The studio glass movement of 1960s America ushered in new artistic applications of glass after centuries of functional uses of the medium. Contemporary Reflections features glass works by artists that use innovative glassmaking techniques and materials to explore aspects of modernity, such as urbanization, American consumerism, and scenes of everyday life. This gallery includes objects by prominent American glass artists such as Therman Statom, Dan Dailey, and Jay Musler, as well as international glass artists like Irish artist Clifford Rainey and Czech artist Dana Zámečníková.
Image Credits:
Jay Musler, Cityscape, 1982, blown glass and oil paint, 9 x 18 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, gift of Lisa Jan Rose and Kenneth L. Koenig, MD and Sara Jane Rose and Jay Shanker, 2021.156, © Jay Musler, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
b. Steve Tobin, Neon Wall Piece, ca. 1987, glass and neon, 34 (diameter) in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, gift of Lisa Jan Rose and Kenneth L. Koenig, MD and Sara Jane Rose and Jay Shanker, 2021.190, © Steve Tobin, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
c. Dana Zámečníková, Three Friends, 1985, flat glass, assembled, painted, 16 x 16 x 4 1/4 in., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, gift of Lisa Jan Rose and Kenneth L. Koenig, MD and Sara Jane Rose and Jay Shanker, 2021.210, © Dana Zámečníková, photo © Oklahoma City Museum of Art
