BFA Gallery Entry #1

Jennifer Betts
“Unseen Impressions”
Cast Glass

This piece is unique to me because I was actually present when the artist was discussing how she was going to present the glass casting. There was talk of using “Paradise Paints” (Special paint that adheres to glass) to decorate the piece, but instead they decided to leave it blank, and illuminate it from behind, with a black leather border, and a painted wooden frame around the entire thing. In terms of design, this piece is very organic, and it suggests a human torso, but doesn’t signify which gender it might be, or whether it’s even a human torso or not. Other design elements are a beautiful use of convex and concave three dimensional spaces which creates sound visual balance, and allows the viewers eye to move smoothly through the piece (such as a successful two dimensional graphic design that appears to be three dimensional). I chose to write about this piece because I am a big fan of abstract and sculptural work. My favorate aspect is the fact that this piece of cast glass suggests a number of different connatations, but ultimately allows the viewer to decifer what it means to THEM.

~ by danmarcson on March 18, 2008.