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拍品专文
Christie's would like to thank Michael Glancy Glassworks Studio, Rehoboth, Massachusetts for their assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
Michael Glancy (1950-2020) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He first became interested in glassmaking when he came into contact with the Peter Vanderlaan Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1970, and then went on to study under Dale Chihuly at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1977, and his MFA in 1980. Glancy joined RISD’s Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department as an adjunct faculty member, and would teach there for the next 40 years. He is known for reviving the practice of electroforming at the School, an unconventional process that stood out from that of his contemporaries, and one which the artist would become known for. Glancy’s works typically incorporate both metal and glass, placed into an acid bath so that the metal etches the glass and creates a decidedly unique, hybrid form. Instead of working with hot glass, as his counterparts did, he works with glass that has already cooled, and manipulates the surface by cutting, grinding, engraving, and sandblasting. The final results convey inimitable, geometric patterns that impart the opulence of jewelry and precious metals. Crown Jewel (1980) was his first sculpture created through electroforming, and would pave the way for a prolific body of work. His Fourth Iteration (1992) also evidences the electroforming technique, with red etched forms projecting off of the surface and imparting a metallic look.
Glancy’s works are included in many museum permanent collections including The Corning Museum of Glass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Michael Glancy (1950-2020) was born in Detroit, Michigan. He first became interested in glassmaking when he came into contact with the Peter Vanderlaan Studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1970, and then went on to study under Dale Chihuly at the Rhode Island School of Design. He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1977, and his MFA in 1980. Glancy joined RISD’s Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department as an adjunct faculty member, and would teach there for the next 40 years. He is known for reviving the practice of electroforming at the School, an unconventional process that stood out from that of his contemporaries, and one which the artist would become known for. Glancy’s works typically incorporate both metal and glass, placed into an acid bath so that the metal etches the glass and creates a decidedly unique, hybrid form. Instead of working with hot glass, as his counterparts did, he works with glass that has already cooled, and manipulates the surface by cutting, grinding, engraving, and sandblasting. The final results convey inimitable, geometric patterns that impart the opulence of jewelry and precious metals. Crown Jewel (1980) was his first sculpture created through electroforming, and would pave the way for a prolific body of work. His Fourth Iteration (1992) also evidences the electroforming technique, with red etched forms projecting off of the surface and imparting a metallic look.
Glancy’s works are included in many museum permanent collections including The Corning Museum of Glass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.