Tektite Portal

Object NameSculpture

Artist / Maker Josh Simpson ((American, b. 1949))

Date2013

MediumBlown and formed glass with glass cane.

Dimensions11 x 15 x 14 in. (27.9 x 38.1 x 35.6 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineCommissioned by University Museums. An Art in State Buildings Project for the Veterinary Medicine Research Labs. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberU2013.16

Status

Not on view

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CultureAmerican

Label Text"The dark exteriors of Portals give no hint of their startling interiors, and the experience of gazing upon these brave new worlds is literally magnified by the lenses ground into their flat tops. Portals seem especially intimate and accessible, inviting the eye in for a closer look at the lushness of their interior life. Their inky, opaque exteriors are suggestive, too, of dark swirling oceans, hiding bright and exotic sea life within." --Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, 2000-2015

SignedSigned Joshua Simpson.

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