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Elyse Pignolet
Her Smile Hid Things
2019

$6,000List Price

About the Item

Her Smile Hid Things, 2019 Ceramic vase with glazes and gold luster 17 ½ x 8 ½ x 8 ½ inches Currently in exhibition thru November 2nd. In Elyse Pignolet’s solo exhibition, “You Should Calm Down” she presents a new body of work that includes items of the domestic realm––wallpaper, plates, platters, and vases feature decorative and traditional hand-painted design. Yet cloaked words or phrases, which express familiar and oppressive ways to stereotype and categorize women, sit unobtrusively within the decoration. While past works have included drawings, paintings, installations, and murals, Pignolet is primarily a ceramicist who subverts expectations in a medium associated with both domestic art and feminism. Themes in her work have shown a contemplation of the urban environment in the form of sculptures that replicate graffiti tags and car rims. Recently, working in the feminist tradition, Pignolet has turned attention to themes of misogyny and inequality. Vases and dishes are glazed with traditional, delicate, organic patterns in blue, yet upon closer inspection, images and text containing politically confrontational, unapologetic messaging hide within. These hidden images, words, or phrases use suggestive innuendos and tropes that are all too common in our language and culture. The affect is a compelling dissonance between benign decoration and misogynistic message, which makes the viewer confront transitory everyday language frozen onto a permanent vessel. Born in Oakland, CA, Elyse Pignolet is an American with Filipino heritage, living and working in Los Angeles. Pignolet received a BFA in Ceramics from Cal State Long Beach in 2007. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Elyse Pignolet: You Should Smile More, Koplin Del Rio, Seattle, WA (2019); Art Activism: An Exhibition About Change, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI (2019); Didn’t you know what you were carrying on your back? Track 16 at Rosalux, Berlin, Germany (2019); Relevant, Craig Krull, Los Angeles, CA (2018-2019); Woman, Prographica/KDR Gallery, Seattle, WA (2018); American Procession, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA (2018). She has completed several public art projects including three large murals at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco and the Gaffey Street Public Swimming Pool in the Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro. Her works have been featured in several contemporary arts publications including the LA Weekly, Juxtapoz Magazine, Huffington Post, KQED, and the Los Angeles Times. Pignolet was awarded a fellowship to the Ballinglen Arts Center, Ireland in 2019.

Creator:
Elyse Pignolet
Creation Year:
2019
Dimensions:
Height: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)
Medium:
Ceramic
Movement Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU121625000241

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