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Alex Bernstein
Landscapes of Fire and Light

Alex Bernstein - Landscapes of Fire and Light



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The award-winning American artist presents a bold and refreshing

examination of visual form and skillfully combines metaphors

with the power and sensuality of shaped glass. His cast,

carved and polished glass sculptures offer the viewer narrative

landscapes consisting of light, shape and color.

The forms of Bernstein's works and the techniques he uses to do so

processed glass reflects processes in nature such as oxidation, erosion,

growth and decline. Therefore, many of his works evoke images of

flowing water, ice crystals, mountain peaks and rugged gorges

- all structures that appear solid and unyielding

but are actually in constant change.

His work reflects his sense of exploration: an exquisite one

cut geometric crystal sculpture in front of a rusted one

Steel background, volcanic eruptions of cut glass emerging from

a base encrusted with steel bubbles, layers more transparent

color that blends with ambient light.

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