SteveKlein VeruskaVagen H O M A G E
SteveKlein VeruskaVagen H O M A G E JULY 27 - AUGUST 26. 2012 RAILYARD GALLERY
LewAllenGalleries Railyard: 1613 Paseo De Peralta | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | tel 505.988.3250 Downtown: 125 West Palace Avenue | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | tel 505.988.8997 www.lewallengalleries.com | info@lewallengalleries.com cover: Veruska Vagen Fair One,1880, after Anderson, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 8.5” x 6” Steve Klein Exploration 169, 2012, kiln-formed & blown glass, 18.5” x 18.25 x 6.5”
Throughout art history artists have studied the work of the masters who came before. Raphael drew from Michelangelo. Van Gogh painted from Rembrandt and Delacroix. Picasso paid homage to Rubens and Velazquez. The tradition of paying homage through studies of masterpieces served as a tool not only to honor the original work but to become the student of the master as well. In this exhibition of work in glass, artists Steve Klein and Veruska Vagen join forces to pay homage to earlier work by artists they particularly respect. Utilizing the special qualities of glass, Klein puts forth a sculptural interpretation of the paintings of Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich, and Hans Hofmann. Vagen meanwhile exchanges paint for tiny glass dots from which she fashions portraits based on the work of the masters. The visual mixing of colors in her work embraces Seurat and the Pointellists and pays tribute to many painters who have inspired her.
Exploration 167, 2012, kiln-formed & blown glass, 18.5” x 19” x 6.5”
State University, Klein began his art career at the Pilchuck Glass School. His art is included in collections of national and international renown, including The Studio at Corning Glass; the Nacional Museo Del Vidreo, La Granja, Spain; the Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland; The Bullseye Collection, Portland, OR; and the Museum of the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Veruska Vagen
Honoring the history and tradition of mosaic art, Veruska Vagen creates work in dot de verre, an unusual glass art technique that offers a contemporary interpretation of classical portraits. Originally trained as a painter, Vagen imbues her work with vivid color and two-dimensional, variegated texture. Through a painstaking process of assemblage, she configures each piece to replicate a desired portrait from the art historical canon. Vagen studied at the Pilchuck School before working at the William Morris Studio. Her work can be found in public and private collections of national and international stature.
Steve Klein
Steve Klein explores compositional relationships in his glass art among shape, color and texture. He defines elemental shapes like squares and spheres with carved lines and fused strata of clear and colored glass. An alumnus of California 2
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Beethoven ,1820, after Stieler, 2012 fused glass (dot de verre), 8� x 5.25�
Exploration 159, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 17.5” x 18” x 6.5” 4
Exploration 160, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 18.5” x 18.5” x 6.5” 5
Exploration 161, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 18.5” x 18” x 6.5” 6
Exploration 164, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 17.5” x 18” x 6.5” 7
Exploration 165, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 19” x 18.5” x 6.5” 8
Exploration 166, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 18.75” x 18.5” x 6.5” 9
Exploration 169, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 18.5” x 18.25” x 6.5” 10
Exploration 170, 2012, kiln-formed and blown glass, 17.5” x 17.5” x 6.5” 11
Francesco,1549, after Tintoretto, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 8.25� x 4.75� 12
Vincent with Grey Hat,1887, after Van Gogh, 2011, fused glass (dot de verre), 9” x 5.25” 13
Angel,1889, after Thayer, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 9.75” x 7” 14
Ritratto,1916, after Klimt, 2009, fused glass (dot de verre), 6.5” x 4” 15
Bach, 1715, after Rentsch, 2010, fused glass (dot de verre), 7” x 4.5” 16
Mozart,1819, after Kraft, 2010, fused glass (dot de verre), 6.75” x 5.25” 17
Young Man, 1525, after Correggio, 2011, fused glass (dot de verre), 5.25” x 4” 18
Fair One,1880, after Anderson, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 8.5” x 6” 19
The Gaze, 1878, after Dicksee, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 9.5” x 5.75” 20
La Baiser (The Kiss),1868, after Carolus-Duran, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 9� x 6� 21
Mountain Zebra, 1850, after Hawkins, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 9� x 6� 22
Tiger,1874, after Thayer, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 7.75” x 4.75” 23
Horse Attacked by a Lion, 1765, after Stubbs, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 10” x 5.75” 24
Sleeping Dog with Terracotta Jug,1650, after Gerrit Dou, 2012, fused glass (dot de verre), 6” x 9.75” 25
At the Dressing Table,1909, after Severbryakova, 2010, fused glass (dot de verre), 5.5� x 9.25� 26
Steve Klein
Born: 1946, Los Angeles, CA Education: California State University, Long Beach, CA (1969) | Pilchuck Glass School, Portland, OR (1996-98) | North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland (2005) SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Contemplation, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 Exploring Balance and Reflection, Tittot Glass Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 2007 Linear Variations, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Lines of Reflection, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA Reflections, Forms and Fades, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR 2006 Memory and Consequence, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR Steve Klein at Del Mano, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005 From Chaos to Balance, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA 2004 Searching for