“Migration” is a solo exhibit featuring 54 sculptures and a large wall installation at the Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum of Foshon in Guangzhou City, China. Leuthold is the first foreigner to be invited to present a solo exhibition at the Museum. Most of the works were created in China from 2018-2022 when Leuthold worked in China as the first and only foreigner to be appointed to a full-time ceramics professorship in China. Most of the works feature Leuthold’s signature carvings and/or circular forms. The wall installation consists of 8 paintings recording Leuthold’s gestural movements in creating art along with 50 carved ceramic discs. Most of the fluted discs feature an abstracted silhouette of iconic persons the artist admires. One of the discs references a Chinese national craft master based in Dehua.
The exhibit shares the results of an artist who migrated his practice to China for five years. Interestingly, some of this period includes the Pandemic period. And usually, Leuthold experienced lengthy lockdowns both in Shanghai and in New York City, a challenging time that allowed for artistic contemplation.