Untitled 11-1989 #47 (Mailupi #5)

Artist Klaus Moje (German, 1936-2016)

Date1989

Dimensions19 3/4 x 19 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (50.2 x 50.2 x 5.6 cm)

MediumFused rods of glass (mosaic glass technique)

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1993.7

Not on View

Label TextInitially inspired by Roman mosaic bowls made from fused glass sections of glass canes, German-born artist Klaus Moje is known for his fused glass creations. By 1982 Moje moved to Australia to establish a glass program at the Canberra School of Art. He developed a brilliant color palette over time, but his expressively colored work remains as diverse as the source of his inspiration: the bright Australian light and the aesthetic of Australian Aboriginal art, particularly its translation of color and patterning from nature into art.Published ReferencesEdwards, Geoffrey, "New Glass by Klaus Moje-'Like an Oriental Calzedonio,'" Neues Glas 3 (1990), pp. 201, 203 (ill.).

Waggoner, Shawn, "The Work of Klaus Moje: A New Order," Glass Art 7, 4(May-June 1992), p. 6 (ill.).

Exhibition HistoryBay Harbor Island, Florida, Habatat Galleries, 7th International Glass Exhibition, 1989.

Toledo Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, 1993-1995, pl. 35, p. 63, cat. no. 62, p. 201.

Toledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.