Brick & Mortar
Collection: Houston Airport System (HAS)
2013
Ceramic, glaze and brick
Location:
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
2800 N Terminal Rd
Houston, TX 77032
About the Artwork:
Brick & Mortar (2013)
by Jessica Kreutter
Sculptor Jessica Kreutter has been an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch, Vermont Studio Center, Art342, PlatteForum, Caldera, Oregon College of Art and Craft, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and Red Lodge Clay Center. Kreutter earned an MFA in ceramics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and teaches ceramics and sculpture at Houston Community College. She often creates mixed media sculptures that usually incorporate porcelain, a ceramic material made by heating kaolinite to temperatures between 2,200-2,600 °F. This eight-inch-high, eight-inch-wide, and four-inch-deep sculpture is porcelain, glazed to appear like gold, combined with a found brick; the porcelain is shaped to resemble a jade plant growing from the brick. Kreutter said: “The piece references both domestic space (a brick and houseplant) and overgrowth from abandonment. Collected, found, and scavenged remnants capture this place of transition between reality and fantasy, between remembering and forgetting.” The title can be a play on words, either referring to buildings used for the conduct of business, specifically to sell to the public, or to how the plant gives the brick meaning by ‘bonding’ it to domestic use.
Ladrillo y Mortero (2013)
por Jessica Kreutter
La escultora Jessica Kreutter ha sido artista residente en Anderson Ranch, Vermont Studio Center, Art342, PlatteForum, Caldera, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft y Red Lodge Clay Center. Kreutter obtuvo una Maestría en Bellas Artes en cerámica en la Universidad de Tennessee, Knoxville, y enseña cerámica y escultura en el Houston Community College. A menudo crea esculturas de técnica mixta que suelen incorporar porcelana, un material cerámico elaborado mediante el calentamiento de caolinita a temperaturas de entre 2200 y 2600 °F. Esta escultura, de ocho pulgadas de alto, ocho de ancho, y cuatro de profundidad, está hecha de porcelana esmaltada para simular oro, combinada con un ladrillo encontrado; la porcelana ha sido modelada para asemejar una planta de jade que brota del ladrillo. Kreutter dijo: “La pieza hace referencia tanto al espacio doméstico (un ladrillo y una planta de interior) como al crecimiento excesivo derivado del abandono. Los vestigios recolectados, hallados, y recuperados capturan este lugar de transición entre la realidad y la fantasía, entre el recuerdo y el olvido.” El título puede tener significados diferentes, refiriéndose bien a los edificios destinados a la actividad comercial, específicamente a la venta al público, bien al modo en que la planta confiere sentido al ladrillo al “vincularlo” al ámbito doméstico.
Brick & Mortar (2013)
by Jessica Kreutter
Sculptor Jessica Kreutter has been an artist-in-residence at Anderson Ranch, Vermont Studio Center, Art342, PlatteForum, Caldera, Oregon College of Art and Craft, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and Red Lodge Clay Center. Kreutter earned an MFA in ceramics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and teaches ceramics and sculpture at Houston Community College. She often creates mixed media sculptures that usually incorporate porcelain, a ceramic material made by heating kaolinite to temperatures between 2,200-2,600 °F. This eight-inch-high, eight-inch-wide, and four-inch-deep sculpture is porcelain, glazed to appear like gold, combined with a found brick; the porcelain is shaped to resemble a jade plant growing from the brick. Kreutter said: “The piece references both domestic space (a brick and houseplant) and overgrowth from abandonment. Collected, found, and scavenged remnants capture this place of transition between reality and fantasy, between remembering and forgetting.” The title can be a play on words, either referring to buildings used for the conduct of business, specifically to sell to the public, or to how the plant gives the brick meaning by ‘bonding’ it to domestic use.
Ladrillo y Mortero (2013)
por Jessica Kreutter
La escultora Jessica Kreutter ha sido artista residente en Anderson Ranch, Vermont Studio Center, Art342, PlatteForum, Caldera, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft y Red Lodge Clay Center. Kreutter obtuvo una Maestría en Bellas Artes en cerámica en la Universidad de Tennessee, Knoxville, y enseña cerámica y escultura en el Houston Community College. A menudo crea esculturas de técnica mixta que suelen incorporar porcelana, un material cerámico elaborado mediante el calentamiento de caolinita a temperaturas de entre 2200 y 2600 °F. Esta escultura, de ocho pulgadas de alto, ocho de ancho, y cuatro de profundidad, está hecha de porcelana esmaltada para simular oro, combinada con un ladrillo encontrado; la porcelana ha sido modelada para asemejar una planta de jade que brota del ladrillo. Kreutter dijo: “La pieza hace referencia tanto al espacio doméstico (un ladrillo y una planta de interior) como al crecimiento excesivo derivado del abandono. Los vestigios recolectados, hallados, y recuperados capturan este lugar de transición entre la realidad y la fantasía, entre el recuerdo y el olvido.” El título puede tener significados diferentes, refiriéndose bien a los edificios destinados a la actividad comercial, específicamente a la venta al público, bien al modo en que la planta confiere sentido al ladrillo al “vincularlo” al ámbito doméstico.