Penetration

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Penetration
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod
Accession Number: 
78.3.51
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 20.3 cm, W: 24.2 cm, D: 29.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1978
Web Description: 
Marian Karel uses light, glass, and geometric forms to make illusionistic sculptures that challenge the viewer’s perceptions of space and dimension. He especially likes to work outdoors, where his constructions can interact with the environment, absorbing color and light.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Art Centrum, Source
1978-12-28
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
polishing
casting
ground glass
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
MARIAN KAREL 78
signature
Copyright: 
© Marian Karel

Description

Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Penetration". Colorless lead glass; cast, ground, polished.

Exhibitions (2)

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Sculpture Gallery
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1979 through 1979
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
The Renwick Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art
 

Publications (4)

Casting Poetic Sentiment: Glass Art Creation Methodology (2008) illustrated, p. 179, fig. 224; BIB# 107146
Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 44, 80-81 (fig. 91, plate 16); BIB# 107478
Contemporary Glass: A World Survey from The Corning Museum of Glass (1989) illustrated, p. 159; BIB# 32803
New Glass: A Worldwide Survey (1979) illustrated, pp. 116-117, #102; BIB# 20603