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Susan Benjamin Glass Etc. Presents
the work of Victor Chiarizia
the work of Victor Chiarizia
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Susan Benjamin Glass Etc.
247 Main St. Safety Harbor, FL
January 14, 2010 - February 27, 2010
727-725-1808
Mon - Fri 9:30 - 5:00 Sat 10-3
247 Main St. Safety Harbor, FL
January 14, 2010 - February 27, 2010
727-725-1808
Mon - Fri 9:30 - 5:00 Sat 10-3
Susan Benjamin Glass Etc. is proud to present the glass work of Victor Chiarizia. Since 1975 Victor Chiarizia
has explored many facets of glassmaking, including blown, flameworked, cast, etched and sandblasted.
Today, Chiarizia's sculptural works express his thoughts about life, growth and renewal in art glass
comprised of two distinctive techniques--hot glass and flameworked glass with vitreous fired-on enamels.
Profound images from Chiarizia's Italian-American background coupled with a boundless imagination give an
earthy yet surreal style to much of his sculptural work.
has explored many facets of glassmaking, including blown, flameworked, cast, etched and sandblasted.
Today, Chiarizia's sculptural works express his thoughts about life, growth and renewal in art glass
comprised of two distinctive techniques--hot glass and flameworked glass with vitreous fired-on enamels.
Profound images from Chiarizia's Italian-American background coupled with a boundless imagination give an
earthy yet surreal style to much of his sculptural work.
Victor Chiarizia's glass is well-known for its technical innovations, organic forms and spirited colorations.
His most acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures with flameworked glass which is
treated with multiple applications of enamels to give luster and luminosity to the vines, blossoms, fruit,
human hands, and other elements that cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.
Chiarizia also creates limited-edition vessels and sculptures which demonstrate an exceptional use of
Incalmo, a 500 year-old Venetian technique that requires the artist to create cup-shape vessels which are
then connected to one another on the blow pipe. Incalmo and reverse incalmo are complex and physically
demanding processes for even the most experienced glassblowers.
Chiarizia uses this unusual technique to produce large vertical and diagonal bands of color within a vessel.
In addition, he has also earned acclaim for the Volcanic Series of glass sculptures with sand-carved and
etched surfaces to reveal deeply organic textures and colorations upon a Pate de Verre base.
His most acclaimed work includes The Botanicals, a series of sculptures with flameworked glass which is
treated with multiple applications of enamels to give luster and luminosity to the vines, blossoms, fruit,
human hands, and other elements that cling to amorphous hot glass vessels.
Chiarizia also creates limited-edition vessels and sculptures which demonstrate an exceptional use of
Incalmo, a 500 year-old Venetian technique that requires the artist to create cup-shape vessels which are
then connected to one another on the blow pipe. Incalmo and reverse incalmo are complex and physically
demanding processes for even the most experienced glassblowers.
Chiarizia uses this unusual technique to produce large vertical and diagonal bands of color within a vessel.
In addition, he has also earned acclaim for the Volcanic Series of glass sculptures with sand-carved and
etched surfaces to reveal deeply organic textures and colorations upon a Pate de Verre base.
| For further information, please contact Linda Gagliostro 727-725-1808 or linda@sydentelgalleries.com |