The Summer 2017 edition of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly (#147) is hitting newsstands and subscriber mailboxes next week. Once again, GLASS is partnering with The Corning Museum of Glass to distribute the latest edition of its annual exhibition-in-print, New Glass Review (#38), which is bundled with the summer issue of GLASS magazine at no extra charge to subscribers (newsstand copies carry an increased cover price for the special bonus issue). On the front of the new edition of GLASS is a striking work in neon and paint by celebrated American artist Glenn Ligon investigates issues of racial identity, American history, as well as the nature of language itself. The 2012 work Double America, features the word "America" shown twice, in white neon and inverted and painted black, creating a powerful graphic that challenges the nation's ideals and aspirations at a time when the country is so profoundly divided.
In his wide-ranging cover article, GLASS managing editor Malcolm Morano surveys the history of neon as a medium for American art, and charts a course from Bruce Nauman's seminal text explorations through the pure light compositions of a new generation of artists.
Also in this issue:
- The second in our four-part 40th anniversary series on the history of the magazine's non-profit publisher UrbanGlass, this chapter examining The New York Experimental Glass Workshop in the 1980s, when it moved to Little Italy, next door to the red-hot art scenes in SoHo and the East Village.
- Contributing editor John Drury examines the glass curiosities of Danish artist Steffen Dam (and recent collaborations with his wife, Micha Karlslund), who explores the human need to organize and understand our world in works of ethereal imagination.
- Lavish new photography by The Corning Museum of Glass brings stunning but little-known Tiffany mosaics to life. These forgotten works are illuminated by the thoughtful analysis by Corning curator Kelly A. Conway, who shares the genesis of this landmark exhibition at the museum, on view through January 8, 2018.
All this plus five exhibition reviews, a back-page essay on recycled art, and the latest news from the field.
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