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Rachel Bartek
Primary Medium Glass
Secondary MediumMixed Media/Other
Description of Work hot-sculpted, blown glass with mixed media elements
Chapter Midstate
Email rbartek[AT]mac[DOT]com
Website www.rachelbartek.carbonmade.com
Artist Statement
Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice: I make art to glorify the absurdity of life— to chase the “running jokeâ€. My brain works overtime to twist the monotony of repeated routine with a comedic perspective where I can be both the first and last to laugh. Combining popular culture icons with contrasting components, my sculpture aims to reimagine its identity by putting on a new skin that can sometimes connote a social commentary.
Glass is the medium that enraptures me— its inherent relationship with fire makes it temperamental and complicated. Working hot glass demands both a careful and carefree person, just not careless. The studio or “hotshop†can be likened to a theatre with its own script, stagehands, and specific vernacular as well as how sometimes it calls for improvisation. Despite all of the nuances that go into working this craft, the final art object is glossy and glows with a magazine sheen; this illusion of effortless is the magic of working with glass.
Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice, Beetle Juice: I make art to glorify the absurdity of life— to chase the “running jokeâ€. My brain works overtime to twist the monotony of repeated routine with a comedic perspective where I can be both the first and last to laugh. Combining popular culture icons with contrasting components, my sculpture aims to reimagine its identity by putting on a new skin that can sometimes connote a social commentary.
Glass is the medium that enraptures me— its inherent relationship with fire makes it temperamental and complicated. Working hot glass demands both a careful and carefree person, just not careless. The studio or “hotshop†can be likened to a theatre with its own script, stagehands, and specific vernacular as well as how sometimes it calls for improvisation. Despite all of the nuances that go into working this craft, the final art object is glossy and glows with a magazine sheen; this illusion of effortless is the magic of working with glass.
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