In the modern age, libraries are often seen as both places of social gathering as well as fortresses of solitude and introspection. Influenced by American painter Edward Hopper, artist Lucy Lyon uses body language to articulate an emotion or mood. She takes her inspiration from environments in which figures appear alone, even in the presence of others.
Gift of Jeffrey Stevens
This figurative piece by Kristian Klepsch depicts a human visage, eyes open, staring into the world of the viewer, their thoughts, memories or emotions emanating from behind their head for all to see; the inclupted humanoid, insect and animal forms within exemplifying the term, “… to let one’s imagination run wild.”
Gift of Don and Carol Wiiken
Judy Hill’s works combine the craquelure-like glaze effect inherent with raku ceramics with the transparemcy of kilncasted glass. Her works, self portraits, convey feelings of longing, vulnerability and doubt.
On loan from the collection of Jill Pelisek
Robin Grebe often takes her inspiration for form from Greek Cycladic fertility goddesses dating to the Bronze Age. Seemingly strong and yet somehow fragile, to her, these works illustrate the daily paradoxes of human existence.
Gift from the collection of Herbert and Jane Rozoff
Working primarily in kilncast sculpture, Irene Frolic’s works are concerned with personal identity and are widely recognized for their general emotional impact. This particular work speaks to the emotional impact texture and materials can have on the overall aesthetic of contemporary glass art.
Gift of Don and Carol Wiiken
Working in glass and ceramics, Keke Cribbs creates an interactive form of storytelling, sculpturally creating shapes with narrative surfaces, bringing the whole work into a multifaceted exploration of the world of dreams, symbols and storytelling.
Gift from the collection of Jane Humzy and Peter D. Debreceny
Artist Deanna Clayton creates her figurative works, such as Scarred, by first modeling the form from clay, then kiln casting the work in glass using the pate-de-verre technique. The figure’s wrap, created through the process of electroplating copper to the final bust, has the effect of not only neutralizing the subject’s gender, but also enhancing its aesthetic presence.
Museum purchase with gift funds from the Family of Leon DeJongh
A part of Emily Brock’s Books series, Field Trip conjures images of childhood school visits to the local art museum. “Of all the inanimate objects, of all men’s creations, books are the nearest to us, for they contain our very thought, our ambitions, our indignations, our illusions, our fidelity to truth and our persistent leaning toward error.”- Joseph Conrad, (1857-1924) Notes on Life and Letters
Museum Purchase with contributions from the Leslie Hamilton Memorial Fund and partial gift of Emily Brock
