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Italian-born artist Paola Bari’s painted porcelain works are wonderfully whimsical and internationally collected. “Overglazed,” on display at Rehoboth Art League, explores all of the medium’s delightful possibilities
Porcelain is an artistic medium as well as a material substance. It can be used to represent figures and to tell stories in two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms, and its own materiality can also be made into the subject of artistic expression.
After retiring as software system engineer at IBM Corporation in Poughkeepsie, NY, Paola Bari devoted most of her time to porcelain painting. She is a certified porcelain artist, one of the original founders of RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon, NY, and one of the founders of Queen City 15 Gallery in Poughkeepsie. Paola fell in love with ceramics as a young girl in Italy, and has traveled all over the world to learn different techniques.
“Paradise Flower”
“Lili and the Frog”
“Polpettone Spinaci”
Overglazed explores the endless possibilities of working with porcelain. One side of the exhibition shows the basic elements of porcelain artifacts—a ceramic body and glaze. The other side focuses on the aestheticization of the porcelain object through decoration, which includes the overglazing of colors, luster and precious metals like gold, satin and silver. The artworks in this group are narrative in nature, inviting the audience to contemplate the different uses of porcelain as a pictorial medium. CS
Overglazed: Painted Porcelain by Paola Bari
April 4-May 4, 2025—Opening Reception: Friday, April 4 from 5-7 p.m.
Rehoboth Art League’s Ventures Gallery
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