Artwork Details
- Title
- Megaplanet
- Artist
- Date
- 2005
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 11 5⁄8 × 11 5⁄8 × 11 5⁄8 in. (29.5 × 29.5 × 29.5 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2005, Josh Simpson
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stewart Gordon Rosenblum in memory of his parents, Elmer M. and Harriet G. Rosenblum
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- glass
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Allegory — place — extraterrestrial
- Object Number
- 2018.13
Artwork Description
Josh Simpson, whose wife Catherine "Cady" Coleman is a NASA astronaut, creates spectacular glass orbs inspired by the night sky and other astronomical phenomena. He is known for incorporating silver into his glasswork. The metal gives his Planets the desired iridescence, tessellating patterns, and "flaming undulation of colors."
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019