CLAY WORKS 2010

CLAY WORKS2010

An Exhibition of Clay Sculptures

Sandra Carr

Rita Ruth Cockrell

Richard Lund

September 16-21, 2010
80808 Gallery

808 Lady Street

Columbia, SC 29201-3104

Opening Reception

Friday Sept. 17, 2010

5-9 pm

Meet the Artists

If you have any question please call

954-812-8342

The Carolinas have a long history and tradition of artistS who work with clay.

This exhibition Clay Works 2010 features three contemporary artistS who

live and work in South Carolina:

Sandra Carr

Rita Ruth Cockrell

Richard Lund.

Each of the artist use clay as a sculpting medium. Rather than make functional pieces, they use clay as a medium for personal expression.

Each has a distinctive style. They create sculptures with conceptual meaning, taking the viewer past the decorative to a more emotional experience.

Artist Statements:

Sandra Carr
Clay represents healing for me as an artist. It has been forgiving, stable and has the capacity to

change when altered by outside influences. All characteristics I admire and strive for. Sculpting

figurative pieces allows me to tell a story in my work or communicate a feeling. It speaks for me

when I choose not to.

Rita Ruth Cockrell
Born and raised in South Carolina, I love this place, every road side weed, every red clay road,

leopard clay bank, shadow of white sand. After traumatic event with myself, my mother and authorities,

I began working in any medium that came my way, always going toward the inside to go outside.

Believing that if I can be good enough, some aspect of truth or beauty would help me understand that

even if I can't get there, the glimmering of the source comforts me.

Richard Lund

I moved to Columbia South Carolina two and a half years ago. Shortly after I arrived

I joined the City of Columbia Arts Center studio which began my working with clay.

I have been an artist many years creating paintings, photographs and sculptures but clay

was a new exciting medium for me. Sculpting in clay offers me a seductive tactile

experience that other mediums can not give. As I mold, move and pinch the clay with

my hands it allows me to easily release my ever changing imagination and ideas

realizing them in three dimensions.