VESTIGE JEFFREY CLANCY OPENING RECEPTIONFirst Friday, August 6th 2010 6-10pm.On show until September 26thCONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISTFirst Friday, September 3rd 2010, 6pm.Jeffrey Clancy is a disciplined maker who practices centuries-old traditional metalsmithing techniques of hollow forming and fabrication of non-ferrous metals. Clancy undermines the prescribed connotations of utilitarian objects by confronting craft and taking a critical look at the objects of the decorative arts, specifically those within the vernacular of the metalsmith. This work is informed by a rigorous investigation into the duties these objects perform on utilitarian and social platforms, both historically and as reformed through a contemporary perspective.These interests have manifested themselves in Clancy’s latest body of work, “Whitewares,” wherein the signs and shapes of traditional decorative arts and hollow ware are realized in fragmented, flaccid white silicone rubber. This will be Jeffrey Clancy’s first solo show in Portland, Maine. Join us at Gallery 37-A on the cobbled Wharf Street in Portland, Maine for an opening reception on First Friday in August and for a discussion with the artist on First Friday in September.Artist BioBorn in Lancaster, Pennslyvania, Jeffrey Clancy is a visual artist, designer and educator whose studio practice is informed by historical and traditional craft theory with a deep understanding of traditional, craft-centric fabrication. Clancy is represented by Gallerie Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium, and has been awarded The Society of Arts and Crafts Artist Award, Boston, MA, where he will exhibit this fall. Recent exhibitions include Art Brussels, 2010; Generously Odd: Craft Now, Invitational Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Re-make / Re-model, Invitational Exhibition, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Exterior / Ulterior National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; “Exhibition in Print 2010, Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice,” Guest Curator Garth Clark, Metalsmith Magazine. Jeffrey Clancy holds a BFA from Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, an MFA from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and has studied Metal and Design at Buckinghamshire University College, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK. Clancy was awarded funding through the Maine Arts Commission in 2008 and currently holds faculty appointments at Maine College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design.

VESTIGE

JEFFREY CLANCY

OPENING RECEPTION
First Friday, August 6th 2010 6-10pm.
On show until September 26th

CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST
First Friday, September 3rd 2010, 6pm.


Jeffrey Clancy is a disciplined maker who practices centuries-old traditional metalsmithing techniques of hollow forming and fabrication of non-ferrous metals. Clancy undermines the prescribed connotations of utilitarian objects by confronting craft and taking a critical look at the objects of the decorative arts, specifically those within the vernacular of the metalsmith. This work is informed by a rigorous investigation into the duties these objects perform on utilitarian and social platforms, both historically and as reformed through a contemporary perspective.

These interests have manifested themselves in Clancy’s latest body of work, “Whitewares,” wherein the signs and shapes of traditional decorative arts and hollow ware are realized in fragmented, flaccid white silicone rubber. This will be Jeffrey Clancy’s first solo show in Portland, Maine. Join us at Gallery 37-A on the cobbled Wharf Street in Portland, Maine for an opening reception on First Friday in August and for a discussion with the artist on First Friday in September.

Artist Bio

Born in Lancaster, Pennslyvania, Jeffrey Clancy is a visual artist, designer and educator whose studio practice is informed by historical and traditional craft theory with a deep understanding of traditional, craft-centric fabrication. Clancy is represented by Gallerie Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium, and has been awarded The Society of Arts and Crafts Artist Award, Boston, MA, where he will exhibit this fall. Recent exhibitions include Art Brussels, 2010; Generously Odd: Craft Now, Invitational Exhibition, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Re-make / Re-model, Invitational Exhibition, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Exterior / Ulterior National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; “Exhibition in Print 2010, Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice,” Guest Curator Garth Clark, Metalsmith Magazine. Jeffrey Clancy holds a BFA from Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, an MFA from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA and has studied Metal and Design at Buckinghamshire University College, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK. Clancy was awarded funding through the Maine Arts Commission in 2008 and currently holds faculty appointments at Maine College of Art and Rhode Island School of Design.