EVE’S RIB

Aili Schmeltz, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Future Retrieval, Lindsay Rogers, Elizabeth Peña Alvarez, Haylie Jimenez, Adam Lefebvre, Alessandro Gallo, YehRim Lee, Soojin Choi, Justin Paik Reese, Adam Chau, Lisa Schilling, Raoul Pacheco, Dasha Bazanova, Melissa Joseph, Uriel Caspi

OPENING: Thurs, Sept. 29, 6-8pm

Exhibition: Thursday Sept. 29 - Oct. 29

Hours: Thurs-Sat, 12-6pm

Field Projects is pleased to present the work of Eve’s Rib, an exhibition reframing the generative powers of clay.

A whirring centrifugal force generates the vessel made from Eve’s Rib. Clay is one of the most powerful materials in the shaping of humanity, used as a powerful technology throughout human history. Minerals are a main source of life on Earth, moderating our bodies development, growth, and health. Necessary for all processes in the body, minerals facilitate a variety of biochemical functions. These are the same minerals that compose the powerful substance at the center of Eve’s Rib–– clay.

We've witnessed the evolution of ceramics from the most ancient civilizations to 3d printed porcelain and woven fibers. Ever powerful and evocative of primordial Earth, clay ignites creationist fantasies even with layers of advanced technological processes threaded into its new creative forms. It invokes ancient kiln gods. In recent history, the Archie Bray Foundation is a place for itinerant ceramicists to work in community with one another, sharing trade secrets, and pushing the limits of the medium both functionally and conceptually. On any given day at The Bray, you could stumble upon years' worth of institutional wisdom. Many of the artists in this show have spent time as residents at The Bray. Each work here is the end of a line of inquiry going back thousands of years.

This exhibition, like us and everything we know, comes from the minerals of the Earth.