Away for the Day: Serritella Studio Tour
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Tour the Artist Studio of Eric Serritella in Chapel Hill
Thursday, November 3 | 10:00 a.m.
Eric Serritella is a trompe l’oeil artist specializing in hand-carved ceramic sculptures transformed into birch, charred and weathered logs. His one-of-a-kind sculptures are internationally recognized for their hyper-realism and have been exhibited, awarded and collected on five continents for their exquisite organic design and incredibly lifelike textures. Influences include the historic Yixing teapots of the 1600s, Japanese wabi sabi philosophy, Asian calligraphy and paintings, L. C. Tiffany glass windows, and birch trees.
Serritella’s primary applied art training came in the form of two artist residencies studying with Ah Leon and four clay masters in Taiwan in 2004 and 2006. Both were funded in part by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) grants.
Two dozen works are included in public collections including among others The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum. Sculptures have been represented at some of the world’s top art and design fairs including Frieze NY, TEFAF Maastricht, Design Miami, Art Basel, The Salon: Art + Design (NY), Masterpiece London, and SOFA Chicago.
Join us on November 3 to meet the artist and tour his studio.
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$10 Ackland Members | $12 Non-Members
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