Glass sculpture - "Rise of the wave of dawn light"

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 2010.40.1
Artist/Maker:
Gonzales, Gábor (1950 - ) / glass artist
Date of production:
2006
Place of production: Budapest
Inscription: felhajló sarkán és rá merőlegesen gravírozva: G. GONZALES-
GONZALES G. 2005
Materials: sheet glass slabs
Techniques: bent into metal mould; fused in kiln; ground
Dimensions:
height: 15,5 cm
width: 45 cm
depth: 22 cm

A constant and recurring theme of the glass sculptures by Gábor Gonzales for nearly a decade has been the ever-changing beauty of water. They capture the movement and endless grandeur of waves and light. Gonzales combines hot and cold glass-working techniques in his work, first melting plates of blue-pigmented flat glass (the fusing technique) and then polishing the result to eggshell finish before putting them in the furnace and bending them on – or into – metal moulds. This piece is an evocation of water with organic, curving forms, a soft blue hue and enigmatic light.

Literature

  • Craft & Design. Irányok, utak a kortárs magyar iparművészetben. Magyar Képző- és Iparművészek Szövetsége, Budapest, 2010. - II. 184.
  • Sigmond Géza: Hullámok: Gondolatok Gonzales Gábor üvegmunkáiról. Magyar Iparművészet, 2006.3.évf.. Budapest, 2006. - 58.