Orange County Museum, Santa Ana, and the Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland. Duford has taught ceramics at Reed College, PNCA and OCAC.
Hans Coper, "Hans Coper—Less Means More," installation detail. Photo: Mario Gallucci