Blue Cone
Object NameSculpture
Artist
Marian Karel
(Czech, b. 1944)
Assistant
Pavel Satrapa
Made FromGlass
Date1987
TechniqueCast, ground, polished, assembled, mold-melted
SizeOverall H: 23.9 cm, W: 24.5 cm, D: 24.3 cm
Accession Number91.3.51
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Marian Karel, Geometric Illusions
Title Unknown (Clara Scremini Gallery)
Favorites From the Contemporary Glass Collection
Title Unknown (Habatat Gallery)
Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Interpretive NotesKarel uses light, glass, and geometric forms to make illusionistic sculptures that challenge the viewer’s perceptions of space and dimension. He especially likes to work outdoors, where his constructions can interact with the environment, absorbing color and light. The interior of Blue Cone’s square base has a hollow space that mirrors the shape of the solid cone that sits on top of it. When light penetrates the sculpture, the hollow interior cone looks like two cones. The form that is seen is the result of refraction; the double cone does not actually exist.
Czechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod
Provenance
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Object copyright© Marian Karel