Jon Kuhn, an internationally collected glass sculptor, is a reflective, almost introverted man who ponders the human search for meaning and expresses his findings in his art. On the evening of September 11, Jon Kuhn lingered after hours at his [...]
Read MoreBased on the lyrical beauty of the female form, Dwight Bennett’s turned wood vessels and sculptures capture the essence of the feminine shape. Inlayed with delicate strands of silver that wander and weave their way through the wood, these abstract [...]
Read MoreThe Silver Bullet the art of turning and/or sculpting wood is a truly unique and somewhat rare art form. But Dwight Bennett takes woodworking to a totally new dimension with his distinctively delicate inlay of silver, which give the appearance [...]
Read MoreAn excerpt from the book, ‘The Fine Art of Wood, The Bohlen Collection’, published in Summer 2000. Introduction by Bonita Fike, Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Contemporary artist Dennis Elliott expresses a [...]
Read MoreAn excerpt from the book “Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe Turned Object IV” published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Arizona State University Art Museum – October 18, 1997 through February 1, 1998 organized by Senior Curator Heather [...]
Read MoreExcerpt from the Spectrum catalog created for the Mint Museum exhibit. “Captivating, dazzling, and mystifying perhaps best describe an initial encounter with Jon Kuhn‘s glass sculpture. Throughout his 27-year career, Kuhn has moved fluidly from organic vessel forms to highly [...]
Read MoreAs a visual artist, Veronica Leiton interrogates the creation of a larger universe out of numerous and overlapping micro-worlds. She deploys a disarming simplicity of images, such as ladders that simultaneously connect and separate distinct spatial planes, to illustrate a [...]
Read More“I firmly believe that the work should speak for itself. It alone will reflect what one as an artist thinks and feels.” Chihuahua poetry has found a new outlet in the paintings of Veronica Leiton, a 42-year-old Chilean artist who [...]
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