Artist

Brent Kee Young

born Los Angeles, CA 1946
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Courtesy Brent Kee Young.
Born
Los Angeles, California, United States
Active in
  • Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
Biography

Brent Kee Young was selected to be the head of glass at Aichi University of Education in Kariya, Japan. He was responsible for setting up a studio and teaching the first glass program in a national university in Japan. Young has carefully considered the ideas and influences of art in Japan, and compares them with those of China: “In China, importance is placed on what you see; and in Japan, importance is placed on what you don’t see.” He uses this ambiguity of perception in his Fossil Series. The objects depicted around the vessels do not actually exist; they are just an impression of what was once there.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Brent Kee Young, Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin, 1998, blown glass with lampworked inclusions, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Sally and Ned Hansen (The Glass Gallery), Colleen and John Kotelly and Joan Lunney and Will Idler, 1999.104
Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin
Artist
Date1998
blown glass with lampworked inclusions
Not on view
Brent Kee Young, Matrix Series: "Amphora....Save", 2006, Pyrex, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Richard T. Evans Fund, 2006.17
Matrix Series: ​“Amphora.…Save”
Artist
Date2006
Pyrex
Not on view