We have your fix of porcelain porn right here. Linda Cordell’s beautifully crafted lifelike porcelain fauna and figurines are familiar (even cute) though they toe a bewitching, dark threshold.
Linda Cordell, LincolnPorcelain, resin, foam, paint, 32 x 18 x 7 inches
Linda Cordell, Lincoln and Lincoln Vignette
Juxtaposed with everyday domestic objects, Cordell’s sculptures shed light on the nature’s ugly realities, Hi-Fructose Magazine writes.
Much of Cordell’s work depicts the animal kingdom, in varying states of tension or external conflict. Most sculptures carry the natural color of porcelain, with pops of bright hues that mark points of interest (or impact, depending on the piece).
Linda Cordell, Split Cock, Porcelain, resin, enamel, 18 x 18 x 12 inches
Linda Cordell, Jolie-Laide Masquerade, Porcelain, china paint, foam, bronze, 20 x 12 x 10 inches
Linda Cordell, Deer Bomb, Porcelain, foam, paint, 30 x 18 x 12 inches
From Cordell’s artist statement:
“Socially awkward and full of repressed anger, so I anesthetize myself spending dumb hours dividing detailed texture into funny and embarrassing creature sculptures. A kid of this revisionist age, my job reinterprets the figurine allowing animals to break the chains of cuteness and noble savagery. An appreciation of the absurd, a love of beauty and expert craftsmanship, along with the belief that national objects are societal propaganda all contribute to my job.”
Linda Cordell, Squirrel Bomb, porcelain, paint, wax, 15 x 9 x 9 inches
About the artist: Cordell received her BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY, and her MFA from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. She has been an Artist in Residence at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI. Her work has been exhibited in the Cheongju International Craft Biennale at the National Cheongju Museum, Korea; the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; The Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia; the Nancy Margolis and Garth Clark Galleries, New York, NY: Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL; The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; and the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA; among others. Cordell is a 1998 recipient of an Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship and a 2003 Pew Fellowship in the Arts in the category of crafts. She received Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, individual artist grants in 2003 and 2007 and a New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowship in 2011.
Linda Cordell, Slap Dog, Porcelain, wood, foam, resin, paint, 48 x 24 x 18 inches
Detail
Linda Cordell, Goat Drip, porcelain, wood, resin, foam, paint , 36 x 28 x 13 inches
Linda Cordell, Pink Tumor, Porcelain, wood, foam, resin, paint, 50 x 19 x 19 inches
Do you love or loathe Cordell’s porcelain works from the world of contemporary ceramic art and contemporary ceramics? Let us know in the comments.
The mix of materials in Cordell’s work is so seamless that the effect of her handling of the mix creates a unified whole that submerges and subordinates the mix to the whole work.
Wonderful and challenging.
fascinating, I’m almost embarassed to look