PAUL STANKARD: Song of Myself, September 19 - October 22, 2003

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Song of Myself Paul Stankard

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COVER DETAIL AND BACK COVER Mountain Laurel Cluster with Honeycomb and Honeybee Orb • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches

Song of Myself Paul Stankard

September 19 • October 22, 2003

ESSAY BY • Bonnie Marx and Ken Saunders PHOTO CREDIT • Douglas Schaible

MARX♦SAUNDERS GALLERY, Ltd. 230 WEST SUPERIOR STREET CHICAGO ILLINOIS 60610 PHONE • 312-573-1400 FAX • 312-573-0575 marxsaunders@earthlink.net www.marxsaunders.com

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Floating Bouquet Cloistered Botanical • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches

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Morning Glory Orb • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 41/2 x 41/2 x 41/2 inches

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Pineland Pickerel Weed Orb with Honeycomb and Honeybees Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 5 x 5 x 5 inches

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• 2003

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Banded Cube Floral Cluster with Figure • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 4 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches

Bouquet Cluster with Mountain Laurel, Honeybee and Blueberries Blue Banded Cube • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 4 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches •5•

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Paul Stankard Few relationships have been as rewarding for the Directors of this Gallery than our friendship with Paul Stankard. From our first visits to his studio, which always included meditative walks through his wooded property, we were charmed and captivated by the artist and his work.

Working closely with one of the greatest artists this country has ever produced has its intoxicating moments. Unwrapping a package containing new works from this master fills us with anticipation and wonderment; each work is so brilliant and captivating. Mounting this show and producing this exhibition catalogue is exceptionally rewarding. Collectors and curators throughout the world await a glimpse of the artist’s latest efforts.

Damselfly over Tea Roses, Blueberries and Bulbous Roots Botanical • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches

If mastery of technique and medium were the only yardstick with which to measure Paul’s impact on glass working, this artist would certainly be a giant among his peers however his involvement and commitment has always gone so much further. As a teacher, mentor and even collector Paul has distinguished himself with his generosity. Constantly traveling to demonstrations, seminars and exhibitions the artist has given selflessly to foster the growth of the Studio Glass Movement. Paul’s calm self-effacing charm is a delight to those who know him and a revelation to those who meet him.

Once again Paul brings to the gallery an absolutely intoxicating body of new work. For the next month the gallery will be filled with the sounds delight and discovery. Paul’s work incites a quite vocal response especially from the uninitiated who literally cannot believe their eyes. An exhibition of Pauls work brings out the newspapers and television stations to say nothing of the collectors and aficionados. Finally our partnership with the artist is renewed, as is the joy of our close, lifelong involvement with this movement.

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Pineland Pickerel Weed with Berries Cube • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 3 x 2 x 2 inches

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Berries, Blosssoms, Honeybee and Mask Cube • 2003 Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

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BELOW MIDDLE

Daisy Cluster Paperweight with Figures • 2003 (View of Figures on Bottom of Paperweight) Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches

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Mountain Laurel Cluster Paperweight with Figures • 2003 (View of Figures on Bottom of Paperweight) Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches

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Paul Stankard Born 1943 Attleboro, Massachusetts

SELECTED COLLECTIONS American Craft Museum, New York, NY Art Institue of Chicago, Chicago, IL Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenan, WI Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, AL Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY GlasMuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark Hokkaido Museum of Art, Sapporo, Japan Hsinchu Curtural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN The JBSpeed Museum, Louisville, KY Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Morristown, NJ Musee des Arts Decoratif, Palais du Louvre, Paris, France Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, NJ National Museum of American Art The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Newark Public Museum, Newark, NJ New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada Suwa Museum, Toyoda, Japan Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI ABOVE RIGHT

Tea Rose Cluster Paperweight with Figures • 2003 (View of Figures on Bottom of Paperweight) Lampworked Glass & pâté de verre 2 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches • 10 •

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