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Artist of the Month, September 2008
Jon Kuhn
Red Rocket, 2008, Laminated glass
22½" x 5½" dia.
Click on the small images below to enlarge.
Jon Kuhn is regarded as one of the leading glass artists in the world. His works are featured in more than 30 international museums, including the Smithsonian Institution and the permanent collection of the White House. |
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Originally using clay as his medium, Kuhn received a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts in ceramics from Washburn University in 1972. In 1976, he went to Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on blown glass. After nine years of glassblowing, Kuhn began exploring his current interest in cold-worked glass, which involves laminating pieces of finely ground and polished glass together to create an intricate sculpture. These complex pieces can include between 5,000 and 1 million components and can take as long as one-and-a-half to two years to complete. |
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| Where the majority of glass artists work with molten or blown glass, Kuhn’s cold glass pieces are cut, polished and fused into a myriad of shapes from the inside out, creating sculptures that have the ability to absorb surrounding light, then reflect and refract it back into space in the same way a diamond functions. No two are alike, and few artists have the ability to work in the cold glass medium. |
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On May 13, 2006, Kuhn was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Washburn University. Kuhn represents one of the great success stories in the world of art and continues to create his work in his studio in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. |
"In general, my philosophical expression in glass has always been a reflection of my interest in eastern mysticism. In the past four years, it has come to focus on the inspiration from several personal meditative experiences. For specific subject matter, I make reference to my interests in architecture, music, mathematics, and textiles, as well as the formal considerations of structure and color. The pieces, in a sense, become architectural models for an inner world, possibly a better world."
- Jon Kuhn, October 19, 2006- |
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Jon Kuhn with Melodic Shift, 2005; laminated glass.
On its spinner base, the piece is
68" x 38" x 26"
Click here for a curriculum vitae of the artist.
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We are grateful to Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, for providing the materials for the Artist of the Month.
The Artist of the Month for July has not yet been selected. Material will be provided by Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia.
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last updated on 15 august 2008.
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