Purge, 2019, glazed stoneware; 13 X 10 X 12″

From Adrienne Kochman, Curator Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, on Purge: “Gina’s sculpture in some ways embraces those components of ceramic sculpture which are taught by educational instructors as ‘should be excluded’ or scraped away in order to give the sculpture a crisper, more defined shape, and on some level, prevent cracking in the kiln or an underrealized glaze. Clay is scooped out, linearity is clearer, getting that crisp edge is emphasized and one doesn’t let glaze pool or thicken on the surface. This sculpture isn’t about those elements but rather seems to explore what happens if those guidelines aren’t followed exactly. That’s what I find interesting. How far can she take it? What happens when the scale of the sculpture is enlarged?”