Artist Spotlight

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Art Glass Panels by David Schnuckel at Bullseye

Art glass panels by David Schnuckel

David Schnuckel’s Liabost Fàire (present tense), 2015 (Photo by Elizabeth Lamark, via David Schunckel)

If you find yourself in Mamaroneck, New York over the next few weeks, be sure to swing by Bullseye to check out Mend, a compelling mix of art glass panels and sculpture by David Schnuckel and Jennifer Halvorson, on view through February 13.

Glass Public Art Installation by Ivan Toth Depeña

Glass public art installation by Ivan Toth Depeña

Color Field by Ivan Toth Depeña (image via The Creators Project)

 

This past month, I was interested to learn about Color Field, a new permanent glass public art installation at the Federal Center RTD light rail station in Lakewood, Colorado.

Baldessari’s Glass Panels at UCSD

John Baldessari's READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM, featuring colored glass panels, at UCSD

Baldessari’s READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM at UCSD (via Stuart Collection, UCSD)

 

John Baldessari is one of those artists who seems to work in nearly every realm one can imagine — painting, photography, film, video, sculpture, installation, performance, you name it. The one medium I’ve never really associated with him is glass; and yet I was recently reminded of the glass panels that he created in 2001 for the entrance of the Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego.

The Architectural Drawings of Hugh Ferriss

One of Hugh Ferriss' more famous Architectural Drawings - the NY Daily News Building, 1930

Rendering of the NY Daily News Building, 1930, Hugh Ferriss (image via Wikipedia)

 

Whenever I revisit certain architectural drawings that predate computers, I am awed by their beauty and the extent to which the artist’s hand is present.