Nocturne #6, 2019

ArtistKaren LaMonte, New York *1967

ExecutionLhotský Studio, founded 1994

Darkly tinged lead glass, cast in four parts

(H x W x D)144 × 84 × 66,5 cm

Place of originPrague, Czech Republic

Place of originPelechov, Železný Brod, Czech Republic

Status

on display, room G03

About the workThe body imprint of an invisible wearer can be sensed in this fragile ball gown. Since 1999, the artist has been working with colourless glass in a multi-layered process of moulds and casts. In 2012-2015, she developed her own dark-coloured glass with technologists in Germany. She uses it to create female figurations of the night, which she calls “Nocturnes”, modelled on musical compositions: “somber, seductive and inscrutable”. Karen LaMonte was awarded the Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award at the Kunstpalast in 2007.

AccessionAcquisition 2023 partly with funds of the Stiftung Glasmuseum Hentrich

Inventory numberGl 2023-3 a-d

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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