photo: SAIKI Taku
Mutability / 2000
| Artist | Jan FIŠAR |
|---|---|
| Year | 2000-2001 |
| Material/ Technique | crystal glass |
| Size/ Duration | H43 × W48 × D38cm |
| Copyright Notice | © Jan FIŠAR |
| Year of acquisition/ donation | 2002 |
| Description | Born in Hořovice, Czech Republic in 1933. Died in 2010. After graduating from university, Fišar made sculptures using stone and wood until 1966 when he switched over to glass as he was requested to join a team of monumental glasswork production as a sculptor for Montreal International Exposition held in the following year. Subsequently he worked for Zelezny Brod Glassworks as a glass artist until 1971. He then became a glass artist, and was active mainly in Europe giving exhibitions. While emphasizing the sculptural space and formation, he realized the one and only expression made possible through communicating with the material. This work, which looks as if a lump of glass began running, and its ever changing shape was given form, was made by the ‘slumping’ technique that Fišar has been pursuing. This technique involves cutting glass that is blown in the air in a cylindrical form, and while reheating it, the glass is submerged and modeled after a mold. Fišar commented on this work saying: “The amazing developments that have been made in biotechnology and genetic engineering may be putting us in a dangerous situation.” The artist has put in this work not only his interest in natural science but also obscure anxieties about the relationship between natural science and human beings. |
NOTES
This Collection Data page contains the works and materials in the collection of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, as of April 1, 2018.
Artists are listed alphabetically by artist’s surname.
Works and materials by the same artists are listed according to the date of the work in principle.
Works whose dates are unidentified are listed at the end of each item. Some works are not listed according to the date of work due to their relations.
The data of works and materials are listed in order of title, production year, material/technique/form, dimensions, donor’s name, copyright holder and credit for photograph.
Dimensions are given by height (H) x width (W) in centimeters for plane work, and height (H) x width (W) x depth (D) in cm for 3-D work. Diameter (Ø) is used for circular work.
For the name of country or city, the name currently used in English is listed in principle.