This Friday: Laurel Lukaszewski at Project 4

Project 4 will present a solo exhibition of new works by local ceramics artist, and my good friend Laurel Lukaszewski. The Opening Reception is this Friday, November 6, 2009 - 6:30pm – 8:30pm.

The conception of this body of work arises from the artist's interest in the Japanese phrase, "ichi-go ichi-e", which roughly translates to "one moment, one time" in English.

The simple and elegant individual porcelain forms that Lukaszewski creates for this exhibition become rich and expansive installations throughout the gallery.

While the artist is clearly inspired by specific forms from the natural world, her poetic installations come to evoke a more abstract sense of the transient beauty present in all of our experience, physical and emotional. Lukaszewski explains that the phrase "icho-go ichi-e", which derives from the Japanese tea ceremony, corresponds to the work in this exhibition serving "both as an encouragement to seize the day and as a memorial for what has been lost."

Laurel Lukaszewski has exhibited her work in galleries and institutions throughout the country, and was recently invited to participate in the ARTworks 2009 Artist Residency at the Holland Hall School in Tulsa, OK.