Glass

Judy Chicago first worked in glass during the Holocaust Project, which was introduced and concluded by stained glass installations. In 2003, she was an Artist in Residence at the famed Pilchuck Glass School outside of Seattle, established by renowned glass artist, Dale Chilhuly. Previous to this residency, she had worked on and off with several glass etchers and by the time she visited Pilchuck, she had also become intrigued with glass casting.

Since that time, she has worked in and combined different techniques, including cast glass, fused glass, etching, kiln fired painting, gold, silver and palladium leafing, gilding and copper plating as well as bronze and a combination of glass and bronze.

Chicago’s glass work utilizes technical proficiency while creating symbols that operate on more than one level. Each object packs a punch. In the hand series, the physical reality of flesh and bone is laid out in biological detail.

The Toby Heads series convey a sense of dignity while also exploring issues of vulnerability, mortality and the power of the human spirit. These images function as both a physical and emotional source for expression. Chicago’s choice of glass and its translucency offers the possibility of revealing what lies just beneath the surface, providing viewers with the key to understanding the function of human physiology in physical and emotive terms.

Chicago’s series Heads Up engages with universal emotions. As Dr. Kathy Battista writes, “What lies beneath the surface of the person, and that intangible uniqueness of each being which cannot be seen, is what Chicago explores here. Glass is the ideal medium for such investigation: its transparent nature allows the viewer to reach beyond the superficial and to get inside the structure.”

Chicago In Glass- Catalog LewAllen Contemporary, 2006

Hands

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Heads Up

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Toby Heads

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Installation views

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