Art Works Gallery hosts Susan Harris exhibit
By Linda Kiley
Art Works Gallery is proud to present a very special gallery show featuring the fine ceramics of Susan Harris in her exhibit, “In Retrospect, Bowls and Basins.” This extraordinary show will feature special pieces selected by Harris that span her decades-long career. The opening reception takes place Nov. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Art Works Gallery, located at 16 N 100 W in Cedar City, Utah. The exhibit shows through Dec. 15.
Susan Harris’ ceramic work evolves from her long held fascination with artifacts from the past, most notably ancient Oriental and Etruscan bronze ritual vessels. She is preoccupied with the mysterious purposes, intricate surface details, and mythological symbols that characterize these objects. Using clay instead of metal, not to mention a contemporary rather than ancient temperament, she challenges herself to reinterpret their forms and meanings. Harris’ pieces do not speak of this time and place in history but could exist any time in the past or future as well.
“It may not be easy to place my pots,” Harris is quoted as saying in an article written by Frank McEntire for 15 Bytes Magazine. “I haven’t put Mickey Mouse on them, so they don’t tell you ‘Cedar City, Utah, 2004.’ But, I know where they come from in my own life. I know by what personal energy I put into them as I make them.”
Art Works is a fine art and fine craft gallery located in Cedar City. The gallery represents local, regional, and national artists who create in a wide variety of media and styles. The gallery mission is to facilitate a culture that validates artists at all professional levels, and cultivates the idea that “good” art is defined not always by formula but by the viewer’s emotional response.
