Evento

Tea Ceremony with Eric Serritella and Pipa musician Min Xiao-Fen

In conjunction with our lower-level exhibition, Hyperrealism, trompe l'oeil artist Eric Serritella invites you to partake in a traditional Chinese tea ceremony brewing Oolong tea Gong-fu style in tiny Yixing teapots.

Live music from pipa player Min Xiao-Fen.

Limited seats available. Please RSVP to events@bluespiral1.com

Saturday, August 10th at 10:30am at Blue Spiral 1 (lower-level gallery)

$25 per person

Eric Serritella is a ceramic trompe loeil artist specializing in hand-carved sculptures transformed into birch, charred and weathered logs.

Serritella's one-of-a-kind sculptures are internationally recognized for their hyper-realism, and have been exhibited, awarded and collected on five continents for their exquisite organic design and incredibly lifelike textures. They are included in many permanent museum collections including among others The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Mint Museum.

Serritella has contributed to over 100 exhibitions and has been represented at some of the worlds top art and design shows including TEFAF Maastricht (Netherlands), Frieze NY, Design Miami/Basel (Switzerland), Design Miami (Florida), The Salon: Art + Design (NY), Masterpiece London, SOFA Chicago and The Smithsonian Craft Show.

Min Xiao-Fens Biography:

Few artists have done more to both honor and reinvent the 2000-year history of the pipa than soloist, vocalist and composer Min Xiao-Fen. Classically trained in her native China, she served as a principal pipa soloist at Nanjing Traditional Music Orchestra and was an in-demand interpreter of traditional music before relocating to the United States and forging a new path for her instrument alongside many of the leading lights in modern jazz, free improvisation, experimental and contemporary classical music. NPR Weekend Edition lauded Ms. Min as one of the worlds greatest virtuosos and JazzTimes hailed her as a pioneer in integrating her ancient instrument with modern jazz and improvised music. The New York Times raved that her singular work has traversed a sweeping musical odyssey.