"The works gather across the space as a series of small presences that appear midway through transformation. Some open outward like blossoms. Others stretch upward with limbs that resemble wings, stems, or shells. Each piece carries a quiet sense of motion, as though the forms continue to shift even after the firing process has fixed them in place."
"Baek's sculptures hover between recognizable structures and unfamiliar ones, drawing loosely from plants, animals, and geological formations. Their silhouettes bend, flare, and extend through hand-built gestures, giving the works a sense of growth that feels incremental."
"Many begin with coiled bases that support rising bodies of clay. From there, additional sections gather and branch outward, giving the ceramic forms a structural logic similar to small built environments. Each element appears to be added through successive gestures, which allows each work to grow gradually rather than arrive as a fixed image."
Janny Baek's Life Forms exhibition showcases ceramic sculptures that exist between recognizable and speculative forms, drawing from plants, animals, and geological formations. The works appear to capture moments of transformation, with silhouettes that bend, flare, and extend through hand-built gestures. Baek's multidisciplinary background—including studies in ceramics at Rhode Island School of Design, work in animation and toy design, and an architecture degree from Harvard—informs her sculptural approach. The pieces employ an additive process, beginning with coiled bases that support rising clay bodies, with additional sections branching outward to create structural logic resembling small built environments. Each sculpture grows gradually through successive gestures rather than arriving as a predetermined form.
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