Sarasota Art Museum - Amalgam

APRIL 25, 2024–APRIL 26, 2026

1ST FLOOR: MARK & IRENE KAUFFMAN ARCADE
2ND FLOOR: JAN SCHMIDT LOGGIA

Commissioned as part of Sarasota Art Museum’s Inside Out Program, Hatch’s new site-specific installation, Amalgam (2023), will span two floors, visually linking the Jan Schmidt Loggia and Mark & Irene Kauffman Arcade. Consisting of more than 450 earthenware plates hand-painted in white, blue, and gold luster, Amalgam is conceived as one ensemble framed by the four arched windows. Hatch also plays with the empty spaces, so that viewers perceive lines and patterns between plates adjacent to each other. The whole composition may also be experienced from multiple points of view, from near and far, inside and outside of the Museum.

Tiffany & Co. Taipei

Renown: Commissioned by architect Peter Marino for Tiffany & Co. Blue Box Cafe Taipei, this work references renderings for a brooch from the Tiffany & Co archives, this work reinterprets the iconic brand's history and presents it anew with white gold accents. Made using an entirely new process, this work is composed of over 100 hand-thrown and hand-painted earthenware plates that hang in an organic, jewel-like arrangement.

Tiffany & Co. Dubai

Permanently installed and On View at the Dubai UAE Tiffany & Co. store, Menagerie, Citrine and Roseate, three works commissioned by architect Peter Marino for the Blue Box Cafe. Referencing renderings for brooches housed in the Tiffany & Co archives, these works reinterprets the iconic brand's history and presents it anew with white gold accents. Made using an entirely new process, each work is composed of about 100 hand-thrown and hand-painted earthenware plates that hang in an organic, jewel-like arrangement.

Tiffany & Co. The Landmark

“Just a few weeks after the opening of its newly renovated Fifth Avenue flagship in Manhattan, Tiffany & Co. will be relaunching its cafe, Blue Box, with a newly appointed chef, Daniel Boulud. Like the rest of the 10-story building, the cafe, which sits on the sixth floor, is designed by the architect Peter Marino, who commissioned the ceramist Molly Hatch to create its artwork. To adorn the walls, the artist assembled her signature hand-painted earthenware plates in the shape of brooches from the brand’s archives.” Quote from Angela Koh, New York Times Style Magazine, May 11, 2023

Sarasota Art Museum

Bistro

Molly Hatch’s signature plate paintings—large-scale installations of hand-glazed ceramic plates—reimagine historical decorative arts through a contemporary lens, while bridging the gap between decorative and fine art. The piece Staccato diffuses an 18th century Chinese export pattern from Owen Jones’ book The Grammar of Chinese Ornament over a gridded installation of 108 hand-painted earthenware plates. The glazed surfaces collectively become a fragmented canvas for a delicate, painterly re-rendering.

Carnegie Museum of Art: Extraordinary Ordinary Things

Spanning some of the most significant design developments of the past three centuries, the works on view offer boundless inspiration and endless possibilities for functional design for visitors to learn about, consider, and enjoy. This exhibition presents a selection of functional objects ranging from the evocative and extraordinary to the practical and everyday and highlights signature works by designers including Molly Hatch…

High Museum of Art: Physic Garden

This commissioned, large-scale, hand-painted plate painting was inspired by two ca. 1755 Chelsea porcelain factory plates from the High’s Frances and Emory Cocke Collection of English Ceramics. Molly Hatch’s unique new work re-imagines the original depiction of flora and fauna found in the botanical Physic Garden that neighbored the Chelsea factory and inspired workers in the 1750s.

Newark Museum: Repertoire

Ceramic Artist Molly Hatch has been commissioned to produce a monumental three-part installation in the niches in the Engelhard Court. Hatch is known for her murals made up of underglaze-painted porcelain plates, including two major installations at the High Museum in Atlanta. Repertoire will be her largest commission to date, honoring the Newark Museum’s 107-year-tradition of collecting contemporary ceramic art, and commemorating the retirement of Curator of Decorative Arts Ulysses Dietz after 37 years.