White Room: Karin Gulbran

March 4–April 19, 2014
Two ceramic bowls sit on separate pedestals of different heights. Fallen Angel is on the left and Narcissus on the right, both have white animal figures.

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014

Three ceramic vessels, Cats in the Grass, Fallen Animal, and Night Scene, sit on separate pedestals of varying heights.

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014

A ceramic dish is angled to show the interior of the vessel, which is decorated with three vertically arranged sets of light blue cat-like eyes.

Karin Gulbran
Large Dish

There are five ceramic bowls of earthen tones, four sit on pedestals of different heights and one sits directly on the ground.

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014

A glazed ceramic vessel depicts a glossy white cat with unglazed outlines against a flat light purple background. Eight reddish protrusions on the cat’s stomach are reminiscent of nipples.

Karin Gulbran
Tumbling Cats (Medium), 2014
Ceramic
7 × 7 in.

A ceramic pot is shown against a wood-grain background. The vessel is painted as the face of a black and white cat with blue eyes. The mouth is downturned and a ruddy circle is painted on each cheek.

Karin Gulbran, Large Pot, 2014

Two ceramic bowls of different sizes sit next to each other. Left is a larger, leaning bowl painted as a cat-like face, and on the right is a very small bowl painted with similar eyes and ruddy, circular cheeks.

Karin Gulbran, Giant Tilted Head and Small Eye Bowl, 2014

Press Release

White Columns is proud to present the first New York solo exhibition by the Los Angeles-based artist Karin Gulbran. Regarding her recent move into ceramics, Karin has said: “Bowls are like heads so it seems natural that they should have faces. Larger forms can hold flowers, mail or empty space.” For her exhibition at White Columns Gulbran will present a new group of large-scale sculptural ceramic vessels whose expressive and richly nuanced surfaces amplify what the artist has described as her “animistic tendencies.” Gulbran’s work was included in White Columns’ 2013 exhibition ‘The Cat Show’ and was the subject of a solo presentation at Los Angeles’ South Willard in 2012.

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Two ceramic bowls sit on separate pedestals of different heights. Fallen Angel is on the left and Narcissus on the right, both have white animal figures.
Three ceramic vessels, Cats in the Grass, Fallen Animal, and Night Scene, sit on separate pedestals of varying heights.
A ceramic dish is angled to show the interior of the vessel, which is decorated with three vertically arranged sets of light blue cat-like eyes.
There are five ceramic bowls of earthen tones, four sit on pedestals of different heights and one sits directly on the ground.
A glazed ceramic vessel depicts a glossy white cat with unglazed outlines against a flat light purple background. Eight reddish protrusions on the cat’s stomach are reminiscent of nipples.
A ceramic pot is shown against a wood-grain background. The vessel is painted as the face of a black and white cat with blue eyes. The mouth is downturned and a ruddy circle is painted on each cheek.
Two ceramic bowls of different sizes sit next to each other. Left is a larger, leaning bowl painted as a cat-like face, and on the right is a very small bowl painted with similar eyes and ruddy, circular cheeks.

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014 (Two ceramic bowls sit on separate pedestals of different heights. Fallen Angel is on the left and Narcissus on the right, both have white animal figures.)

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014 (Three ceramic vessels, Cats in the Grass, Fallen Animal, and Night Scene, sit on separate pedestals of varying heights.)

Karin Gulbran, Large Dish (A ceramic dish is angled to show the interior of the vessel, which is decorated with three vertically arranged sets of light blue cat-like eyes.)

Karin Gulbran, installation view, 2014 (There are five ceramic bowls of earthen tones, four sit on pedestals of different heights and one sits directly on the ground.)

Karin Gulbran, Tumbling Cats (Medium), 2014, Ceramic, 7 × 7 in. (A glazed ceramic vessel depicts a glossy white cat with unglazed outlines against a flat light purple background. Eight reddish protrusions on the cat’s stomach are reminiscent of nipples.)

Karin Gulbran, Large Pot, 2014 (A ceramic pot is shown against a wood-grain background. The vessel is painted as the face of a black and white cat with blue eyes. The mouth is downturned and a ruddy circle is painted on each cheek.)

Karin Gulbran, Giant Tilted Head and Small Eye Bowl, 2014 (Two ceramic bowls of different sizes sit next to each other. Left is a larger, leaning bowl painted as a cat-like face, and on the right is a very small bowl painted with similar eyes and ruddy, circular cheeks.)