Ceramic, gold and platinum vessels by Cristina Salusti
Valerie Goodman
As in her marble and granite sculptures, Salusti forever explores the juxtaposition of the smooth and the rough: like a geode split with a clean cut or like an oyster cracked open, her vessels reveal a jewel-like, pearlescent interior held in a coarse shell of pinched clay. There is an instance of surprise when discovering the light gleaming inside a lava-like bowl, that suddenly wide-awake sense of stumbling upon a secret treasure.
Current exhibition at Valerie Goodman Gallery, NY
Valerie Goodman