水晶风景画
Crystal Landscape Painting (Towers)
2017
对于Josiah的作品来说，玻璃占有非常重要的意义。当光线照射到表面时，玻璃会呈现出一种实际可感状态。但是当光线彻底穿透表面之时，玻璃却变得虚无。这样一种迷人的二元对立性可以从物质本身或是精神上去细细体味。
The use of Glass in Josiah’s work is important. Glass has a literal, tactile presence when light reflects off its surface. But when light passes through it completely, glass can signify an absence or even a void. This paradox can be understood both materially and metaphorically.
艺术家简介 About The Artist
Josiah Mcelheny
USA/美国
*1966
Josiah McElheny出生于波士顿马赛诸萨，现在工作生活在纽约。他曾获得罗德岛设计学院艺术学识学位，后来与世界知名玻璃艺术大师Ronald Wilkins, Jan-Erik Ritzman, Sven-Ake Caarlson与Lino Tagliapietra进行密切合作进行。在McElheny的作品中，他经常将照片、文字以及博物馆式陈列与手工制作的玻璃物件相结合，以期唤起观者对于意义和回忆的理解和思考。
Josiah McElheny was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1966, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and apprenticed with master glassblowers Ronald Wilkins, Jan-Erik Ritzman, Sven-Ake Caarlson, and Lino Tagliapietra. McElheny creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that he combines with photographs, text, and museological displays to evoke notions of meaning and memory.