Spring 2018 New Artists

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Raven Gallery - Aspen, CO

NEWLY FEATURED ARTISTS Spring 2018

Raven Gallery - Aspen, CO

BACKHAUS, BROWN & EGEVAERK Glasskibe are made in a collaboration between the glass artist duo Backhaus-Brown and award-winning cabinetmakers Egeværk.

Each ship is constructed of a unique glass hull decorated Battuto-style. The keel is meticulously crafted to fit the glass hull – in dimensions as well as expression. The process of creating a glass ship is long and painstaking – and actually begins three months prior to assembling the ship; first of all the perfect piece of wood is selected and stored for drying. Once the creation really begins, each ship literally goes back and forth between the two workshops several times before it is done.

Mimers Well 34"l Blown and carved glass, and wood on metal stand

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SEAN HENNESSEY The main body of my artwork is illuminated wall relief sculpture created by kiln-forming window glass then layering it with a combination of drawing, painting, digital prints and found objects. Within the form of traditional didactic architectural relief sculpture I create images and glimpses of suggested stories involving obstacles, hope, growth, acceptance, overcoming, and finding a place in the world.

Drink Me 24"t x 13"w x 3"d Backlit, kiln formed glass relief wall piece

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DANTE MARIONI Dante Marioni burst onto the international glass scene at the age of 19 with a signature style that has been described as the purest of classical forms executed in glass by an American glassblower. His amphoras, vases, and ewers are derived from Greek and Etruscan prototypes, yet they are imaginatively and sometimes whimsically reinterpreted. His impossibly elongated, sinuous shapes are made with bright and saturated contrasting colors. Marioni’s sophisticated glass objects evoke the rich tradition of classical Mediterranean pottery and bronzes, and of Marioni’s training in centuries-old Venetian glassblowing techniques with some of the greatest masters in contemporary glass.

Green Purple Z Leaf 40.5"h x 8.5"w x 4"d Blown glass

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MARC PETROVIC Marc Petrovic graduated from the Cleveland institute of art in 1991 where he was the recipient of the top Agnes Gund Memorial scholarship. He works out of his private studio that he shares with his wife Kari Russell-Pool near their home in Essex, Connecticut.

“For nearly two decades I have employed birds and bird imagery as a metaphor for my ruminations on relationships, parenting, home, shelter, and geographical identification. As an artist, I have been drawn to the ideas of identity that grow out of a sense of place and self. In my newest series, Avian, I take a closer look at this subject as I pixelate, deconstruct and then reconstruct these birds. They are built, much like we are – one piece, or experience, at a time.

Because I use glass as my medium, I pixelate by making my own murrini (slices of variously colored glass canes). I assemble and fuse them into abstract patterned tablets, which I view as fully realized deconstructed birds while also forming them, through my own, “hot-origami” process, into sentient birds.”

Bluebirds and Cowbirds 26"h x 10.5"dia Blown glass bottle with hot sculpted birds, branch and nest

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WESLEY NEAL RASKO Upon beginning my creative life as a glass artist I worked primarily with painted, laminated, ground and polished glass to create my sculptural objects. In the past few years this process has taken a new shape and form; I have begun to experiment with new ways of bringing life and uniqueness to my work by adding complexity within the creative process and simplicity within the design. By using cast glass, optical glass, granite, wood, and other materials of contrast I have dived deeper into the positive observations I sense and can bring a more harmonious and true object to life.

Innercalm 19.75"t x 6.3"w x 6.3"d Painted, laminated, cut & polished glass and granite

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RICHARD ROYAL Richard Royal, a native of the Northwest, is recognized internationally as one of the most skilled and talented glassblowers in the studio glass movement.

Royal began working as a glass sculptor in 1978 at the Pilchuck Glass School, located north of Seattle. After spending a number of years as a ceramist, the birth of a new artistic movement appealed to the young artist. Royal worked his way through the ranks to find himself as one of Dale Chihuly’s main gaffers.

This relationship lasted for a number of years and consequently led to Royal’s emergence in the art market in the 1980’s. Royal has since been an independent artist exhibiting work internationally in both solo and group exhibitions.

Ruby Velvet 19"h x 16"l x 21"d Blown glass

Royal’s work is found in such noteworthy museum collections as The Mint Museum of Art + Design, The High Museum, the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Tampa Museum of Art, and the Daiichi Museum (Japan). Royal was one of the first Artists-in-Residences at the Waterford Crystal Factory and he continues to teach as both a guest artist and faculty member at various universities and the Pilchuck Glass School. His artwork is also included in the SAFECO Collection, PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM, and the Westinghouse Corporation.

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