Events
the scent of light
ceramic sculpture by maria moyer
the scent of light
ceramic sculpture by maria moyer
september 24 – november 2
In our Los Angeles showroom, ceramic sculptures by Maria Moyer organically engage with bulthaup design and materiality. There are 23 hand-built-ceramic pieces in this exhibition, created 2018 to 2020. All the works are stoneware with a surface treatment called terra sigillata used in ancient Rome; glazes are added as a structural element.
Artist Statement
As a sculptor, I explore nature’s systems: the forms, the in-between spaces and the patterns and principles that repeat through layers of physical existence.
I don’t seek to represent or describe nature, but my material language is certainly informed by it. Even as a philosophical materialist, my studio practice is not unlike conventional religious attempts to make sense of things. Along the way, I try to make work that is an experience—for looking, touching and for thinking.
I work primarily with clay, including unfired-paper clay. Clay is especially adept at recording touch, and even better at generating unpredictable results when minerals, heat and human intervention are combined. In this way, my work is an artifact in an explorative act of making. I use glaze sparingly, as I prefer not to conceal evidence of my presence, and glazes can cover imperfections and random events that occur in the kiln.
Maria Moyer
PHOTO CREDIT FOR ALL PHOTOS: Art Gray Photography
Chocolate Indulgence
February 13, 2019
Chef Alexandra Foster of the renowned Chocolate Academy created artisanal chocolate confections that proved not only delicious but very Instagram friendly! Guests sipped on wine while exploring bulthaup product features and enjoying each other`s company.
b Solitaire Storytelling with Art Collective Cream Co.
June 7, 2018
Cream Co. member Sasha Earle expressed to our guests how much of a pleasure it was to be able to show the process behind their meticulous collective experience of creating these exquisite and highly detailed paintings: “We often show our paintings but never have the opportunity to display with them our process story.” Our b Solitaire glass was full and resplendent with dried Hydrangea petals, sketch books and color tests. Guests were invited to open the b Solitaire trays and explore…
Photography by Leello Photography & Design
A Cast of Things: Exhibition Opening
November 3, 2017
A slice of the Chicago Architecture Biennial inhabits our bulthaup Chicago showroom. The LADG (Los Angeles Design Group), a Biennial participant, installed an annex version of their larger work on view at the Chicago Cultural Center. Their investigation for the Make New History biennial theme? The Rococo movement in Lower Bavaria, Germany. Intriguing sculptural works and gorgeous prints on aluminum grace the front of the showroom in easy view of the passerby on the street. Guests had LADG principal Andrew Holder talking the entire evening. Blue Door Kitchen kept the appetizers roving while wine and waters flowed. The room was filled with art chatter and good hearted laughter.
benefit! Chicago
December 5, 2017
bulthaup Chicago was pleased and honored to host benefit!, our fundraiser event celebrating and supporting the good work of Common Threads. bulthaup serving trays went out to the design community of Chicago for creative reinterpretation and the returning one-of-a-kind signature works were available to the highest bidders at our silent auction and holiday season party. Guests enjoyed beautiful food by Chef Michelle Bernstein paired with sommelier selected wines, all the while raising funds for Common Threads, the non-profit whose mission is to educate children and families on the importance of nutrition and physical well-being, and to foster an appreciation of cultural diversity through cooking.