For nearly two decades, Preston Singletary has straddled two unique cultures--melding his Tlingit ancestry with the dynamism of the Studio Glass Movement--and in the process has created an extraordinarily distinctive and powerful body of work that depicts cultural and historical images in richly detailed, beautifully hued glass. This mid-career retruspective of his work includes contributions by Melissa G. Post, Steven Clay Brown, and Walter Porter.
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Melissa G. Post is curator at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. She served previously as curator at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design and assistant curator at the Corning Museum of Glass.
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cedar finds a different canoe,
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This book is a catalog for an exhibit at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA. If you can get there before the show closes, go. Seriously.In any case, the book is a fine representation of and commentary on the work and the artist. Preston Singletary's work in glass stands equally firm on the foundations of his understanding of aesthetic traditions from north America's north Pacific coast and his own beautiful imagination and skills as a contemporary artist. Dreaming and designing from traditional subtractive and geometric media (carving cedar and basketry/textiles) into luminous glass is a tall order, but Singletary accomplishes the task repeatedly and with grace. Traditional works from this region are often only fully revealed in context of the oyster light of a northwest day or by firelight in a cedar home, but these glass works bring their own light, and the feeling is true to spirit. The few collaborations are standouts, showing that Mr. Singletary has the beyond-controlling-ego confidence of a great artist. Hope the artist someday publishes his beautiful ambient audio "soundtrack" to the exhibit.
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Great artist. Great book,
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This is not your average coffee table book. It's an interesting read about the glass artist, Preston Singletary. Also has a great DVD in the back.
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