MATARAM
Object NameWall Panel
Artist
Ursula Huth
(German, b. 1952)
Made FromGlass, lead, lead foil
Date1994
TechniqueCut, acid-etched, sandblasted, stained, enameled
SizeOverall H: 60.4 cm, W: 73.8 cm
Accession Number94.3.152
Credit Line9th Rakow Commission, purchased with funds from the Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Endowment Fund
Curatorial Area(s)
Ursula Huth is an influential teacher and an innovative stained glass-maker and painter. This two-part piece is unusual for Huth in that it pairs a panel with a three-dimensional sculpture. Huth's interest in abstraction is fairly unusual in stained glass, and this interest is shared by other influential German artists working in the medium, as well as by American artists such as Robert Kehlmann. In exploring non-traditional approaches and subject matter, Huth treats contemporary stained glass as if it were painting. The abstract landscape and figures, one of which is in a furnace-worked glass boat, are mysterious and they refer to the exotic Indonesian landscape of "Mataram," a region in central Java.
Germany
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Object copyright© Ursula Huth