Ritual Clay: Cathy Lu, Paz G, Maryam Yousif

Ritual Clay brings together recent ceramic work by Cathy Lu, Paz G and Maryam Yousif. These contemporary Bay Area artists are united by their shared interest in clay as a link to the past and as a conduit of cultural knowledge. They channel ancient archetypes and spiritual mythologies as a way to reckon with inherited histories. For each of them, there is power in clay’s iconographic as well as ritualistic past that opens a path for exploration of their own origin stories.

Curated by Ginny Duncan, curatorial assistant

On view September 19–December 29, 2024

Cathy Lu, Nuwa (Rainbow), 2023. Porcelain with PVD (physical vapor deposition), 48 x 36 x 26 in. © Cathy Lu. Photo: John Michael Kohler Arts Center.