Background: |
Hot for Glass! Contemporary
Art from L.A. Collections presents 90 works of contemporary
art glass by 48 internationally known artists represented
in over 20 private collections in the Los Angeles area. Organized
in conjunction with the Glass Alliance of Los Angeles (GALA)
as part of the 2003 California Glass Exchange hosted by Cal
State Fullerton, this exhibition is not a survey. Instead,
it makes its point about the vitality of current work in the
glass medium by drawing on the extensive collections of GALA's
collector membership and their friends.
Works range from the exquisite vessels of Dale
Chilhuly and Mary Ann "Toots" Zynsky to whimsical
assemblages of neon and found objects by Michael Flechntner
and the powerful geometric cast glass sculpture of Howard
Ben Tré. In addition, Southern California artist Therman
Statom has created an installation specifically for this exhibition.
Other artists are Hank Murta Adams, David Bennett, Giles Bettison,
Martin Blank, Daniel Clayman, Dan Dailey, Einar & Jamex
de La Torre, Michael Flechtner, Michael Glancy, Katherine
Gray, David R. Huchthausen, Toshio Iezumi, Joey Kirpatrick
& Flora Mace, Steve Klein, Jon Kuhn, Silvia Levenson,
Stanislav Libensky & Jaroslava Brychtová, Marvin
Lipofsky, Harvey K. Littleton, John Luebtow, Dante Marioni,
Paul Marioni, Richard Marquis, Koichi Matsufuji, Josiah McElheny,
Klaus Moje, Benjamin P. Moore, William Morris, Jay P. Musler,
Joel Philip Myers, Clifford Rainey, Seth Randal, David Reekie,
Ginny Ruffner, Livio Seguso, Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Lino
Tagliapietra, Karla Tinkley, Bertil Vallien, Frantisek Vizner,
Jack Wax, Steven Weinberg, Ann Wolff (a.k.a Ann Warff) and
Dana Zamecnikova.
Anne Cohen, current GALA president, comments
that "members of the Glass Alliance of Los Angeles hope
that this exhibition will ignite interest and will educate
[the viewer] about how contemporary studio glass art has evolved
to where it is now—from the vessels of the late '60s
to contemporary sculpture…."
Work in the exhibition is viewed from several
perspectives: "History," an homage to the pioneers
of the contemporary glass movement; "Content," which
is labeled "politics, justice and poetry;" "Form/Manner,"
including figurative, sculpture/abstraction; and "Beyond
Tradition," the vessel revisited and defining the elements
of style in contemporary glass.
A 48-page catalogue documenting the exhibition
will be available mid-April. |