Mug*Shots

MudFire Gallery will host a large exhibition of our favorite and most useful drinking vessels, entitled "Mug*Shots" and featuring work by over 60 studio potters from all over the United States. This large invitational group show and sale will present a wild variety of form and surface, with up to ten works by each of the artists. The intimate scale of the works presented ensures that even collectors with a modest budget will be able to acquire stunning pieces by some of the nation's top clay artists. The scale, variety, level of work, and affordability will be unrivaled in a ceramics exhibit in Atlanta this year.

Mug*Shots will be on view at MudFire Gallery August 8 - September 26, 2009. The opening night reception will be held from 5-9 pm on Saturday, August 8, 2009. All works displayed will be available for purchase.

Cups, mugs, cordials, and other drinking vessels serve to nourish us, to wake us, to calm us, and to help us celebrate. They are beckoning forms that imply certain contents and thus emotional states. A drinking vessel may be abstractly inspected or energetically debated like other works of art, but it uniquely invites the viewer to share ones lips and thus engage in an act of utmost intimacy.

No wonder then the studied selection and careful criteria that a collector will apply in selecting just the right piece. MudFire's upcoming exhibit will offer a grand selection of drinking vessels gathered from around the nation to entertain, inspire, and delight even the most discriminating collector.

We invited over 60 artists ranging from promising emerging artists, such as Will Baker and Courtney Martin, to some of the top contemporary ceramic artists in the country, including Julia Galloway and Malcolm Davis.

Whether one thirsts for a soothing cup of tea, an energizing cup of coffee, a quick shot of exuberation, or simply a delightful journey through the range of clay's possibilities… Mug*Shots is sure to please the senses on a variety of levels.

Mug*Shots will feature over sixty artists, including:

Maria Andrade Troya
AJ Argentina
Will Baker
Chris Baumann
Kyle Carpenter
Josh Copus
Glenn Dair
Malcolm Davis
Josh DeWeese
Judith Duff
David Eichelberger
Lucy Fagella
Dave Finkelnburg
Debra Fritts
Julia Galloway
Annette Gates
Chris Gustin
Erik Haagensen
Steven Hill
Mark Issenberg
Roger Jamison
Jay Jensen
Kristen Kieffer
Kathy King
Michael Kline
Mark Knott
Leah Leitson
Courtney Martin
Jen Martin
Linda McFarling
Conner McKissack
Shane Mickey
Sequoia Miller
Courtney Murphy
Dale Neese
Karen Newgard
Neil Patterson
Lisa Pedolsky
Geoff Pickett
Sandi Pierantozzi
Pete Pinnell
Emily Reason
Lois Ruben Aronow
Michael Schmidt
Brad Schwieger
Luba Sharapan
Joey Sheehan
Kevin Snipes
Stacey Stanhope
Lori Theriault
Heather Tinnaro
Sandra Trujillo
Tom Zwierlein