Richard Marquis Objects - Hardcover

Oldknow, Tina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 029597687X ISBN 13: 9780295976877

Publisher: University of Washington Press, 1997

Synopsis

Richard Marquis has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world. Studying at the University of California at Berkeley during the 1960s, he explored ceramics and was introduced to glassblowing. Unsatisfied by the limited techniques practiced in American studio glass at that time, Marquis went to the island of Murano, near Venice, to observe and work with the masters of a glassblowing tradition acknowledged as the best in the world. Freely sharing the techniques he learned in Venice, Marquis has demonstrated and taught throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. The effect of Venetian glassblowing techniques on American studio glass enabled glass artists to expand their technical vocabularies and, combined with new and experimental approaches, led to the redefinition of glass as an artistic medium. As an artist, Marquis is admired for his sophisticated understanding of color and form as much as for his humor and willingness to experiment. As a glassblower, he has influenced an entire generation of artists working in glass who aspire to his technical mastery and the originality of his voice. He lives on an island in Puget Sound.

About this title

Synopsis:

Publication is coordinated with the December 1997 exhibition "Richard Marquis Objects", held at the Seattle Art Museum as part of "Documents Northwest: The PONCHO series." The text illuminates Marquis' life, artistic ideas and techniques, and at least half of the volume consists of dramatic illustrations (mostly in color) of approximately fifty pie

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 029597687X
• ISBN 13: 9780295976877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144