From May 7 to 11, the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) returned to New York for its eleventh edition, transforming the Starrett-Lehigh Building into a sprawling survey of contemporary voices. More than a hundred international galleries participated in this year’s fair, and among the many currents running through the booths, one was unmistakable: ceramics—not merely as medium, but as method, metaphor, and material proposition.
Clay emerged in myriad forms—at times central, at others understated—surfacing in the multimedia installations of Bénédicte Peyrat (Ribot Gallery); the layered, topographical sculptures of Hilary Harnischfeger and the base structures of Sacha Ingber’s furniture (Uffner & Liu); the incorporation of found objects in Andrea McGinty’s works (Chozick Family Art Gallery); and the mythical figuration of Jude Griebel (Massey Klein Gallery).
Technological and formal experimentation abounded—from Addison Wolf’s glaze manipulations at Baker-Hall to Edra Soto’s 3D-printed designs at Morgan Lehman Gallery—signaling an ever-expanding lexicon of ceramic possibility. Even tradition held its ground, with Javier Orfón’s wood-fired pieces at Hidrante anchoring the futuristic in the elemental.
Here are eighteen ceramic highlights from this year’s fair, underscoring clay’s lasting relevance and growing ubiquity in contemporary practice. (Read full article here).
