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Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin

  • 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

Luce Center Label

Each detailed image depicted on Tight Loop Comin is lampworked in clear glass, using a small torch to manipulate the glass into intricate skeletons based on authentic North American archaeological fossils. Brent Kee Young pushes the pieces into the colored glass of his vessels, building up heavy layers of clear glass over the top so that the skeletons seem to disappear, leaving only their imprint.

Luce Object Quote

“What is important is not seemingly there . . . ” Brent Kee Young

Title
Fossil Series: Tight Loop Comin
Artist
Brent Kee Young
Date
1998
Location
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. Luce Foundation Center
  3. 4th Floor
  4. 55B
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (26.7 x 11.4 cm)
Copyright
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of Sally and Ned Hansen (The Glass Gallery), Colleen and John Kotelly and Joan Lunney and Will Idler

Mediums Description
blown glass with lampworked inclusions
Classifications
Decorative Arts
Glass
Highlights
Art by Asian Americans
Object Number
1999.104
Palette
Linked Open Data URI

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