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

DescriptionModule glass units with Platinum Lustre applied to surfaces - all units glued.

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.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.