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Liz Glynn — Emotional Architecture: Gestural Fragment II
Liz Glynn

Emotional Architecture: Gestural Fragment II

2016

Emotional Architecture: Gestural Fragment II presents a ceramic object that hovers between the monumental and the intimate, compressing the language of large-scale structural form into a piece scaled for the hand and the shelf. Produced in 2016, the glazed surface rewards close attention, its finish registering both the deliberate mark of the maker and the unpredictable chemistry of the kiln. Liz Glynn treats ceramic not as a secondary medium but as a primary site for her ongoing investigation into how physical materials carry historical weight, collective memory, and the residue of human labor. The fragment as subject is central here, suggesting something broken from a larger whole or perhaps never completed, inviting the collector to consider what architectures, emotional or otherwise, have been lost or remain unbuilt. Glynn's practice spans sculpture, performance, and installation, and her work has entered significant public and institutional collections, reflecting a sustained critical recognition that places her among the most intellectually rigorous sculptors working today. This piece, available through Paula Cooper Gallery, arrives signed by the artist and represents a rare opportunity to acquire a self-contained work that distills the conceptual ambitions of her larger projects into a single, carefully resolved object. The ceramic's modest dimensions belie its density of thought, and it functions equally well within a focused collection of contemporary ceramics or alongside works that prioritize conceptual and material inquiry.

Medium
Glazed ceramic
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY

For Sale — $7000

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Liz Glynn, Emotional Architecture: Gestural Fragment II, 2016

Emotional Architecture: Gestural Fragment II presents a ceramic object that hovers between the monumental and the intimate, compressing the language of large-scale structural form into a piece scaled for the hand and the shelf. Produced in 2016, the glazed surface rewards close attention, its finish registering both the deliberate mark of the maker and the unpredictable chemistry of the kiln. Liz Glynn treats ceramic not as a secondary medium but as a primary site for her ongoing investigation into how physical materials carry historical weight, collective memory, and the residue of human labor. The fragment as subject is central here, suggesting something broken from a larger whole or perhaps never completed, inviting the collector to consider what architectures, emotional or otherwise, have been lost or remain unbuilt. Glynn's practice spans sculpture, performance, and installation, and her work has entered significant public and institutional collections, reflecting a sustained critical recognition that places her among the most intellectually rigorous sculptors working today. This piece, available through Paula Cooper Gallery, arrives signed by the artist and represents a rare opportunity to acquire a self-contained work that distills the conceptual ambitions of her larger projects into a single, carefully resolved object. The ceramic's modest dimensions belie its density of thought, and it functions equally well within a focused collection of contemporary ceramics or alongside works that prioritize conceptual and material inquiry.

Medium
Glazed ceramic
Dimensions
overall: 27.9 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm
Year
2016
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Paula Cooper Gallery, Manhattan, United States

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