John Kiley and Dante Marioni: Incalmo

JOHN KILEY DANTE MARIONI

INCALMO TRAVER GALLERY

JOHN KILEY DANTE MARIONI TRAVER GALLERY

INCALMO

JOHN KILEY DANTE MARIONI

INCALMO OCTOBER 3–NOVEMBER 9, 2019 TRAVER GALLERY

Line. Pattern. Color. Curve. Shadow. Dante Marioni and John Kiley are widely recognized as two of the most accomplished glass sculptors of their time. These artists, like their mentor, Maestro Lino Tagliapietra, continually push the limits of glass as a sculptural medium and challenge us to see glass in new ways.

For more than 28 years, they have been close friends and frequent colleagues, providing each other with critical feedback, support, and mutual inspiration. Now, in Incalmo, they come together as collaborators.

The sculptures included in this exhibition are a union of the artworks they make individually. The carefully balanced, cut, and polished spherical forms embrace rings of intricate, contrasting patterns; concordant layers of complexity revealed only upon inspection. In each piece, Kiley and Marioni reward us for patience, contemplation, and meditation.

“Incalmo,” says John Kiley, “is a glass blowing technique where two or more distinct sections of glass are joined together to form a single piece. Maestro Lino Tagliapietra once told me that Incalmo was also the Venetian dialect word used for “graft,” as in the grafting of branches from one fruit tree to another... these collaborations take what we do as individual artists, join it together, and let that new thing possess its own life”.

It is exciting to see two artists who have found their stride continue to push themselves to see and create in new ways; to make harmonious artworks from shared joy, friendship, and craft. It is with great pride that we present this new body of work at Traver Gallery.

Sarah Traver, Director Traver Gallery 1

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Artworks, by page number: 4. Reticello Wave, 2019 blown and cut glass 16 x 14.5 x 13.5 inches

17. Feather Halo, 2019 blown and cut glass 16 x 6.5 x 16 inches

5. Zig Zag Halo, 2019 blown and cut glass 15.5 x 15.5 x 14.5 inches

18. Kinetic Weave, 2019 blown and cut glass 14.5 x 6 x 14 inches

6. Coil Halo, 2019 blown and cut glass 13.5 x 6 x 13.5 inches

19. Typhoon, 2019 blown and cut glass 14.5 x 6.5 x 14.5 inches

8. Ocean Leaf, 2019 blown and cut glass 15.5 x 14.5 x 14.5 inches

20. Striped Passage, 2019 blown and cut glass 16.25 x 16 x 13.5 inches

9. Spiral, 2019 blown and cut glass 16 x 13 x 14 inches

21. Green and Violet Twister, 2019 blown and cut glass 18 x 13 x 14.5 inches

12. Leaf Halo, 2019 blown and cut glass 15 x 13 x 14 inches

24. Black Hole Sun, 2019 blown and cut glass 14 x 6 x 13.25 inches

13. Reticello Sunset, 2019 blown and cut glass 14.5 x 12.25 x 14 inches 14. Curvy Vortex, 2019 blown and cut glass 15.25 x 10.5 x 15.25 inches

all artworks by John Kiley and Dante Marioni copywright Š John Kiley and Dante Marioni, 2019 photography by Ben VanHouten

JOHN KILEY DANTE MARIONI INCALMO OCTOBER 3–NOVEMBER 9, 2019 TRAVER GALLERY

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