Stars and Stripes Acid Capsule #4
Object NameSculpture
Artist
Richard Marquis
(American, b. 1945)
Studio
Venini Glassworks
Made FromGlass
Date1969-1970
TechniqueHot-worked, a canne, incalmo technique
SizeOverall L: 12.2 cm, Diam (max): 4.4 cm
Accession Number2012.3.34
Credit LineGift of the artist in memory of Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Marquis
Venice and American Studio Glass
Interpretive NotesAs a student, Marquis’s visit to the famous Venini glassworks on Murano led to his first project using Venetian glassworking techniques, which was making murrine in the stars and stripes of the American flag. He was the first American artist to interpret these historic techniques through the lense of contemporary culture. In their allusion to the popular hallucinogen, LSD, the Stars and Stripes Acid Capsules were meant to be subversive. Marquis's interest in the flag reflected the political climate in the United States at that time, when American flags were regularly burned and otherwise desecrated.
A self-described glassblower and collector of beat-up objects, Marquis has made work that ranges from commentary on contemporary art and folk culture to social, art, and glass history. Like the outsider artists that he admires, his pieces are elements, almost by-products, of an elaborate universe under construction.
Italy, Venice, Murano
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Object copyright© The Corning Museum of Glass
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