After Vizner, detail After Vizner, reverse After Vizner, translucent porcelain, 6 inches diam Acretions, porcleain, 2 inches each Alan, detail Alan, glazed stoneware, 22 inches wide Audrey Hepburn, Hand with Bi glazed porcelain, 12 inches tall Centaur, 20 inches Centaur, verso Chrysalis, detail Dark Side of the Moon, 17 inches
Ecstacy of St Theresa, glazed earthenware, 31 inches wide Ecstacy of St Theresa, detail Ecstacy of St Theresa, detail Impeach, 2019, ceramic, 20 inches. Photo by Eva Heyd Dragon Claws, 9 inches Four Dragon Claws, 9 inches Inge (Taiwan) at Throckmorton Intersection, porcelain, 15 inches Market, glazed stoneware, 14 inches diam Evelyne, marblized stoneware and porcelain, 20 inches wide Nike, wood fired ceramic, 30 wide Pagoda interior, porcelain Olsen Bi, wood fired porcelain, 6 inches diam Peach Tree, detail Peach Tree, glazed porcelain, 6 inches tall
Red and Green, glazed ceramic, 8 inches tall Red and Green, glazed ceramic, 8 inches tall, verso Smoke, glazed, porcelain, 18 inches tall Smoke, glazed, porcelain, reverse Split Bowl, detail Split Bowl, glazed porcelain, 7 inches diam Split Bowl, glazed porcelain, 7 inches diam Tangle 3, jade porcelain, 3 inches Tangles, jade porcelain Tangles orange and green for Throckmorton, 3 inches each
Marc Leuthold: Selected works, 2016-2020
Most often, I make sculptures from clay, discrete objects that I exhibit sometimes singularly and sometimes in dialogue with one another in installation environments. In these environments, I often incorporate other media such as wood, glass, paper, bronze, and literary texts. The installations are the more overtly conceptual works often referencing social justice concerns – sometimes within a context of relational aesthetics.
Many of the sculptures refuse to plainly identify themselves. While their identities may be unnamable, they are distinct, composite forms suggesting transition: temporal, cultural, male and female, nature, and artifice.
Through the medium and processes of clay, there is a play between the soft and hard, fluid, and crystalline. An element of surprise occurs in the studio, sometimes yielding unexpected forms, surfaces, and colors. This leads to re-invention, experimentation, and openness. By harnessing this sense of chance within the practice, I explore new directions. Even when repeated, forms are inherently unrepeatable.