Still Life with Three Plums
Artist
Kirkpatrick, Joey
(American, born 1952)
Artist
Mace, Flora
(American, born 1949)
Date2000
OriginUnited States of America
MediumBlown glass and wood
Dimensions30 × 53 × 53 in. (76.2 × 134.6 × 134.6 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
Object number2017.76
Label TextJoey Kirkpatrick (American, born 1952)
Flora Mace (American, born 1949)
Still Life with Three Plums
Hand-blown glass fruit in hand-carved alder wood bowl, 2000
Gift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
The oversized glass still life magnifies the ephemeral shapes of fruit into a state of fragile permanency with exaggerated size and color. Their forms and volumes create flowing organic lines that separate positive and negative space with synthesized color and texture. The artists’ unique method of coloring glass evolved from their background as painters, building layers of color by sifting crushed glass powders onto hot glass during the blowing process. While focusing on shape, texture and color of their imagery, questions of symbolism and allusion are kept entirely at bay.
Status
On view
