Museum of Art and Design
2 Columbus Circle
212.299.777
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Apr 29, 2009 – Sep 20, 2009
Wednesdays (11am–6pm)
Thursdays (11am–9pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–6pm)
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- Price
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$15
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As a German Down Under, glass-art virtuoso Klaus Moje has single-handedly made Australia a hub for that fine art's evolution. Artist before artisan, Moje creates his inventive and alchemical work inside a kiln — a technique (called "kiln-forming") that deviates from the more traditional practice of glassblowing. Within the furnace, temperatures tip 1700 degrees Fahrenheit as countless pieces of glass — rods, strips, and other choice scraps — are patterned and then fused into intricately polychromatic pieces that seem to imagine color-field paintings in 3-D as well as handsome flat panels. For instance, Moje's ambitious, four-paneled masterpiece, The Portland Panels: Choreographed Geometry (made specifically for this comprehensive, 68-object exhibition), contains 22,000 hand-cut strips of glass.
