James Sterling Pitt

Eli Ridgway Gallery is pleased to present The Garden, a solo exhibition by James Sterling Pitt. The exhibition marks the debut of Pitt's works in ceramic and wood and includes the largest-scale sculptures the artist has made to date. Most are untitled — small painted objects in acrylic and Flashe on ceramic and wood — installed on the gallery walls, pedestals, and shelves so that the works can be explored in relation to one another and to the space of the gallery.

"The newest pieces float in front of me — transcendent architecture I call them. Every piece invites me to enter through its doorway and explore another realm, to wander its hallways, meditating on the air I breathe there. Strange feelings come to mind when I stare at the small ceramic objects — similar to what I think on while reading science fiction. These works could be the structures built within the worlds of my imagination. Simultaneously, they inhabit my present one."

— Lauren Douglas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 2021