Larry Revoir Exhibition at Finch Lane Gallery

Larry Revoir uses familiar images—stuffed animals—as the theme for his exhibitions July 16, 1945: Enter the Anthropocene. The anthropocene is the name given to our current geological age, in which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. A stuffed animal might represent simplicity and innocence of a by-gone age, but in Revoir’s hands, the ceramic pieces look like the wreckage from a nuclear blast and subsequent deterioration. “They are recognizable reminders of a different time,” says Revoir, “before the ash and the rubble set in, but now, they are permanently altered.” His method of using wood-firing on his ceramic pieces mimics the irrevocable and ongoing aftermath of the anthropocene.