Recent
Exhibition
One Mellon Bank Center Gallery
Located
in the “T” station lobby of One Mellon Bank Center
SCC's off-site exhibition space is open daily through midnight.
Recent
Exhibition
One Mellon Bank Center Gallery
Located
in the “T” station lobby of One Mellon Bank Center
SCC's off-site exhibition space is open daily through midnight.
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Contemporary
sculpture by Hawaiian wood carver Jackie "J.R." Ranallo
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March 14 — April 29, 2002 | ||
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An
exhibition of contemporary sculpture by Hawaiian wood carver Jackie
"J.R." Ranallo opened at the Society for Contemporary
Craft’s satellite gallery at One Mellon Center March 14 and
continued through April 29, 2002.
The exhibition featured 12 wood sculptures by Ranallo which ranged from upright abstracted female figures to bowls and platters. Made from found pieces of Hawaiian woods such as Koa and Monkeypod these sculptures emphasize beautifully organic curves, clean lines, and dynamic negative spaces. Ranallo creates an intimate connection with the wood through minimal use of power tools and allows the wood to determine the direction of the work. About her process Ranallo comments, "I look at wood and it shows me where it wants to go, the wood may say no. It’s a communication; we play together." Raised in Pittsburgh, Ranallo began working with wood in high school. She moved to Maui in the early seventies and became a self-taught craftsman with skills in furniture, interiors, and whittling before making the transition to abstract sculpture. She has been sculpting for the past sixteen years and has exhibited her work in the U.S. and France including the Musée d’Art Moderne d’Unet in Paris, France and Gallery Mack in Seattle, Washington. Located in the "T" station lobby of One Mellon Center, SCC’s off-site exhibition space is open daily through midnight. The works on exhibit are available for sale. SCC's main galleries, Store and newly renovated education center are conveniently located at 2100 Smallman Street in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Together with the American Craft Museum in New York and the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery in Washington DC, SCC is one of only a few institutions in the nation dedicated to this art form. For more information call SCC at 412.261.7003. |
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