ARIANA HEINZMAN
HABITAT FOR A FAKE PLANT
AUGUST 1 - 28, 2024
OPENING RECEPTION - FIRST THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024 FROM 5-8PM
ARTIST TALK - SATURDAY. AUGUST 17, 2024, FROM 1-3PM
J. Rinehart Gallery is thrilled to announce exhibition, Habitat for a Fake Plant, from sculptor Ariana Heinzman. Her exhibition, Habitat for a Fake Plant, is an exploration in the absurdity of bringing and containing nature into man-made environments. Confused by her own relationship with nature, Heinzman creates an alternate world where plants have acclimated to domestic life.
Habitat for a Fake Plant will be on view online and in the gallery August 1 - 28, 2024. A Public Opening Reception will be held First Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 5-8pm. The artist will join us for a discussion about her work on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at 1:00pm
In this world, plant-like sculptures are wrapped in patterns reminiscent of tablecloths and wallpaper. Sprouting leaves are flattened to shapes better suited to a room built with dimensional lumber. Plants have taken on anthropomorphic poses, lounging in this new environment where their purpose is decoration.
Drawing inspiration from Art Nouveau and The Arts and Crafts Movement, Habitat for a Fake Plant revels in the irony of glorifying the natural world in spaces created to be separate from nature. Heinzman's intention is to exuberantly admit to this absurd relationship.
Ariana Heinzman is a ceramic based artist, creating sculpture, wall works, and functional objects that blend floral imagery, utilitarian objects, and the human figure. Her work represents the dueling desires of succumbing to nature and controlling it. However distressing these conflicting desires can be, the work honors the beauty of this life with joyful patterns and forms that celebrate nature and human ingenuity.
Ariana Heinzman received her BFA in Ceramics from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2013 and has been creating and exhibiting her work regularly ever since. Heinzman’s work can be found in numerous private collections across the United States and is included in Seattle University’s Private Art Collection and The Port of Seattle at SEATAC Airport.
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Exhibition Statement
Habitat for a Fake Plant is an exploration in the absurdity of nature in the domestic space. Confused by her own relationship with nature, Heinzman creates an alternate world where plants have acclimated to domestic life. In this world, plant-like sculptures are wrapped in patterns reminiscent of tablecloths and wallpaper. Sprouting leaves are flattened to shapes better suited to a room built with dimensional lumber. Plants have taken on anthropomorphic poses, lounging in this new environment where their purpose is decoration.
Drawing inspiration from Art Nouveau and The Arts and Crafts Movement, Habitat for a Fake Plant revels in the irony of glorifying the natural world in spaces created to be separate from nature. Heinzman's intention is to exuberantly admit to this absurd relationship.
Artist Statement
Ariana Heinzman is a ceramic based artist, creating sculpture, wall works, and functional objects that blend floral imagery, utilitarian objects, and the human figure. Her work represents the dueling desires of succumbing to nature and controlling it. However distressing these conflicting desires can be, the work honors the beauty of this life with joyful patterns and forms that celebrate nature and human ingenuity.
Increasingly interested in the absurd, Heinzman's practice is a series of translations between materials, particularly flat materials and voluptuous clay forms. These dimensional and material shifts allow for something to be lost in translation, causing something absurd to happen.