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\u2018Peaceable Fruit\u2019 ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>by Christopher Knight<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ceramics has an ancient history of fusing painted surfaces with sculptural forms. Perhaps that\u2019s one reason why the ceramic medium continues to be productively employed by so many artists today, when all things hybrid are highly valued and base materials are attractive the further they exist from the digital ether of daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At L.A. Louver, Matt Wedel\u2019s second solo show of nearly two dozen ceramics ranges from modest wall reliefs to elaborate and monumental sculptures, the smallest just 17 inches high and the largest reaching nearly 7 feet. Titled \u201cPeaceable Fruit,\u201d it finds inspiration in Edward Hicks\u2019 famous early-19th century paintings of \u201cthe wolf dwelling with the lamb\u201d in nature\u2019s pacific harmony, as biblical Isaiah 11:6-8 has it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some sculptures include human figures, usually ungainly and somehow forlorn, but the most sumptuous and extravagant works tend to feature plants. They evoke thickened, fleshy succulents, writhing and entangled like Medusa\u2019s twisting coif. Fat, tubular stems snake around one another and erupt into artichoke- or echeveria-like blossoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one work, spectacular clusters of abstract bananas at the tips of hefty, curling stalks recall toy-like lions\u2019 tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glazes are often brash and runny, chartreuse entwined with grape or puce with orange and off-white. Matte mixes with shiny, the play of light both absorbent and reflective to further visually animate the poured colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These giant floral clusters sometimes seem to swallow up fragments of human forms within them. They\u2019re like Capodimonte porcelains on steroids, topped with a dash of LSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also weigh a ton. (This is the first time I\u2019ve seen a gallery checklist note weight along with dimensions.) Of the earth as well as about it, the sculptures were each fired in a single piece in kilns large enough to accommodate their sometimes monumental size. The fruits might be peaceable, but an unavoidable hint of fiery apocalypse lurks within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGE:&nbsp;Matt Wedel,&nbsp;<i>Flower tree<\/i>, 2015, ceramic, 77 x 74 x 69 in. (195.6 x 188 x 175.3 cm), Artwork Weight: 2,440 lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES TIMES Review Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel\u2019s \u2018Peaceable Fruit\u2019 ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse by Christopher Knight Ceramics has an ancient history of fusing painted surfaces with sculptural forms. 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