CHRIS GAROFALO – PRECIOUS FRAGMENTS
2017-12-25For over thirty years, Garofalo has worked with clay to create ceramic sculptures inspired by the flora and fauna of the world’s oceans, desserts, and jungles. Garofalo applies multiple glazes to render authentic-looking skins or shells, so distinct that they appear to have grown themselves. The forms and patterns might recall creatures that exist in life, but all of the sculptures are born out of Garofalo’s imagination and transcend standard scientific classification. Theories of evolution and metamorphosis are fundamental to Garofalo’s practice, and as such, the sculptures come alive in their environments, breathing, stirring, and continuing to grow.
Opposite – ho phatloha ho hoholod, 2017
Exhibition runs through to January 20th, 2018
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 North Peoria Street
Illinois
60607 Chicago
