Artist

Alan Goldfarb

born New York City 1959
Born
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Burlington, Vermont, United States
Biography

Alan Goldfarb began working with clay at the age of thirteen and has been blowing glass since 1983. When he first saw the glassblowing "maestros" (as he later called them) at work, he imagined a headline that read: "Unknowing Neophyte Stands in a Puddle, Steps on Raw Current, Hat Blown Irrevocably to Kingdom Come, Lives to Tell the Tale." For Goldfarb, glass undergoes a magical transformation while it is worked, and he uses his studio to rediscover glass history by studying and applying traditional glassmaking skills. His work falls into two categories: "Historical Derivations" based on classical designs, and "Historical Revisions" that combine significant themes from ancient glass with elements of pop culture.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Sanford Robinson Gifford, From the Shawangunk Mountains, 1823-1880, oil on canvas on panel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl, 1987.61.2
From the Shawangunk Mountains
Artist
Date1823-1880
oil on canvas on panel
On view
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid, 1866, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Johnson Garrett, 1986.78
Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid
Artist
Date1866
oil on canvas
On view
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Villa Malta, Rome, 1879, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1909.9.9
Villa Malta, Rome
Artist
Date1879
oil on canvas
On view
Sanford Robinson Gifford, Indians at Campfire--Moon Rising, n.d., oil on paper on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Charles H. Ettl, 1987.61.1
Indians at Campfire – Moon Rising
Artist
Daten.d.
oil on paper on canvas
Not on view