Deform Follows Finance, Patronage Determines Form, the Ancient Craft of Glassblowing is Once Again Reborn
Artist
Richard Posner
MediumLithograph
Dimensions29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Posner is a glass artist who was apparently amused by the rise to prominence of the glass art scene in the Northwest. Here in a kind of satirical cartoon, he populates that particular corner of the art world with characters from popular culture and art history. He sees these characters in a chaotic reverie meant to represent the local scene of artists, their dealers, the patrons and the hangers on.