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“Phoenix Wing” by Elodie Holmes - From the New Mexico Glass Alliance Website
Glass is an ancient and stunning medium of visual art. Used by artisans since 250 B.C. to express cultural beliefs, ideas or imagination; it is beautiful, delicate and unforgiving. The roots of art glass can be traced to Murano, Italy, but examples can be seen worldwide.
50 Years of American Art Glass
The history of American Art Glass and the Studio Glass Movement is a much more recent phenomenon. The contemporary glass blowing movement started in 1962 at the Toledo Museum of Art, where ceramics professor Harvey Littleton and chemist Dominick Labino experimented with melting glass in a small furnace. It was these early experiments which allowed the art of glass blowing to flourish, giving artisans the ability to work in private studios.
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the American Art Glass Movement. From the humble beginnings the practice of creating stunning works of glass art spread through teaching and college curricula. University programs were available to students as early as 1964 and spread quickly throughout the United States and abroad.
In New Mexico small studios opened as early as 1968. Always a source of art and inspiration, one of the first New Mexico studios opened on Canyon Road. Not only did the local studios produce glass, they also became places where glass artists could gather and learn from each other.
Mill Fine Art and the New Mexico Contemporary Glass Invitational
Mill Fine Art is proud to host this special summer event. We have teamed up with the New Mexico Glass Alliance to bring you the 2012 New Mexico Contemporary Glass Invitational. Held August 3rd through September 24th 2012, this show will allow you to view the best in New Mexico Art Glass.
This show will display the works of fourteen selected artists and will range from pedestal pieces to wall mount and outdoor installations. The exhibit opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The featured speaker for the evening will be Marvin Lipofsky, one of the pioneers of the Art Glass Movement in the United States.
Marvin Lipofsky
Marvin Lipofsky
Marvin Lipofsky has long been an influential figure in the Studio Glass Movement. He was one of only a handful of students to study under Harvey Littleton in 1962 and 1963, and he soon moved to teaching the form. He tenured as a design instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, and he taught there until 1972. Since that time he has instructed workshops and lead seminars around the world
Mr. Lipofsky is also the founder of the glass program at the California College of Arts and Crafts as well as the Glass Arts Society. He is also the recipient of multiple awards including two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass and a Masters of the Medium Award from the James Renwick Alliance.
We look forward to listening to Mr. Lipofsky speak, and are honored to be welcoming such a notable guest here at Mill Fine Art. Marvin will deliver brief remarks at the gallery Friday evening, and you are cordially invited to attend.
For more information about the New Mexico Contemporary Glass Invitational please visit http://glassnm.org/new-mexico-contemporary-glass-invitational-aug-3rd-2012/.
Ward Sanders writes regarding his modern abstract art:
Preoccupation with the found object is preoccupation with the found life. I like to think that I am like a collage or construction that is constantly being formed by the chance encounter of idea and material. Art provides the opportunity to express that “am” in terms of what I have read, heard, found, and collected. That actions and ideas could be dictated by chance encounter with artifacts of some past existence is always a revelation to me. There is nothing as life affirming as finding and using the leftovers of another time or situation; hence, the fascination with stamps, cancelled checks, valuable papers that are no longer valuable, dead croquet balls, vintage glass, old technology, discarded tools, primitive instruments, digital detritus, or any other debris, junk or rubble.
I am a collector of worthless information and in a world of information overload…there is never a lack of material. It’s amazing how often meaningless information becomes relevant, magical even, when layered over other non-related elements. The absurdity of the process presents an ever present clean slate for creation. Box, collage and construction are the vehicles that attempt to give reverence and resonance to this notion. I am fascinated by these processes because they are such “of the moment” experience …. one never knows what is coming or what shall result from the effort. They are the perfect media for chance to rule method. They also provide the potential for every/any moment to define a life of found purpose and meaning: absurdity at its most profound, religion in motion.
Chang DaLuz Art Exhibition
Gallery Opening: John Y Chang & Steven DaLuz
On display from September 30th through November 24th
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 30, 2011
5pm to 7pm
Mill Fine Art
530 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.982.9212
Mill Fine Art will open two exhibits simultaneously. John Y Chang is a young artist well versed in the history and practice of both Western and Chinese art. The dramatic, visually striking, pieces being exhibited at Mill Fine Art blend cultural aesthetics, join East with West, and speak with a very confident and very unique voice.
Born and raised in Shanghai, China John earned a BA in Decorative Arts and Design from the Shanghai Light Industry College before coming to the US. He holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Boston and has exhibited widely in this country. This body of work concerns hope, the search for meaning in digital media, and employes the aesthetic, if not the technique, of traditional Chinese painting.
New work from Texas painter Steven DaLuz will be opening at the same time. Twice selected for the Florence Biennale, and recent “Artist Of The Month” for Artists Magazine, Steven is a “Neo-Luminist” working with metal leaf, chemically-induced patinas, and other media to “light” this recent work. Following a major exhibit in Budapest in June Steven has produced 11 new pieces for this show at Mill Fine Art. Steven produces work that critics have described as carrying “brilliant luminosity” or “sublime presence”. He will be present for the gallery reception.
Artists John Y Chang & Steven DaLuz
