TW O GLASS AR TISTS, TWO
c o u n t r ie s , a n a ll- b u t - f o r g o t t e n
N o r t h w e s t p a in t e r , a n d a m u l-
t it u d e o f s e e m in g ly f a m ilia r
o b je c t s a r e a t th e h e a r t o f a n
e x h ib it io n t h a t t a c k le s , a m o n g
o t h e r t h in g s , lo n g in g a n d lo s s .
S w e d is h a r t is t I n g a le n a
K le n e ll a n d A m e r ic a n a r t is t
B e t h L ip m a n m e t a t a t e a c h in g
s e s s io n in C o ld ig io c o , I t a ly ,
in
2002
. “ G lim m e r in g G o n e , ”
a n in s t a lla t io n in t h r e e p a r t s ,
is th e r e s u lt o f t h e ir t im e s p e n t
t o g e t h e r a n d a p a r t. W o r k i n g o n
d if f e r e n t c o n t in e n t s , L ip m a n ,
b e s t - k n o w n f o r c le a r - g la s s in t e r -
p r e t a t io n s o f s t ill- lif e p a in t in g s ,
a n d K le n e ll, n o t e d f o r la r g e -
s c a le , k iln - f o r m e d in s t a lla t io n s ,
s o u g h t a c o m m o n v is u a l v o c a b u -
la r y c o n s is t in g o f u t ilit a r ia n
it e m s , lu x u r y g o o d s , a n d o b je c t s
f r o m th e n a t u r a l w o r ld .
F o r t w o y e a r s , t h e y c r e a t e d
e le m e n t s in t h e ir r e s p e c t iv e s t u -
d io s ( in S h e b o y g a n F a lls , W i s -
c o n s in , a n d S u n n e , S w e d e n ) t o
b e r e a s s e m b le d a t t h e M u s e u m
o f G la s s , w h e r e , d u r in g a t w o -
w e e k r e s id e n c y in J a n u a r y
2010
,
t h e y a n d te a m s o f A m e r ic a n a n d
S w e d is h a s s is t a n t s c o n t in u e d to
c r e a t e t h e m o r e t h a n
400
k iln -
f o r m e d , b lo w n , s c u lp t e d , a n d
c u t c o m p o n e n t s . T o g e t h e r
The dramatic scale of
the room-size
Landscape
(
2008
-
10
) contrasts with
the fragility of its kiln-
formed glass components
- offering a metaphor
for the natural world
it depicts.
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