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David LicataFrozen Falls, Long Hanging Sculpture of Torch-Worked Glass in Chain Maille Links2020
2020
About the Item
This long hanging sculpture by David Licata is composed of square links of clear and white torch-worked borosilicate glass. The square links are joined together in a Japanese four-to-one chain maille pattern, cascading downward from three clear glass tubes suspended from the ceiling by clear monofilament wire. The result is an ethereal, delicate work that casts dynamic shadows on its surroundings and glistens in light.
Transforming rods of borosilicate glass with fire, David Licata uses a variety of gas torches to pull, stripe, blend, twist and bend glass into ornate links which are transformed into an elaborate wall sculptures of undulating glass. Licata who is exceptionally knowledgeable and adept at creating historic chaine maille patterns often bases his contemporary artwork in that tradition. Licata’s sculptures explore the ideas of protection inherant in chain maille and linked fencing in contradiction to the implicit fragility of glass. Variously transparent and opaque, solid and ephemeral, his glass sculptures are solid forms and also cast shadows that are fugitive and integral parts of the artwork.
David Licata’s work ranges from cascading glass wall sculptures to wearable chain maille. A devoted naturalist, he is inspired by hiking and the outdoors. The artist works with notions of the fragility, strength, vanity, and protection by using traditional metalsmithing techniques in the intricate torch-worked glass.
David Licata is a graduate of Cranbrook Academy of Art where he earned his MFA in Metalsmithing and of SUNY New Paltz where he earned his BFA in Sculpture and BS in Art Education.
Licata’s artwork has been exhibited at SOFA (The Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design fair) NY, SOFA Chicago, Glass Weekend, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ, Talente Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich Germany and The Glass Art Society Conference and Fashion Show in Murano, Italy. The artist exhibits and has executed numerous site-specific commissions with Kenise Barnes Fine Art.
- Creator:David Licata (1982, American)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 41 in (104.14 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:This is a unique workPrice: $7,000
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- Gallery Location:Kent, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU19710816472
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