Works
  • Bari Ziperstein, ABEX Field of Flowers, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    ABEX Field of Flowers, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, ABEX Flower Bombs, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    ABEX Flower Bombs, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Banned Flower Power, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Banned Flower Power, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze, and glaze
    32 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (83.2 x 40 x 40 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Big Sharp Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Big Sharp Building, 2023
    Stoneware and glaze on walnut
    43 x 20 x 19 inches (109.2 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Coupled Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Coupled Building, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Drawn Hands, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Drawn Hands, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Flowers on the Border, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Flowers on the Border, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Greedy Octopus, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Greedy Octopus, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Loyal Clothing, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Loyal Clothing, 2023
    Stoneware, glaze, and walnut
    71 1/4 x 19 1/2 x 20 inches (181 x 49.5 x 50.8 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Plaid Apron, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Plaid Apron, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze, and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Plaid Church, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Plaid Church, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze, and glaze
    31 x 17 x 17 inches (78.7 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Split Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Split Building, 2023
    Stoneware, silver leaf, paint and glaze
    43 x 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (109.2 x 52.1 x 52.1 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Star Sharp Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Star Sharp Building, 2023
    Stoneware and glaze on walnut
    54 x 16 1/2 x 13 inches (137.2 x 41.9 x 33 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Swans, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Swans, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches
    (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Sweeping Russia, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Sweeping Russia, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Turning Feet, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Turning Feet, 2023
    Stoneware, underglaze and glaze
    17 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (45.1 x 45.1 x 13.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Wave Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Wave Building, 2023
    Stoneware and glaze with walnut plinth
    55 1/4 x 22 x 16 1/2 inches (140.3 x 55.9 x 41.9 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Wide Sharp Building, 2023
    Bari Ziperstein
    Wide Sharp Building, 2023
    Stoneware and glaze on walnut
    51 1/2 x 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (130.8 x 42.5 x 31.8 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Harvesting, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Harvesting, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 inches (27.3 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Abstract Flowers, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Abstract Flowers, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 inches (27.3 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, At Work in the Wheat Fields, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    At Work in the Wheat Fields, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 inches (27.3 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Dots and Flowers, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Dots and Flowers, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    11 × 15 × 4 inches (27.9 × 38.1 × 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Electrical, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Electrical, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    11 x 15 1/2 x 4 in (27.9 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Factory Labor, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Factory Labor, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    11 × 15 × 4 inches (27.9 × 38.1 × 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Orange Checkered, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Orange Checkered, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    11 x 15 1/2 x 4 inches (27.9 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Wormhole, 2022
    Bari Ziperstein
    Wormhole, 2022
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 4 inches (27.3 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Gears, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Gears, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    14 x 10.5 in (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Gears in Action, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Gears in Action, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 x 8.5 in (25.4 x 21.6 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Le Cocu Magnifique, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Le Cocu Magnifique, 2019
    Terracotta, glaze, underglaze and luster
    19 x 8 x 14 in (48.3 x 20.3 x 35.6 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Music for the State, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Music for the State, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    14 x 10.5 in (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Patterns for the Future, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Patterns for the Future, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 x 8.5 in (25.4 x 21.6 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Patterns of the State, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Patterns of the State, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    14 x 10.5 in (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Planes for Progress, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Planes for Progress, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    10 x 8.5 in (25.4 x 21.6 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Race for the State, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Race for the State, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    14 x 10.5 in (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Soldiers in Formation, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Soldiers in Formation, 2019
    Stoneware and glaze
    14 x 10.5 in (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, Women Bite the Hand That "Feeds" You, 2019
    Bari Ziperstein
    Women Bite the Hand That "Feeds" You, 2019
    Stoneware, glaze and underglaze
    24 1/2 x 8 x 8 in (62.2 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
  • Bari Ziperstein, A poster with graphics demonstrating the correct configuration and techniques used to create a political display, 2016
    Bari Ziperstein
    A poster with graphics demonstrating the correct configuration and techniques used to create a political display, 2016
    Wood, leather, stoneware, glaze, underglaze, and natural dyed rope
    2 Wall & floor units, in 21 pieces, Dimensions Variable
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Biography
Bari Ziperstein (b. 1978, Chicago; works in Los Angeles. MFA CalArts 2004, BFA Ohio University 2000.) Ziperstein's mixed media, ceramic-based sculpturepractice engages ideas of consumerism, propaganda, and the built environment. Ziperstein is noted for her ongoing investigation of Soviet-era textile design and patterns. One such body of works are her highly technical figurative ceramicsculptures that reference 1980s propaganda posters from the Eastern Bloc, which she sourced specifically for their patronizing messages about domestic morality, alcoholism, motherhood, and the place of women insociety. Ziperstein considers it to be a distinct feminist gesture that she has offered the propaganda a new tactile presence, interrogating the relationship between craft, the home, and femininity by leaning into ceramics' historical position as a craft practice. Ziperstein's practice is materially experimental, such as a new body of flat ceramic works first presented by Charles Moffett in Summer 2020. Her objects and sculptural tableaux reflect her interest in the political dimensions of capitalist economies, examining American aspiration through a historical lens.
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