Paula Hayes being interviewed in her studio for the MOMA blog Inside/Out.
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on?
Paula Hayes: I’m currently working on a show for the Wexner Art Center which opens September 2011. I’m also working on my show at the Tang Museum which is a series of dinners over the course of a year. All the dinners are on hand-made glass, ceramic, and hand-silk-screened linens: dinnerware. (Deborah Czeresko made the plates and glasses for me.) My installation at the Museum of Modern Art, “Nocturne of the Limus Maximus,” is up until February 28th, 2011, and I maintain the plantings for the duration of the show. Jim Mongrain blew the terrarium in the center of the vertical piece. I’m also developing my “Paula Hayes Domestic” and “Paula Hayes Outside” lines which are accessible products for living with organic forms in daily life. There are some other exciting things in the pipelines but too early to say yet!!
Paula Hayes, Proposed Table Setting for "Tang 10th Anniversary Dinners" project, 2010, Hand-blown glass goblets, poured glass plate, silk-screened napkin, selected tablecloth and bamboo cutlery. Dimensions variable.
GLASS: What have you seen recently that inspires you?
Paula: Mars was so red in the cold night sky the other night in Saratoga Springs, New York, when I walked from my exhibition there at the Tang to the house I was staying. I miss the northern night skies so much it hurts. I’m inspired to see the twinkling and colorful stars and planets and see the icy glazes on the blades of grass in the moonlight.
Paula Hayes, "Nocturne of the Limax maximus" (Slug at left. Egg at right) installation at The Museum of Modern Art. 2010. Cast acrylic, hand-blown glass, cnc-milled topographical wall and ceiling attachment, full-spectrum lighting, and tropical planting. Dimensions: variable. Commissioned: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. courtesy: the artist and marian boesky gallery, new york. photo: jason mandella
GLASS: Where is it possible to see your work on exhibit?
Paula: The MoMA lobby, The Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, or at my studio on 13th Street by appointment. For an appointment call or write 212 420 7733 or info@paulahayes.com.