Balance, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR Form and Exploration, Pismo Gallery, Aspen, CO 2002 Seeking Light, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA Stripes and Strata, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR 2000 Exploration, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010 Glass Quake, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Woven, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009 Due North, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR 2008 Glass Quake, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Select, Grace Barrand Design Centre, London, UK 2007 Linear Variations, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Balance, Beauty, Bold, Gaffer Gallery, Hong Kong Distant Connection, Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO Why, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY Pilchuck 20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID Made in California, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA Reflections – A Decade of North Lands Glass, Museum of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland OScene, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA 50th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition of Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Synthesis: Fusing+Kilnforming, Morgan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 Fine Things, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID Still Life, Scape Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA SOFA, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL Contemporary Kiln Glass, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL Desert Glass Collectors, Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA Pilchuck 20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID Keeping Warm, Tobin-Hewett Gallery, Louisville, KY De Passage, Espace Verre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2004 SOFA, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL Mode and Ceremony, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA
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The Language of Color, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Hot For Glass, Glass Alliance of Los Angeles, California State College at Fullerton, CA Legacy, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, OR SOFA, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL Glass Weekend, Wheaton Village NJ Compositions, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA ArtForm, West Palm Beach, FL 2002 SOFA, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Chicago, IL Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA 2001 Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA Pismo Gallery, Denver, CO Bullseye Connection Gallery, OR Firehouse 12, Vancouver, WA 2000 Orange County Museum of Art, CA SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2010 Tobin, Richard. “Luminous Forms: Group Glass Exhibition,” THE Magazine, Sep. p. 53 Craft and Design Magazine, Spring 2007 World Art Glass Quarterly, San Jose, CA, Summer 2006 500 Glass Objects, Lark Books, Asheville, NC Talkies Magazine, Hong Kong, feature interview, March “New Glass Review,” Neues Glas Magazine (Germany) 2005 The Contemporary Glass Art of the World, published in China American Craft Magazine, Review section, Jun. American Craft Magazine, Gallery section, Feb. 2004 Artisan Northwest Magazine, Sep. “Edges up,” Glass Magazine, Issue 184 2003 Oficio y arte (Spain), cover and main article, Oct./Nov. Glass Art Magazine, Bullseye Legacy Show, Nov./Dec. Hot For Glass, Exhibit Catalog SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Bullseye Collection, Portland, OR Museum, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY Nacional Museo Del Vidrio, La Granja (Segovia), Spain North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland The Studio at Corning, Corning, NY
Veruska Vagen
Born: 1954 Education: Pilchuck Glass School, Portland, OR | Northern Arizona University (BFA) | University of Colorado SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2010 Eyes for Glass: The Price Collection, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA SOFA New York with Duane Reed Gallery, NY Glass Quake, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2009 Enduring Grace, Solo Exhibition, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR SOFA Exposition, Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL Matzke Fine Art, Camano Island, WA 2008 Glorious Glass: Translucent and Opaque, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL 2007 Timeless Faces, Solo Exhibition, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR Behind Glass: Creativity and Collaboration, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL 2006 It’s All About Beads, Pismo Fine Art, Denver, CO 2005 Multiplicity: Glass in All Its Glory, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA 2004 Pixelated, Heller Gallery, New York, New York The Havery Collection: International Glass, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AB 2003 Fabulous Faces, Solo Retrospective Exhibition, Century Square, Seattle, WA 2+2=Art: The Art of Mathematics, Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett, WA Glorious Glass: Color & Form, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA 2002 Pilchuck Glass School At 30, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA Venice International Art Biennial, Venice, Italy 2001 Jubilee Christian Art Show, Art & Cultural Center, Falbrook, CA National Christian Art Exhibition, San Juan College,Farmington, NM (Award) 2000 Spiritual III, International Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE (Award) Chaos Theory, Milan Art Center, Milan, Italy Second International Christian Art Exhibition, Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC (Award) National Christian Art Exhibition, San Juan College, Farmington, NM (Award) Creativity & Collaboration Pilchuck Exhibition, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA Glass at the Millennium, Sea-Tac International Airport Seattle, WA Faces, Verizon Exhibit, Bellevue, WA 1999 2nd Macedonian Visual Poetry Festival, Gallery Marko Cepenkov, Prilep, Macedonia The End is Near, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI Clearly Magic, Port Angeles Museum of Art, Port Angeles, WA
