FUNK{SHON}

Description

New ceramic show by artist Sharon Virtue that demonstrates how functional ceramics bring some bling to your dinning experience.
Challenging our assumptions about representation by playfully blurring the boundaries between western ideas about ‘high’ art and traditional categorization of ‘African Art’. Your Spring will be sprung with these brilliant funky functional ceramic wares inspired by African textiles and Rococo ornamentation,
Artist, Sharon Virtue is always looking for ways to mix and match to create something innovative, fresh and funky. Originally from the UK, Sharon has been a San Francisco resident since 1990. Her work reflects aspects of her mixed African and European heritage.
Painter, textile and ceramic artist Sharon has no problem crossing boundaries, artistic or geographical to create art. She uses proceeds from the sale of her artwork to other carry out art projects in orphanages, homeless shelters and schools in Uganda, Mozambique and Brazil, as well as here in San Francisco.

FUNK {SHON} a playful pun on the word function, is the first show of only utilitarian ceramics created by Virtue. She believes that, “a healthy portion of art should be included in all of our daily diets.” What better way to provide that than on a beautifully decorated plate or cup or bowl?
Her new functional ceramic work is a combination of 17th century ceramic decorative art forms and African textiles. Inspiration came from Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare, British artists of African decent, whose works open up debate about the social, cultural and political issues that shape our histories and construct our identity.

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http://www.virtuevision.org

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