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John Paul RobinsonProbability B5 - blue, abstract, curved, glass, steel, suspended wall sculpture2023
2023
$10,000
£7,679.57
€8,800.69
CA$14,077.53
A$15,769.94
CHF 8,202.33
MX$192,360.78
NOK 104,426.58
SEK 98,466.82
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He captures the beauty of light in his elegant glass sculptures. This is John Paul Robinson. In this graceful composition, arcs of translucent aqua-blue glass suspended by fine wires, crisscross and overlap one another. As light shines through the glass it casts shadows on the wall. The ‘probability’ series of contemporary sculptural wall hangings is symbolic of an iconic physics experiment that explored the dual nature of light—it exhibits both wave-like and particle behaviour. In physics, the ‘wave’ nature of light is described as a "probability wave" which represents the probability of an observer measuring a particle at a given time and place. One of a series.
“When you’re in the studio and your head is so full of this piece and your hands are full of the piece and you’re so intimately involved that’s when the rest of the world disappears.” JP Robinson
He was educated at the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and the Ontario College of Art where he later taught for several years. Robinson is a Fellow of The Creative Glass Center of America, recipient of the Joan Chalmers Glass Award and has twice received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Robinson has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto, Palm Beach, Quebec City and Chicago.
His works are in corporate, private and public collections throughout North America including the Canadian Museum of History, the Musée des beaux-arts, Montreal and the Museum of American Glass, New Jersey.
John Paul Robinson is represented exclusively by Oeno Gallery.
- Creator:John Paul Robinson (1954, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 92 in (233.68 cm)Depth: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29114433752
John Paul Robinson
Canadian artist and glassblower John Paul Robinson uses his medium to explore nature and mythological beliefs as well as the knowledge we've gained about the world owing to scientific discovery. His striking sculptures are frequently characterized by flat forms that take on the appearance of feathers or rods of translucent glass that are manipulated into wave shapes and spiral patterns. Robinson’s works can be hung on walls or suspended from ceilings by way of stainless steel mounting brackets.
Born in 1954, in Toronto, Robinson attended the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and also the Ontario College of Art — now the Ontario College of Art and Design. He went on to teach at the latter for many years.
Robinson is a self-taught glassblower. “There are hours of tedium doing it over and over,” he told WheatonArts of his craft. “I have to accept the tedium. The advantage is that glass blowing is such a focused process; you can’t daydream and blow. When you’re deeply focused it becomes meditation. It clears your mind. Then the best ideas come because your head is not full of all the crap. When that happens, that’s the reward.”
Robinson has received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition twice, as well as the Joan Chalmers Glass Award. He has shown his creations in several solo exhibitions in the United States and Canada, and his work is held in a range of private, corporate and public collections, including the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa and the Museum of American Glass in Millville, New Jersey.
Oeno Gallery, near Prince Edward, Ontario, exclusively represents Robinson. The sculptor is a Fellow at The Creative Glass Center of America.
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