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Arlene Shechet cultivates formal improvisation in creating her vibrant ceramic sculptures. 

In her masterful show of idiosyncratic sculptures in clay, titled “The Sound of It,” Arlene Shechet turned an astute eye to the painterly effects of glaze chemistry as well as to her own past work. Fo…