Disk

Notice of Upcoming Content and Access Change

The Museum is working on the future of our online collections access. A new version will be available later in 2023. During this transition period, the current version of the Collections Browser may have reduced functionality and data may be not be updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For any questions or concerns, please contact us.

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

Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Disk
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Bratislava
Accession Number: 
82.3.11
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 28.5 cm, W: 32 cm, D: 12.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
designed in 1966
made in 1974
Web Description: 
Vaclav Cigler uses glass to create space. Throughout his career, he has investigated and artistically defined the mechanics of transparency and reflection. His sculptures are not meant to be displayed in neutral contexts, but to absorb, reflect, and interpret the world around them. They are designed to come alive in interaction with their environments.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Art Centrum, Source
1982-03-18
Category: 
Contemporary
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
casting
grinding
polishing
cutting
Material: 
optical glass
Copyright: 
© Vaclav Cigler

Description

Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Disk"; colorless optical lead glass; cast, ground, polished.

Exhibitions (2)

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Sculpture Gallery
Czechoslovakian Glass 1350-1980
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1981-05-02 through 1981-11-01
Six centuries of objects from five Czechoslovakian museums and more than 20 contemporary Czech glass artists. From the geographic region of Czechoslovakia known as Bohemia, came (and continues to come) a dazzling sequence of decorative designs and techniques for the embellishment of glass. The history of the Czechoslovakian artist is not simply a catalog of applied decorative techniques, but a sequential array of innovations and improvements that have often set the standard for the rest of the world.
 

Publications (5)

Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 47, 54-55 (fig. 97, plate 3); BIB# 107478
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 120; BIB# 32803
Thirty Years of New Glass, 1957-1987, from the Collection of the Corning Museum of Glass (1987) p. 3; BIB# 2318
Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980 (1981-08) illustrated, pp. 44-51; illus p.45;
Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980 (Exhibition) (1981) illustrated, pp. 113, 160, #109; BIB# 30316