Arabian Seasons

Arabian Seasons by Therman Statom is one of the exquisite objects featured in the online exhibit Renwick at 25.

In this piece, one asks, 'Is this glass art or art using glass?' The question is essentially one of artistic intent. Therman Statom cuts, constructs, and paints industrially produced plate glass and adds found objects to create visually compelling assemblages. In looking at Statom's art, one senses that stories are being told that the viewer cannot interpret.

To see more fine examples of American craft, visit the Renwick Gallery, located at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, across from the White House.

Source: Kenneth Trapp. The Renwick at Twenty-Five (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1997) at http://americanart.si.edu/collections/renwick25/index.html.

Pictured: Therman Statom, born 1953, Arabian Seasons, 1994, glass, stone, wood, paper, plastic, and paint, 42 1/2 x 36 x 4 5/8 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase made possible by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program.