Hugo McCloud, Dislocated Origins, 2023-2024, Collection Fenix ©TITIA HAHNE

Hugo McCloud’s work Dislocated Origins (2022-2024) will be on view at the Fenix Museum of Migration in Rotterdam as part of the inaugural exhibition All Directions on view beginning May 16th. Created specifically for the Fenix Museum, McCloud’s work, made out of single-use plastic bags, captures a fragment of the story of movement and migration—a fragment filled with layers, both literal and metaphorical.

“Migrating is a necessity. But walking the same route for generations became a ritual.” – Hugo McCloud

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Vielmetter Los Angeles congratulates Bari Ziperstein on receiving the 2025 Visionary Award from the Craft Contemporary. The museum will honor Ziperstein at the Benefit & Auction this Saturday, May 10th. Ziperstein is being recognized for her contributions to the field, pushing the boundaries of ceramics through her practice.

Materially experimental but conceptually driven, Ziperstein’s work engages ideas of consumerism, propaganda, and the built environment. Her objects and sculptural tableaux reflect her interest in the political dimensions of capitalist economies and challenge the construction of desire and aspiration in contemporary American culture through a historical lens.

Ziperstein pushes the limits of scale, experiments with color and finish, and uses the shapes and surfaces of her sculptures to tell stories and convey ideas. She approaches her work from an intersectional feminist position, asking questions about how women and women’s work are positioned within societal frameworks, and her work reflects her interest in the ways that art and other visual and spatial materials convey meaning. Ziperstein’s process often starts with research and archival materials to explore the ways that visual culture and the built environment signal repressive social and political ideologies.

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