Object Record
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Metadata
Artist |
Erdos, Andrew |
Title |
Smoky Sapphire Endless Mountains |
Medium |
Blown silverized glass, handmade sapphire cane glass, LED lights, two way m |
Date |
2014 |
Description |
Andrew Erdos (Newtown, Pennsylvania 1985; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) Smoky Sapphire Endless Mountains, 2014 Blown silverized glass, handmade sapphire cane glass, LED lights, two way mirror box, wood 66 x 42 x 27 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2014 purchase with funds provided by the Frank and Virginia Rogers Foundation Erdos combines light, video, and sound with blown glass forms to construct otherworldly multi-media environments inspired by popular culture, genetic engineering, and digital-age information overload. In this work, a glass hood of two-way mirror encases two figures resembling rodent-robot mutants who stand in a strange landscape of clear glass boulders and open plains of sapphire cane glass bits. Blue LED lights mounted in a specially wired pedestal shine through the landscape floor creating a visually stunning but uncertain interplay of highlights, contours, and infinite reflections. The artist's otherworldly creations hint at a digital age in which nature, culture, and technology have gone playfully awry. The artist chose to title this new work Smoky Sapphire Endless Mountains to make reference to the East Tennessee landscape when he learned it would be displayed at the KMA. |
Catalog Number |
2014.05.01 |
Search Terms |
Glassblowing Glass Wood Mirrors Boxes |
Credit line |
purchase with funds provided by the Frank and Virginia Rogers Foundation |