On the Verge - Stephanie Syjuco

LOOK
On the Verge
BY JONATHAN WAHL
I HAVE ALWAYS been interested in work that crosses Or blurs the lines
between the art world and the craft world. I live and work in New York City,
a notoriously "un-craft" town, so I am excited when I see work that flirts with
these boundaries; craft/art, fashion/craft, metalsmithed/sculpted. Lucy Joyce
adorns a building as if it were a person. Jean-Michel Othoniel creates giant
beaded objects. David Wiseman produces sculptural light fixtures that could
be jewelry if on another scale. Stephanie Syjuco portrays ceramic vessels that
are two-dimensional. Christopher Cook uses metal like a canvas, Klaus Burgel's
brooches could be gestures from abstract paintings, and Kristi Sword's chain
rubbings allow the metal to make its own drawings. In some way or another,
each of the artists I am "LOOK"ing at here tickle the verge of a boundary.
Jonathan Wahl is an artist and directs the Jewelry Center at the 92nd Street Y
in New York City.
KLAUS BURGEL
Brooch #8. 2013
silver
1/4x2 %"
COURTESY GALLERY LOUPE;
PHOTO; MARK JOHNSTON
KRISTI SWORD
Rubbing iS, 2013
graphite on grid paper
8 1/2X11"
LUCY JOYCE
Possibility for the Thames, 2013
film still
CHRISTOPHER COOK
Three/old, 2012
graphite, oil, resin on
coated aluminum
COURTESY RYAN LEE, NEW YORK
mm
DAVID WISEMAN
"Collage" Illuminated Sculpture, 2008
bronze, porcelain, crystal, steel
45 X 60"
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STEPHANIE SYJUCO
RAIDERS; International Booty,
Bountiful Harvest
(Selections from the Collection of the
A
A_ M
], 2011
installation view (detail)
JEAN-MICHEL OTHONIBL
Great Self-Supported Knot, 2011
mirrored glass, stainless steel
114 Vs X 98 Vs X 55 Vs"
COURTESY GALERIE PERROTIN;
PHOTO: GUILLAUME ZICCARELLI
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