Curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver

CAMH brings together more than two decades’ worth of Annabeth Rosen’s work in the prolific ceramicist’s first major survey. Eighty-some sculptures will be accompanied by forty works on paper, all reiterating the artist’s longtime method of composition: aggregating discrete forms to produce a cohesive whole. While the two-dimensional ground in her flat works unites myriad small shapes, Rosen’s three-dimensional pieces evidence a pragmatic engagement with the dynamics of gravity. Her small clay pieces are bound with wire or pressed together prior to firing, allowing the finished works to stand unsupported. Rosen has exhibited widely over the past thirty years, yet her work has never received the attention bestowed on peers such as Arlene Shechet. “Fired, Broken, Gathered, Heaped” and its attendant catalogue (featuring essays by critic Nancy Princenthal and scholar Jenni Sorkin) should do much to remedy the oversight.

— Cat Kron