Physical Work — Zak Ferenczhalmy

Hots in a gallery: a glossy red ceramic head tipped back mid-scream on a navy-suited bust, buried to the chest in tiny 'Hot News' newspapers.

Hots

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Ceramic bust, particle board base, paper, resin, secondhand garments

2026

The full plaster sculpture Nine: a white, billowing cumulus cloud resting on its flat base against a blue backdrop.

Nine

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Plaster

2025

Series

Gray Matter

Unfired stoneware · 2026 · 4 pieces

An unfired stoneware arm rising upright from a root-like base, hand open at the top, casting a long shadow on a white surface.

Gray Matter I

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Unfired stoneware

2026

A small stoneware cube with a wrinkled, smiling face sculpted into its front, on a white surface.

Gray Matter II

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Unfired stoneware

2026

A stoneware head of an elderly man seen from above, deep-set eyes and heavily textured, wrinkled skin.

Gray Matter III

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Unfired stoneware

2026

A half-face stoneware wall piece: a calm face with closed eyes whose right side flows away into wavy, crescent-shaped ridges.

Gray Matter IV

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Unfired stoneware

2026

Chrysalis: a glossy ceramic bust with a hollow, crown-like open skull and empty eye sockets, its dark specialty glaze shimmering blue, violet and copper.

Chrysalis

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Ceramic, specialty glaze

2025

Peep Mug: a round ceramic mug shaped like an eyeball, with a glossy blue iris on the front, hand-painted red veins and a red handle, on a blue backdrop.

Peep Mug

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Ceramic, underglaze

2024