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Mogarica

Artist Klaus Moje (German, 1936-2016)

Place of OriginCanberra, Australia

Date2011

DimensionsH: 70 7/8 in. (180 cm); W: 47 1/4 in. (120 cm)

MediumAssembled, kiln-formed, cut, and polished Bullseye glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from Helen Brooks in memory of Mayme and Rudolph Luedtke

Object number

2013.2A-F

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

DescriptionMulti-part wall piece consisting of 6 panels arranged in three rows of three panels. Opaque orange, black, blue, green, yellow, and white glass, kiln-formed, cut, ground, and polished; steel rail mounts for hanging. All colors of glasses appear in each panel, in an abstract decoration. Moje’s process involves fusing sheets of colored glasses in layers, cooling and then cutting the layered glass into small pieces, and then assembling them into patterns on a metal plate. For this multipart wall piece, Moje combined pieces of glass (red, black, and white), fused them in a kiln in several phases, and then cut and polished the individual panels.

Label TextGerman-born artist Klaus Moje moved to Australia in 1982 to establish a glass center at the Canberra School of Art. He developed a brilliant color palette over time, but his expressively colored work remained as diverse as the sources 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, have remained a lasting influence. A visit to an exhibition in Los Angeles of work by the German painter Gerhard Richter led to Moje creating sets of large glass panels “grouped to speak as one,” like Mogarica.Published ReferencesColor Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, p. 187, no. 40.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Jun. 14-Sept. 9, 2012.