Elizabeth Essner on Artist Kathy Butterly

Kathy Butterly’s exquisite ceramics on view in Figuring Color: Kathy Butterly, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roy McMakin, Sue Williams collapse, fold, twist, and drip into playful vessels reminiscent of body parts and domestic objects. Modern and contemporary ceramics specialist Elizabeth Essner and ICA Senior Curator Jenelle Porter discuss Butterly’s artistic process and mastery of clay.