Master Works from the Studio Glass Movement

MASTER WORKS FROM THE

STUDIO GLASS MOVEMENT

Published by Ken Saunders Gallery 230 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654 www.kensaundersgallery.com

Š 2012 Ken Saunders Gallery All Rights Reserved Printed and Bound in the United States of America Design: Deborah Kraft

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Master Works from the Studio Glass Movement September 7 - October 19, 2012

Master Works from the Studio Glass Movement

In the fifty years since the founding of the Studio Glass Movement in the United States, the artists working in this medium have created such a varied range of objects that mounting surveys of this short history has proved to be quite a challenge. Nonetheless, curators from around the world have been doing just that in 2012, presenting exhibitions that seek to capture the spirit and essence of this vigorous movement.

I’m proud to add my own voice and vision to that conversation as the gallery presents Masterworks from the Studio Glass Movement, an exhibition that presents many iconic works from the leading figures working in glass since 1962.

The exhibition traces the evolution of the use of the media to create sculptural works of art beginning with Harvey Littleton’s ground breaking forms and leading through Dale Chilhuly and Joel Philips Myers to William Morris and Toots Zynsky. Also included are seminal works by Dominick Labino, Mark Peiser, Ginny Ruffner and others.

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DALE CHIHULY

Lemon Yellow inside Soft Cylinder with Whit e Drawing and Red Wrap 1987 13 x 9 x 9 inches 11 11

HARVEY LITTLETON

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Previous Page: Peach Implied Movement 1987 27 x 13 x 5 inches,, 22 x 6 x 9 inches

Mobile Arc 1985 12 x 14 x 3 inches, 5 1/2 x 3 x 2 inches 15

WILLIAM MORRIS

Blown Glass Sculpture “Stonehenge” Series 1984 17 x 15 x 5 inches 17

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JOEL PHILIP MYERS

Ording Fields 1988 17 1/2 x 13 x 3 3/4 inches 21

MARK PEISER

Sunset Returning from Atlanta 1990 9 x 16 x 3 1/2 inches 23

GINNY RUFFNER

Basket 2000 12 x 16 x 14 inches 25

LINO TAGLIAPIETRA

Seattle 1996 13 x 15 x 11 inches 27

BERTIL VALLIEN

Cast Boat with Figues and Inclusions 1989 4 x 20 x 3 1/2 inches 29

JANUSZ WALENTYKNOWICZ

Bad Boy 1995 9 1/2 x 15 x 8 inches 31

TOOTS ZYNSKY

Untitled Bowl Sculpture 1987 6 x 14 x 8 inches 33

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