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Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA SOFA Exhibit, Chicago, IL, with Mobilia Gallery History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA 1998 Lost & Found, Port Angeles Museum of Art, Port Angeles, WA Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA 1997 Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA Passion Afire, City Center, Seattle, WA International Exempla Exhibition, Munich, Germany 1996 Permanent Collection ñ Glass Sphere Museum, Tokyo, Japan Foster/White Galleries, Seattle and Kirkland, WA Arts Council of Snohomish County, Everett,WA 1995 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle WA Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, FL A Powerful Presence, Pilchuck Exhibition, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA Sedona Art Center, Sedona, AZ Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA 1994 Heller Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida Pilchuck Exhibition, Sea-Tac International Airport,Seattle, WA Pilchuck Exhibition, History of the World Gallery, Camano Island, WA Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff,AZ 1993 Revelations, Solo Exhibition, Art Trek Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ Pilchuck Glass School Staff Exhibit, Stanwood, WA 1992 Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff,AZ Galerie International, Dallas, TX Biennial Crafts 1992, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM Crafts National 26, Penn State University, University Park, PA Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg, PA (Award) Pilchuck Glass School Staff Exhibition, Cliff Michel Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991 Artzone Exhibition, Western States Competition, Denver, CO Goblet Show, Lynn McAllister Gallery, Seattle, WA Wood, Fiber, Clay, Glass & Metal, Coconino Center for the Arts Flagstaff, AZ Feet of Glass, National Glass Competition, Baltimore, MD 1990 Exquisite Glass Goblets, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ Materials Hard & Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX Animals ñ Multimedia, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, CA Southwest Glass Invitational, Philabaum Glass Studio, Tucson, AZ Environmental Glass Associates Invitational Exhibition, Oklahoma City, OK 1989 Blazing Artists, Group Show, Kuitvato Glass Gallery, Sedona, AZ Animals, Group Show, Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Sedona, AZ Feet of Glass, National Glass Competition, Baltimore, MD
Southwest Glass Invitational, Philabaum Glass Studio, Tucson, AZ The Fine Art of Craft, Tohono Chul Exhibition Hall, Tucson, AZ Elaine Horwitch Group Show, Casa Grande Museum and Cultural Center, Casa Grande, AZ 1988 Alumni Exhibition 88, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Humor in Art, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ (Award) The International Exhibition of Glass 88, Kanazawa, Japan Fusion 88, National Glass Competition (Award) Faculty Exhibit, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 1987 S.G.A.A., International Competition and Exhibition Corning Museum of Glass, NY Contemporary Glass Artists Southwestern, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ (Award) Contemporary Southwest Glass Artists, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 1986 The Best Glass of 1986, National Competition (Award) Northern Arizona University Faculty Exhibit, Flagstaff, AZ 1985 Three-Person Show, Verde Valley School, Sedona, AZ Arizona Invitational, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 1984 Politics of Art, Seminar Exhibit, Northern Arizona University Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ Image, Light and Structure, National Glass Invitational, Oakland County Cultural Center, Pontiac, MI Mars Hill Visual Arts Consortium Group Exhibit, Verde Valley Art Association, Jerome, AZ Northern Arizona University Faculty Exhibit, Flagstaff, AZ 1983 Profile 83, Arizona Glass Association Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ 1982 Galerie New Glass Exhibit, Sedona, AZ (Award) Second Annual Glass Exhibit, Sedona, AZ (Award) Profile 82, Arizona Glass Association Exhibit, United Bank, Phoenix, AZ Three-Person Show, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ 1981 Grand Opening Exhibit, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ Northern Arizona University Faculty Exhibit, Flagstaff, AZ 1980 Northern Arizona Invitational, Verde Valley Arts Association, Sedona, AZ Flagstaff Festival of the Arts Invitational, Flagstaff, AZ AWARDS 2002 Special Recognition Award, Spiritual III International Art Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE 2001 Jurors’ Award, National Christian Art Exhibition, Farmington, NM Best of Show, Second International Christian Art Exhibition, Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC 2000 People’s Choice, Special Group & Jurors’ Awards, National Christian Art Exhibition, Farmington, NM 1999 Nomination, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award 1992 Jurors’ Award of Merit, Westmoreland Art Nationals, Greensburg, PA 1991 First Place, Feet of Glass, National Competition, Baltimore, MD 1990 Nomination, Saxe Award, Pilchuck Glass School 1989 Jurors’ Award, The Fine Art Of Craft, Tohono Chul Exhibition
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Hall, Tucson, AZ 1988 Jurors’ Award, Humor in Art, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ Jurors’ Award, Fusion í88, National Competition 1987 Critics’ Choice Award, Contemporary Glass Artists Southwestern, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ 1986 Special Mention Awards, The Best Glass of 1986, National Competition 1982 Jurors’ Award, Second Annual Glass Exhibit, Sedona, AZ
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