May 2nd 2025

Pat Stephens: Earthy Stories

@ ARC Gallery

1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Friday, May 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, May 30th

I am interested in how information is realized, interpreted, and shared. My work is inspired by my surroundings and observations of transitory states in the environment. Viewers should think they are looking at a familiar object when in fact they are not; I love the reversal of expectations. These ceramics serve no utilitarian purpose other than to express the world around me. The inspiration for my pieces comes from the eight-block daily dog walk, which includes shadows reflecting off street signs, thrown away to-go containers littering the street, discarded boxes run over by cars, and telephone poles having graffiti, pipes, and wires attached to them.

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