Books

 

Selected Publications from Glass Galleries.  We have organized this comprehensive list into the following categories for easier access:

From introductions and overviews to catalogues and special exhibitions on studio art glass.

 

Catalogues from our largest annual event.

 

From comprehensive hardcover volumes to exhibition catalogues on noted glass artists of today.

 

Considering the number of publications devoted to this renown artist, we felt he deserved a section entirely his own.

 

 

Glass

Contemporary Kilnformed Glass

US$40.00

103 pages outline the history of kilnformed glass.   This catalogue illustrates many of the top international names with a special section on architectural glass.  Full color.  Glossary of kilnformed techniques.   Published by Bullseye Glass, 1992.

 

Artists Confronting the Inconceivable

US$100.00

This extraordinary, hardcover volume is the first book to invite the worldwide community of glass masters to create work that expresses remembrance of Kristallnacht and the Holocaust.  Distinguished artists from 28 countries participated.  105 plates in full color.  For a tax-deductible donation, please make checks payable to the American Interfaith Institute.

 

Glass: State of the Art II

US$45.00

Compiled and edited by Ferdinand Hampson, this hard cover book illustrates the works of 100 internationally noted artists, including chapters on collectors and dealers.

 

Australia Studio Glass
-- The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art

US$65.00

This hardcover, full-color catalogue documents the studio glass movement in Australia.  It identifies the founding and successive glass artists and illustrates their work.

 

Expanded Glass
-- Traditional & Contemporary

US$40.00

An exhibition catalogue uniting 173 glass art works created by 9 artists selected from all over the world as leaders of Glass Studio Art, which opened at the Yokohama Museum of Art.  Features 261 pages with 173 full-color photos.

 

Pilchuck: A Glass School

US$60.00

In this exhaustive history, author Tina Oldknow traces the evolution of the school from a makeshift workshop of tents and treehouses to the most comprehensive center in the world for artists working in glass.  Hardcover, 293 pages.

 

Glass Art

US$50.00

Written by Peter Layton, this book is an introduction to the diversity of ideas and talent currently displayed by artists working with glass.

 

Buy Art Smart

US$13.00

Foolproof strategies for buying any kind of art with confidence.

 

Masters of Contemporary Glass
-- The Glick Collection

US$40.00

A catalogue that was published in conjunction with the exhibition Master of Contemporary Glass: Selections from the Glick Collection, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1997.

 

A Passion for Glass

US$20.00

A wonderful exhibition catalogue from the Aviva and Jack A. Robinson Studio Glass Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, illustrating the 78 works that were donated.

 

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International Catalogues
The 27th Annual
International Glass Show

US$25.00

The eighth catalogue in our International Glass Show series, this year's publication records the exhibition by illustrating some of the most noted artists working in glass, as well as some of the most talented newcomers.

 

The 26th Annual
International Glass Show

US$20.00

This catalogue celebrates and visually documents this one year in the development of glass as an art medium.  Photos and résumés of participating artists are featured.

 

25 Years: 

US$25.00

The 25th Annual International Glass Show

Documenting the celebration of Glass Galleries 25th International Exhibition.  A concise history of Glass Galleries, as well as the exhibition, along with full-color photos of the works featured.

 

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Artists
William Morris -- Artifacts/Glass

US$40.00

A beautiful hardcover volume documenting the most important series done by William Morris, the Artifact Series.  Inspired by Paleolithic images, Morris says that he creates artifacts that he himself would like to excavate.  With an essay by Barry Blonston and 90 full-color plates.

 

S. Libensky / J. Brychtova
-- A 40 Year Collaboration in Glass

US$60.00

The first major chronicle of Libensky's and Brychtova's lifelong work.  This hardcover volume has 224 pages, 237 illustrations (97 in full-color), and documents early works of the 1940's through the collaborative sculptures that began in the 1950's and continue to the present day.  Published in conjunction with their major retrospective held at The Corning Museum of Glass.

 

Klaus Moje -- Glass

US$45.00

An exhibition catalogue from the National Gallery of Victoria.  A retrospective of Klaus Moje's sculpture in glass, with an essay by Rudiger Joppien.  Features 47 full-color plates.

 

Why Not?  The Art of Ginny Ruffner

US$30.00

Written by Bonnie Miller with an introduction by Arthur Danto, as well as commentary from the artist, this wonderful book captures the creative imagination and indomitable spirit of Ginny Ruffner.  112 pages with 50 full-color photos.

 

Paul J. Stankard
-- Homage to Nature

US$40.00

Published by Abrams, this beautiful hardcover book illustrates the inspiration and technique behind the most important lampworker today.   Features 185 full-color plates.

 

Pavel Hlava

US$25.00

A catalogue celebrating the artist's 70th birthday, as well as his important contribution to the Contemporary Glass Movement of the Czech Republic.

 

Lino Tagliapietra
-- A Venetian Glass Maestro

US$75.00

A chronicle of the master glassblower that includes 88 color plates and essays by Thomas S. Buechner and Susanne K. Frantz.  Hardcover.

 

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Chihuly
Chihuly

US$75.00

Comprehensive is the only word to describe Chihuly, the Abrams monograph second edition, published in 1998.  The 364 pages of Chihuly present the definitive view of the artist to date.  Hardcover, 248 plates in color.

 

Chihuly: alla Macchia

US$25.00

This exhibition catalogue represents twelve years of the artist's energy expended in one series of his work, interpreting the development and variations over the years.  Published by the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, 1993.

 

Venetians -- Dale Chihuly

US$60.00

A hardcover documentation of Dale Chihuly's renowned series, The Venetians.  Introduction by Ron Glowen.  Over 60 full-color plates, including a chapter devoted to drawings.

 

Chihuly -- Form from Fire

US$60.00

Illustrates in full-color a selection of Dale Chihuly's installations, sculptures and drawings.  This hardcover volume offers the most comprehensive survey of Chihuly's work to date.  Introduction by Walter Darby Bannard, University of Miami.

 

signed US$80.00

Chihuly Baskets

US$60.00

A 162-page, full-color hardcover volume illustrating one of the artist's most important series, the Basket.  Extraordinary color plates document the inspiration and progression of this series over the last 20 years.   Essays by Linda Norden and Murray Morgan.

 

Chihuly Seaforms

US$30.00

A 110-page, full-color hardcover volume illustrating Chihuly's Seaform series.  Text by Sylvia Earle and Joan Seeman Robinson.

 

Chihuly Over Venice

US$30.00

An important chronicle of the artist's installations of chandeliers in Venice, Italy.  A diary by William Warmus and full-color plates of each installation.  A wonderful insight into the creative forces of Dale Chihuly.

 

Chihuly Over Venice:   Nuutajarvi Finland

US$70.00

"Chihuly Over Venice", the project to create chandeliers in the world's great glass centers, began in Nuutajarvi, Finland.  In this oversized, paperbound portfolio, 26 full-color reproductions document that summer's glassblowing season.

 

Chihuly: Icicles

US$20.00

This hardcover book chronicles the remarkable story of how Chihuly's most startling and challenging outdoor installation took form.

 

Chihuly: Persians 1997

US$40.00

A thoughtful essay by Tina Oldknow, along with 59 color illustrations of Chihuly's Persian series.  Hardcover, 104 pages.

 

River of Glass (video)

US$30.00

A stunning 90-minute video documenting Chihuly's installations of chandeliers in Venice.

 

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