Bullseye presents Richard Marquis: The Mythological Horizontal Surface

Richard Marquis, Dick’s Works, 2007
blown glass, granulare technique, found objects, 10.5 x 16 x 6.5 inches
Photo: R. Marquis

Portland, OR - Bullseye Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new works by studio glass artist Richard Marquis, whose sculptures have been collected by major museums worldwide. The exhibition, “The Mythological Horizontal Surface,” will be on view May 3 – June 16, 2007.

Experimenting with color and form to create playful social commentaries, Marquis has developed highly innovative techniques that have inspired generations of glass artists. “Richard Marquis has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world,” says Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. “As an artist, Marquis is admired for his sophisticated understanding of color and form as much as for his humor and willingness to experiment. As a glassblower, he has influenced an entire generation of artists working in glass who aspire to his technical mastery and the originality of his voice.”

Introduced to glassblowing in the 1960s while studying ceramics at the University of California in Berkeley, Marquis was later influenced by the renowned master glassblowers of Murano, Italy, with whom he worked while attempting to break free of limitations he had encountered in American glass studios.

Commenting on the Bullseye exhibition with his signature sense of humor, Marquis wrote, “As I worked on these pieces in my various cluttered work spaces I often con-templated the mythological horizontal surface. I’ve heard about it and seen pictures of it in magazines and books. But I’ve never actually experienced the phenomenon myself.”

About the gallery: Bullseye Gallery works with a select group of international artists with the aim of furthering exceptional design in glass through innovation in material and method. The gallery is part of Bullseye Glass Company, a maker of colored glass for art and architecture since 1974.

Selected collections including Marquis’ work:
American Glass Museum, Millville, NJ
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Carnegie Mellon Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, NY
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Finnish National Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Finland
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Koganezaki Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Kunstmuseum, im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY (formerly American Craft Museum)
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum fur Künsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany
National Art Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationaal Glasmuseum, Leerdam, Holland
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washinton D.C.
New Glass Museum, Tsukuba, Japan
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceton, Australia
Tasmanian Art Museum, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
World Modern Glass Arts Museum, Hiroshima, Japan

formattingDownload:   Richard Marquis April 9, 2007

April 9, 2007