Object Record
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Metadata
Artist |
Jolley, Richard |
Title |
Perception vs. Reality |
Medium |
blown glass |
Date |
1999 |
Description |
Richard Jolley (Wichita, Kansas 1952, lives and works in Knoxville) Perception versus Reality, 1999 Blown and acid-etched glass 59 x 15 x 15 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2013 gift of June and Rob Heller Richard Jolley is a Knoxville-based figurative artist who specializes in sculpting hot glass forms and combining them with steel, bronze, and other materials. He is best known for his expressive human figures presented with acid-etched surfaces and for his unique palette of hand-formulated colors. Perception versus Reality is from Jolley's "Totem" series in which individually hot-worked forms are fused together in complex stacked arrangements. Over the years his work has grown in scale and complexity to include expansive installations of glass elements anchored by steel armatures. His largest work, Cycle of Life (2014), can be seen in Bailey Hall on the KMA's ground floor, where it is permanently installed. |
Catalog Number |
2013.16.01 |
Search Terms |
Glass Glassblowing Sculpture |
Credit line |
Gift of June and Rob Heller |