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sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Artist Peter S. Aldridge (British, b. 1947)

Made FromOptical Lead Glass, Aluminum

Date1993

TechniqueMold-melted, ground, polished, bonded, assembled, precision-machined

SizeOverall H: 152.3 cm, W: 74.5 cm, D: 78.5 cm

Accession Number2007.4.132

Credit LineGift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

"I work with light in much the same way a musician uses sound." – Peter Aldridge. The astrolabe is an ancient astronomical instrument used for solving problems relating to time and to the position of the sun and other stars in the sky. It was used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. It was also used for surveying and triangulation. This astrolabe is symbolic rather than functional. Aldridge’s sculptures may be seen as instruments that rearrange energies in the environment, and their function is metaphysical rather than technical.

Place Made

United States, NY, Corning

Physical DescriptionMold-melted optical lead glass, ground, polished and bonded. Precision-machined aluminum, assembled. Circular formation of aluminum and glass sits atop an aluminum mount with three-part stem atop a rectangular aluminum base with four circular feet. The rectangular base has two small mounts for a single glass rod.
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