Jennifer Rochlin (CRF 2019) is best known for her voluptuous, vivid painted clay vessels. These dominate the artist’s practice as canvases for her memories, idealized visions and the unfiltered biographical narratives. In her painted and glazed scenes, family, friends and partners are intertwined with trees and leaves that signify the passage of time through changing seasons. Wistfulness transitions seamlessly into humor or fades into unabashed adoration of nature’s enveloping beauty. Fluctuating between idealized depictions and unembellished honesty, Rochlin’s imagery conveys a tender and genuine sense of longing.
Beginning May 2nd, 2024, Hauser & Wirth New York will present Rochlin’s most recent series of large-scale hand-built terra cotta vessels on which she offers up an autobiographical journey—intimate scenes of her life and loves, of nature observed and of her own responses to the greats of art history. “Jennifer Rochlin. Paintings on Clay” will remain on view on the second floor of the gallery’s 22nd Street building through July 12th, 2024. Click here for more information.
Image: © Jennifer Rochlin, Photo by: Keith Lubow