Noa Chernichovsky: Facing the Plenty, 2022
Noa Chernichovsky’s work is based on a constant awareness of her immediate surroundings as she moves in the world. She examines the network of associations created around objects and their fragments, tying together their inherent narratives.
Her work aims to spotlight the everyday physical things we often overlook, and she reconstructs them into hybrid ceramic volumes. The aesthetic at the core of her practice is based on the urban imagery of the asphalt road or sidewalk as a constant inhabited by transient, colorful imagery.
Chernichovsky sees herself as a “sampler” of surfaces and forms from the physical world. Her sculptures are composed of many elements, each with its own context and cultural value. As in a collage, these elements accumulate into a larger image that holds its own various identities and creates a dreamlike new environment.
She combines different ceramic techniques, including thrown parts, hand-building and slab molding, blended with non-ceramic materials and readymades. Although the subjects of her work are mundane, they are conveyed in an over-the-top language, with elaborate textures and patterns that produce a final image full of energy.
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- Facing the Plenty, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Facing the Plenty, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, ready-mades, Various sizes. ©Sylvain Deleu
- Facing the Plenty: Pier Caps and Banana trees 3, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Charles Burnand
- Facing the Plenty, 2022, Battersea: Banana tree and a bird, earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Charles Burnand
- Birds, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes. ©Charles Burnand
- Cauliflower Bollards, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 53x 52X17 cm, 89X25X25 cm, 90X30X30 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Cauliflower Bollard, detail,2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Sylvain Deleu
- Cauliflower Bollard 3, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 92X27X27 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Pier Cap 1, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 50X50X50 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Pier Cap 2, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 50X50X50 cm. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Collage with Bricks, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 53x 52X17 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Bird 17, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 26x16x24 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Bird 9, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 16.3X13X11 cm. ©Charles Burnand
- Bird 3, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 14x14x11 cm. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Bird 2, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 14x13x11 cm. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Bird 12, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 16x13x11 cm. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Banana Tree 1, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, 72x 50 × 50 cm @Noa Chernichovsky
- Facing the Plenty, Battersea, 2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Noa Chernichovsky
- Facing the Plenty, 2022, Battersea: Banana tree and a bird, earthenware, slips, glazes,, Various sizes. ©Charles Burnand
- Facing the Plenty, Battersea: birds,2022, Earthenware, slips, glazes, Various sizes. ©Noa Chernichovsky
