Kristen Morgin, Another Wonderful Day, 2013, unfired clay, pint, ink, crayon, graphite, 12 1/4 by 12 1/4 by 1/4 inches. Courtesy Zach Feuer.
Kristen Morgin’s fascination with nostalgia-inducing childhood objects—comic books, toys, old records, books and magazines—runs deep. All of the vintage-looking pieces in the L.A.-based ceramicist’s show “The Super Can Man and Other Illustrated Classics” are made of unfired clay, convincingly painted to look worn down and lovingly handled, as if pulled from a dusty box in the basement or plucked from a stranger’s rummage sale.