Nate Cassie: A Knife Out Of A Cloud
Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Nate Cassie: A Knife Out Of A Cloud. The exhibition features ceramics, prints, paintings, and video installation. This is Cassie’s third solo show with the gallery.
Nate Cassie presents an array of objects evoking sentiments of transformation and change. In his corpus of work, cloud imagery is a hallmark that best captures these concepts. In the artist’s words, “They signify transition, clouds moving across the sky. Depending on what they look like, it is a sign of change in the weather. I feel that analogy applies to contemporary life, our current moment.” For Cassie, these themes are more relevant now than ever before. Featuring past and recent artwork, Nate Cassie: A Knife Out Of A Cloud examines the mixture of rousing and frightening feelings, along with the ever-present sense that one never knows what the future holds for them. The title of the exhibition references W. S. Merwin’s ambiguous and aspirational poem “October.” In ceramic vessels that allude to the physical body, Cassie attempts to make a “solid, intentional object from something that is very ethereal, and in a way impossible to handle.” Works like Paris Air and One Night in Big Spring, for example, contain air from their respective geographic locations. In keeping with the collaborative spirit of the artist’s practice, architect Vicki Yuan and artist Logan Blanco are also featured in the exhibition.
About the Artist
Born in New Jersey and raised on the East Coast and in the Midwest, Cassie received his BA in Studio Art at Hope College, Holland in Michigan and his MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he now resides. Nate Cassie’s work has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad, including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; the City Museum, Queretaro, Mexico, and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. He is a past fellow in the Artpace International Artist-in-Residence Program and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts’ FIVA Residency Program in Miami, FL. His artworks can be found in numerous collections including The Linda Pace Foundation and The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX.
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Nate CassieSlab Fall, 2004Enamel, oil and acrylic on panel96 x 60 in
243.8 x 152.4 cm -
Nate CassieCloudgrid, 2013Enamel and Flashe on Canvas16 x 40 in
40.6 x 101.6 cm -
Nate CassieAustin Inversion (White Ash), 2023Photopolymer photogravure, Hare & Hound Press, San Antonio, TX15 x 19 in
38.1 x 48.3 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieTrainyard Cut, 2023Lithograph with Archival Digital Print, Hare & Hound Press18 x 13.5 in
45.7 x 34.3 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieMagdalena Cut, 2023Lithograph with Archival Digital Print, Hare & Hound Press13.5 x 18 in
34.3 x 45.7 cmEdition of 10 -
Nate CassieMeadow Cut, 2023Lithographs with Archival Digital Print, Hare & Hound Press18 x 13.5 in
45.7 x 34.3 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieFused Pair, 2023Porcelain7.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 in
19.1 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm -
Nate CassieAire de Paris set, 2022Porcelain3 x 27 x 4 in
7.6 x 68.6 x 10.2 cm -
Nate Cassie999 Clouds, 2023Chalkboard paint on hand cleaned, old style gesso, poplar panel, Hagoromo chalk23 x 37 in
58.4 x 94 cm -
Nate CassieCreased Vessel, 2023Stoneware with crater glaze and oxide washes,23 x 14 x 15 in
58.4 x 35.6 x 38.1 cm -
Logan BlancoStill-Life with N.C., 2023Oil on linen24 x 20 in
61 x 50.8 cm -
Nate Cassie and Will UnderwoodBad Ceramics (Still), 2023Video installationDimensions varyEdition 1 of 5
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Nate CassieStan and Ollie, 2022StonewareTwo vessels: 23 x 19 x 20 in (left), 24 x 12 x 12 in (right)
58.4 x 48.2 x 50.8 cm, 61 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Nate CassieAfter Goya's Seated Giant, 2023Stoneware20 x 20 x 19 in each
50.8 x 50.8 x 48.3 cm -
Nate CassieMirrored Bottles, 2022Porcelain and silvering2.5 x 2 x 2 in
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Nate CassieEndless Column, Version 1 after Brâncuși, 2023Glazed porcelain30 x 2.5 x 2 in
76.2 x 6.3 x 5.1 cm -
Nate CassieOnly slowly do the rays of the sun drive away the night and usher in a new day, 2021Black stoneware with white slip and crackle glaze, with juci style repair, using pewter staples17 x 15 x 15 in
43.18 x 38.10 x 38.10 cm
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Nate CassieSt. Paul's Inversion, 2023Photopolymer photogravure19 x 15 in
48.3 x 38.1 cmEdition of 10 -
Nate CassieHoloholokai, 2023Photopolymer photogravure19 x 15 in
48.3 x 38.1 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieCentral Park Inversion, 2023Photopolymer photogravure, Hare & Hound Press, San Antonio, TX18 .5 x 14.5 in
47 x 36.8 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieBlasted Inversion, 2023Photopolymer photogravure, Hare & Hound Press, San Antonio, TX19 x 15 in
48.3 x 38.1 cmEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Nate CassieStaff air and Opening air, 2023Ash glaze on stoneware7 x 3.5 x 3.5 in
17.8 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm -
Nate CassieStudio Visit PRH JRH, 2022Ash glaze on stoneware7 x 3.5 x 3.5 in
17.8 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm -
Nate CassieStudio Visit PRH JRH, 2022Ash glaze on stoneware7 x 3.5 x 3.5 in
17.8 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm -
Nate CassieBetween Bottomless Lake and the Pecos (for Brett), 2022Ash glaze on stoneware7 x 3.8 x 3.8 in
17.8 x 9.7 x 9.7 cm -
Nate CassieVery Large Array, 2022Nuka ash on porcelain6 x 3 x 3 in
15.2 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm -
Nate CassieBoston (4000 teens, ancient Egypt, 19th century France), 2023Porcelain5.5 x 3 x 3 in
14 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm -
Nate CassieOne Night in Big Spring, 2022Raku Fired Stoneware6 x 5 x 5 in
15.2 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm -
Nate CassieMagdalena, NM (Kind of Small Array), 2022Porcelain6.5 x 3 x 3 in
16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm -
Nate CassieMagdalena, NM (Kind of Small Array), 2022Porcelain6.5 x 3 x 3 in
16.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm -
Nate CassieBorder Crossing NM-TX, 2022Porcelain8 x 3 x 3 in
20.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm -
Nate CassieStratton 7.27.22, 2022Raku fired stoneware7 x 4 x 4 in
17.8 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
