JUGS unfolds within the newly opened kitchen of the Goldwyn House, transforming a site of daily ritual into a meditation on one of the most enduring forms in material culture: the water jug. At once utilitarian and symbolic, the jug has carried water, wine, oil, and meaning across centuries. It has existed as a humble domestic tool and as a marker of craftsmanship, status, and ceremony.
Bringing together more than thirty artists working across craft, sculpture, and design, the exhibition traces the jug’s lineage from ancient amphorae to vernacular folk pottery, reimagined through contemporary practice. Each invited artist contributes a single jug, distilling their approach to form, surface, proportion, and material into this archetypal vessel.
Installed within the kitchen, these works return the jug to its elemental context while expanding its possibilities. Functional or purely sculptural, restrained or exuberant, each piece reflects a distinct perspective on containment and gesture. Together, they propose the jug not simply as an object, but as a conduit between history and the present, utility and expression, ritual and reinvention.
Participating artists include: Rafi Ajl, Kristin Victoria Barron, Bianco Light + Space, Ben & Aja Blanc, Alana Burns, Laura Chautin, Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Olivia Cognet, Guy Corriero, Sophie Dries, Piet Hein Eek, John Hogan, Katie Kimmel, Alexander Kirkeby, LGS Studio, Lucia Massari, Ben Medansky, Adam Miller, Jason Miller, Sho Ota, Andrew Pierce Scott, Michiko Sakano, The Perfect Nothing Catalog, Natalia Triantafylli, Arthur Vallin, David Valner, Rahee Yoon, Karl Zahn, Jason Koharik, Jonathan Cross, Reinaldo Sanguino and Bari Ziperstein.
JUGS in on view at The Future Perfect’s Los Angeles gallery through March 10.
