frantisek vizner by william warmus was published by barry friedman ltd.
among twentieth century artists, frantisek vizner (b.1936) has defined the meaning of classicism as it applies to art made in glass, a medium which is prone to exaggeration and baroque affectation. beginning in czechoslovakia in the 1960s and continuing to the present moment in the czech republic, he has created a series of vessels that are among the most perfect objects ever made by human hands. the restrained shapes of vizner’s vessels are achieved by a sometimes brutal, sometimes delicate array of room temperature technical processes, most of which are traditional to glassmaking, but some of which would be equally at home in a quarry. he first makes a drawing. he then selects a raw block of solid glass. and finally, he rough shapes that block with grinding stones, diamond tools, drilling and boring technology.
dimensions : 9.5"w x 11"h : 248 pages : hard cover
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