"Disturbing" at Dolphin Gallery

The July 2017 exhibit at The Dolphin Gallery features Ron Bolander.  Working in collaboration with Bolander is his long-time friend and fellow artist Doric Jemison-Ball II who is also having his first two-person show at The Dolphin.  The show’s title, “DISTURBING,” is most appropriate as both are noted for their unorthodox creations meant to provoke thoughtful responses in the viewer.

Bolander says, “ ‘DISTURBING’ is a show that does not pander to the taste of summer tourists.  There are no pictures of lighthouses, weathered fences or barns, of Bowling Ball Beach or cows standing on a clifftop.  There are no shiny, oversaturated, over edited sunsets at the beach, no glossy aluminum pictures of harbor seals, breaking waves or gamboling sheep.  This show will be diametrically opposite to what one conventionally sees on the coast.”

Best known for his quirky ceramic pieces, Jemison-Ball takes the traditional craft a step further by adding a variety of figures from cartoon rabbits to baby doll faces.  He might even crack open a pot to reveal an interesting interior.  In fact, the person who introduced him to ceramics had him smash his first 14 pots to remind him that the process of creation was more important than attachment to the piece.