NEW YORK, N.Y.- Lehmann Maupin Gallery presents Sounds of Dogs and Youth, Klara Kristalova’s first solo exhibition in New York, on view 27 October, 2011 – 28 January, 2012 at 540 West 26th Street. A skilled and imaginative storyteller, Klara Kristalova draws inspiration from music, current events, and her daily surroundings to create figurative ceramic works that often mirror imagery from myths and old folk tales, and address themes surrounding oppression, anxiety, and the sub-conscious. Exuding both an innocence and horror, Kristalova’s uncanny sculptures portray adolescent girls and boys, often marked with exaggerated features or in the midst of transformation, and bring to mind memories of childhood fantasy, dreams, and nightmares. Through the medium of ceramic, described by Kristalova as having once been “seen as a low material, and not serious enough, especially when glazed,” the artist forms m