3D printing shouldn’t be a novelty on the planet of ceramics, however to see how artists benefit from expertise to make it their very own – from right here it turns into attention-grabbing. 26-year-old artist and designer Jolie Ngo exceeds the boundaries of 3D ceramic printing, exhibiting that inventive and inventive contact shouldn’t be eradicated by the method. In reality, it’s only highlighted extra prominently. Ngo’s most up-to-date exhibition, Palace of Reminiscence, at the moment at R & Firm, is called after a kind of mnemonic system utilized in historic Roman and Greek historical past to recall info by visualizing a spatial surroundings. The sculptures are Ngo’s personal “palaces of reminiscence”, which carry again his nostalgia for the colour palettes, pixelations, blurred gradients and atmospheres of his favourite video games resembling “Pokémon and Animal Crossing”.
After the 3D printing of every vessel is full, Ngo provides inventive be aware by portray them in vibrant colours and geometric patterns, generally pasting them with numerous ornaments. Whereas 3D printed objects could really feel too exact and calculated, Ngo makes them rather more private by way of her course of, highlighting the fluid relationship between man and machine and the modern creations that may come from it.
The 3D printed coloured porcelain coils that make up my work are wrapped round one another to create the entire vessel, however the form shouldn’t be the one factor that’s introduced into actuality. The best way the coloured porcelain is positioned, one after the other, creates an environment. These misty gradients, adorned with grog of glassy glaze, echo the sunshine that the solar creates when it rises or units. The sunshine being shed on the landscapes of the palace of reminiscence. The created environment offers the viewer the sensation that these lands are distant, and we solely take a look at them from a distance. Glazes of glaze which can be meticulously positioned on the prime of the landscapes drain into the aircraft beneath them.
Jolie Ngo: Palace of Reminiscence is on show at R & Firm (64 White Avenue, NYC) till August 12, 2022.
Images by Joe Kramm, courtesy of R & Firm.
