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Mary ShafferSouthern Sunset, a glass and metal orange wall sculpture by Mary Shaffer2011
2011
About the Item
Shaffer was inspired by seeing sunsets reflecting in windows when she lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico to create this Window Series. Shaffer is a risk taker, as is apparent in the extremely thin sheet of hand-crafted sheet glass in this particular work, which she handled with great care as it melds with the metal framework. Annealing the work is especially dangerous, as the metal and glass cool down at different rates. Very easy to install, this luminous wall sculpture is also admired for its colorful shadow. Brackets are included.
Mary Shaffer has worked primarily in glass since the 1970s. She was the only woman in the group of a founding artists of the American Studio Glass Movement. Shaffer invented a whole new way to work with and think about glass - a process she called "mid-air slumping." "The structural system I create allows the glass to move with fluidity and freedom you can't possibly envision or create with a mold," Shaffer explains. "Because I work with gravity, the strongest unknown force in the universe, I say I work with nature. I call this the 'female principle' in the Jungian sense; the idea of yielding and joining forces with nature, versus the 19th Century attitude of 'man over nature.' This is the fundamental philosophy behind my glass work."
Shaffer has shown her work in over 60 museums worldwide, and her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Smithsonian in Washington DC, Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, and the Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan, among many others. She has also taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Wellesley College, and New York University.
- Creator:Mary Shaffer (1947, American)
- Creation Year:2011
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 25 in (63.5 cm)Depth: 8 in (20.32 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Glen Ellen, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7121959833
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