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#158

Artist Anja Isphording (German, born 1964)

Date2015

Dimensions20 × 7 × 7 in. (50.8 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm)

MediumCast glass (pâte-de-verre)

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Art Acquisition Endowment Fund

Object number

2016.241

Not on View

DescriptionThe sculpture is a conical form that is adorned with a networked grid of glass thorns on the entire body. The base layer of glass protrusions is a fiery orange hue that begins in the middle of the form and is dense at the tip. Charcoal toned glass is used over the orange glass and is dense at the base and extends up the into thin vertical lines.

Label TextGerman-born artist Anja Isphording draws closely from nature to create forms characterized by their texture and saturated color. Isphording resists directly defining her work; she does not have an artistic statement explaining her thoughts and she identifies her works of art with numbers rather than descriptive titles. In this way, she creates a space for the work to speak for itself, inviting the viewer’s own interpretation. Working from her own observational drawings, Isphording hand-molds each piece in beeswax before casting it in pâte de verre—a glass paste made of ground glass frit and a binding agent.Published ReferencesNew Glass Review 38, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 2017. p. 109 repr. (col.)Comparative ReferencesSee also Cummings, Keith Contemporary Kiln-Formed Glass, London, A&C Black, 2009, p. 122.