Karla Ekaterine Canseco’s sculptures are based on the history and mythology of the Xoloitzcuintli, an ancient breed of Mexican hairless dog that is believed to have been a gift from Xolo, the deity of death, to the indigenous people of Mexico. She incorporates metal elements and hand-formulated metallic glazes into her ceramics as she is interested in clay’s ability to carry information that has been passed down into the present, collapsing conceptions of time and holding stories in its composition and impression, like a cannibalization of touch.
Roksana Pirouzmand is presenting clay tablets that are painted with different colors of clay slip, depicting female bodies that are entangled with each other and with landscapes. These mountainous and volcanic forms at times could become other bodies as well. Painting on clay gives Pirouzmand the opportunity to bring depth by creating holes/caves that the bodies move into or in search of in a place that is not visible, suggesting contact between bodies in gestures that oscillate between peace, transformation, and sometimes in violence.