This green and brown glass sculpture is characteristic of Marian Karel’s desire to express a three-dimensional space with a flat form. He does not work with it in the glassworks, but rather prefers a sculptural approach. He sees glass as the only material that has a fourth dimension. In fact, it’s three-dimensional, however because of its optical qualities it creates a kind of illusion.
©Gabriel Urbánek
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Marian Karel
- Glass sculptor
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Master Artisan
Contact
Czech, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+420 604998888
+420 604998888
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Space, glass and light
- • Marian uses a minimalistic language of expression
- • He loves to capture light through his pieces
- • He has created installations for important spaces
Marian Karel pioneered a new concept of prismic glass sculptures at the beginning of the 1970s. His almost exclusive theme became objects smoothly cut out of massive blocks of lead glass, to which he gives simple geometrical shapes of cubes, cylinders, pyramids or polyhedrons. The aim of these objects is to make artistic use of light when combined with glass, especially reflections and deflections of light rays in the interior of glass prisms. Marian has an inborn sense of the monumental and works with space – be it in historical spaces such as Palazzo Ducale or Accademia Bridge, or contemporary buildings such as MoMA. He is able to alter commonplace perspectives and oppose the rules of gravity. Flat sheet glass is combined with contrasting metal surfaces, granite or water surfaces.
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Photo: ©Gabriel Urbánek
Green and brown glass sculpture
Photo: ©Gabriel Urbánek
Red glass sculpture
This red toned sculpture was shaped from a block of glass. For Marian Karel glass is a medium. He does not work with it in the glassworks, but rather prefers a sculptural approach. He sees glass as the only materialthat has the fourth dimension.
Photo: ©Gabriel Urbánek
Pyramid sculpture
This dark pyramid sculpture was formed from a block of glass. For Marian Karel glass is a medium. He does not work with it in the glassworks, but rather prefers a sculptural approach. He sees glass as the only material that has a fourth dimension.
Photo: ©Arthouse Hejtmánek
Green glass sculpture
This green toned sculpture was formed from a block of glass. For Marian Karel glass is a medium. He does not work with it in the glassworks, but rather prefers a sculptural approach. He sees glass as the only material that has a fourth dimension. In fact, it’s three-dimensional, however because of its optical qualities it creates a kind of illusion.
Photo: ©Gabriel Urbánek
Mobilni Kuzel
For Marian Karel glass is a medium. He does not work with it in the glassworks, but rather prefers a sculptural approach. He sees glass as the only material unlike wood, bronze or marble, that has the fourth dimension. In fact, it’s three-dimensional, however because of its optical qualities it creates a kind of illusion.
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