Beschreibung:

Marlene Rose (1967-) Water Fan Buddha, 2010 Sand-cast glass and bronze 75 x 25 x 13in (190.5 x 63.5 x 33.02cm) Fußnoten Provenance Purchased from Habitat Galleries, Inc., April 17, 2010 Exhibited The 28th Annual International Glass Invitational Awards Exhibition 2010, April 24-May 23rd, 2010 Published Habitat Galleries 38th Annual International Glass Invitational Awards Exhibition 2010, Inspirations, April 24th 2010 - May 23, 2010 Royal Oak, Michigan: Habitat Galleries, 2010, pp.142-143. Marlene Rose is an internationally known award-winning sculptor who specializes in sand-cast glass. Her work has been featured in international art fairs and exhibitions and she has held numerous solo exhibitions throughout the United States. When writing about this work in the catalog for the 2010 exhibition cited above, she states "I am strongly influenced by my explorations of ancient cultures and the universal, simple positive imageries they hold in common. This translates in this work to embody a philosophy of peace that is not powerless, a true tranquility of strength. The stature of the piece is such that it creates a commanding presence while still exuding a gentle intimacy. The face in the work, while ostensibly a Buddha figure, is to me a symbol of inner serenity, and the "fan" behind the head is in part a halo, in part of circle of life, in part a radiance of energy. The color blue suggests to me an image for water, for sky, for peace, for glorious affirming life itself; after all our bodies are mostly water and this planet's surface, covered by oceans, connects all life; and we ascend into the sky."