Blue Dr. Zharchov
Blue Dr. Zharchov
Artist
Joel Philip Myers
American, born 1934
Place of OriginBlenko Glass Factory, Milton, West Virginia, United States
Date1970
Dimensions32 3/4 × 12 in. (83.2 × 30.5 cm)
Mediumglass with Platinum Lustre
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1970.448
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 40, repr. (col.) p. 45, pl. 20.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.Label TextWhen Joel Philip Myers introduced his “Dr. Zarkov” series in 1970, he had already set up a glass program at Illinois State University. The works in that series gain their height simply by stacking similar, thinly-blown forms into tall, totemic sculptures with mirrored and colored zones seemingly defying gravity. Their perfection set them apart from most other Studio Glass that relied instead on organic forms. Their repetition and uniformity, employed to great effect by minimalist sculptors such as Donald Judd, suggested industrial production as a concept—a creative statement yet untried in Studio Glass at the time.- Glass
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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