MAY 3 - 24, 2008
Choy GallerY & HENRY'S PROJECT
JOE PINTZ: SENSE OF PLACE

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A solo exhibition featuring sculpture and vessels by Ohio artist Joe Pintz, who explores the role that domestic objects play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs.

With this exhibition, one should expect to take a step back in time. His forms, though contemporary objects, reference a day gone by. The word "yore" comes to mind. His simple yet elegant troughs, tool boxes, bread pans and grain buckets have rich inviting surfaces that suggest the passage of time, the comfort of everyday use, and the worn sheen of the familiar. Similarly his utilitarian works - the thick bowls, stacking plates, and dinnerware sets - look like found objects transformed - unearthed and given new life.

In his artist statement, Joseph Pintz declares, "Household objects are dense with meaning and define the structure of one's life. My work explores the role that domestic objects play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs. They are based on mundane objects from the domestic realm, referring to traditional pottery and other implements associated with the hand.

"Recreating common objects out of clay is a subtle and transformative act. I choose objects that have an inherent emotional charge, moving them from the known to the unknown. This mystery accentuates their metaphorical potential. In contrast to the majority of images that bombard us everyday, my minimal forms achieve an unadorned simplicity. My goal is to celebrate the poetics of the commonplace by sharing a sense of abundance, substance, and community through my work."

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