Synoptic Torsion Bronze #8

Object Name:

Sculpture

Title:

Synoptic Torsion Bronze #8

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Taylor, Michael Estes ((American, b. 1944)), Artist

Place Made:

United States, NY, Rochester

Date:

1993

Color

Colorless, multi-colored transparent

AAT

colorless

Physical Attributes Facet (ref)
- Color (ref)
  - color (ref)
    - colorless (ref)

Technique

Laminated, cast, optical, drawn, float, wire, cased

AAT

laminating

Activities Facet (ref)
- Processes and Techniques (ref)
  - laminating (ref)

AAT

drawing

Activities Facet (ref)
- Processes and Techniques (ref)
  - drawing (ref)

AAT

wire

Materials Facet (ref)
- Materials (ref)
  - materials (ref)
    - inorganic material (ref)
      - metal (ref)
        wire (ref)

AAT

casting

Activities Facet (ref)
- Processes and Techniques (ref)
  - forming (ref)
    - casting (ref)

AAT

optical glass

Materials Facet (ref)
- Materials (ref)
  - materials (ref)
    - inorganic material (ref)
      - glass (ref)
        optical glass (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 39.2 cm, W: 58.3 cm, D: 36.5 cm

Accession Number:

2004.4.460

Credit Line:

Gift of Sonia and Isaac Luski

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Colorless and multi-colored transparent glass; laminated, cast, optical, drawn, float, wire, cased. Assembled geometric shapes.

Label Text

Transparency, illusion, color, and the light that enables them are ideas that Michael Taylor has chosen to spend a career in exploring. While cut, optical glass can come across as a cold, unforgiving material, Taylor gives it warmth with color, which radiates and reflects from the central core of each of his sculptures. His works are not derived from a mathematical base or theoretical bent, but are solidly based in the natural world.

Provenance

Luski, Sonia, Source

2004-12-20

Luski, Isaac, Source

2004-12-20

Publications (3)

Publications

1950'den gunumuze cam heykel sanati (2007) illustrated, p. 89, #144; BIB# 120378

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2004 (2005) illustrated, p. 16;

New Glass Review, 26 (2005) illustrated, p. 123;

What is AAT?

The Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) (r) is a structured vocabulary for generic concepts related to art and architecture. It was developed by The Getty Research Institute to help research institutions become consistent in the terminology they use.Learn More

Join our mailing list

Corning Museum of Glass

Main menu

User Generated Tags