house and home: mary fischer’s ceramic buildings

While I wait for the crew to finish sanding the final coat of tape and spackle on drywall in five rooms, I continue my exploration of artists who share their interpretation of house and home. I will begin painting the rooms this afternoon and Mary Fischer’s barn, building and house structures appeal to my less-is-more aesthetic.  White, distressed, with just enough texture and color for a dramatic affect.  I am inspired.

I look at buildings in the wild and in books. They get jumbled in my head and sorted out by my hands. The buildings started as boxes. Lids became roofs. Feet and chimneys appeared and things go on from there, changing from season to season. Mary Fischer

Barn with Grid, ceramic, oxides, slips, 13″ by 4.5″ by 13″

Building with extruded pieces is like playing with Legos. The more pieces you have to play with, the more you can move things around until the right combination appears. Some works include multiple pieces that are not attached so that playing can continue, arranging and rearranging as fancy dictates. Mary Fischer

You can see images of newer work from Fischer’s 2007 solo exhibit at Synderman-Works Gallery.

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