Nathalie Khayat | Ceramics: Boesky Gallery Aspen

Marianne Boesky Gallery Aspen

616 E Hyman Ave, Aspen, CO 81611

Hours: Wednesday – Saturday 11 am – 6 pm
Sunday – Tuesday by appointment only 

Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present a selection of ceramic works by Beirut-based artist Nathalie Khayat (b. 1966; Beirut, Lebanon) in Aspen, CO beginning August 7. With her stoneware vessels—serving bowls, candle holders, and vases—Khayat subverts the expectations of her delicate material. Deeply invested in the unique material properties of clay itself, Khayat produces work that references the inherently organic nature of stoneware. The sensual, undulating forms of her work—often reminiscent of coral growing from the floor of the sea—are a product of the artist's experiments with accidents and chance. Evoking the dualities of the natural world—of violence and calm, of growth and decay, of life and death—Khayat's ceramics represent a foray into a beautiful unknown.

Khayat's work has been exhibited widely in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, and is included in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. Khayat studied ceramics at the Centre de Ceramique Bonsecours, Montreal, Canada and at The Visual Arts Centre, Montreal Canada. The artist lives and works in Beirut and Montreal.