Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island
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My current series of vessels visually depicts my observations in American supermarkets. In this work I create objects of an imagined future “past.” The plastic containers that inspire these forms might determine how our history will be deciphered by future generations. I picture a historian, in a very distant future, looking at both roman amphoras and detergent bottles, trying to connect the functions of the two, bridging the gap between elegant terra cotta and plastic filled with chemicals. The result is a new kind of vessel, reminiscent of the shape of an amphora, but ever so gaudy and mismatched.
Amphora (Arm & Hammer), slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 10x8x4 inches, 2021
Amphora (Mrs. Meyer’s), slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9x4x5 inches, 2021
Amphora (Purex), slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9,5x11x6 inches, 2021
Amphora (Lysol), slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 10x7,5x4 inches, 2021
Amphora (Old Tide), slipcast stonewar, raku, 10x8x5 inches, 2021
Amphora Camo 1, slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9x6x6 inches, 2021
Amphora Camo 2, slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9x6x6 inches, 2021
Amphora Camo 3, slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9x6x6 inches, 2021
Amphora Camo 2 (Small), slipcast stoneware, glaze and luster, 9x4x4, 2021
Study, slipcast stoneware, tiles, underglaze and glaze, various dimensions, 2021
Artist Biography
Maxime Jean Lefebvre was born and raised in France. He started experimenting with ceramics early on, and was brought to a lot of history museums as a youngster. After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges, he moved to America to pursue his MFA in Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design. Maxime is inspired by history and systems of power, and by his experience as a foreigner in America. Through his current body of ceramic work, he is exploring relationships between commerce, systemization and the everyday familiar. He is currently a resident in ceramics at the Steel Yard in Providence.
