JOSE CHARDIETViajero

Published by Ken Saunders Gallery

230 West Superior StreetChicago, IL 60654

www.kensaundersgallery.com

© 2012 Ken Saunders GalleryAll Rights Reserved

Printed and Bound in the United States of America

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Design: Deborah KraftPhotography:Mart Doyle

Doug Schaible “Relic”Jessica Marcotte “Loon”

ISBN: 978-0-9834519-9-0

Published on the occasion of the exhibitionJOSE CHARDIET: VIAJERO

November 2 - December 28, 2012

JOSE CHARDIETViajero

For his latest exhibition at Ken Saunders Gallery, Jose Chardiet has brought together a body of work that is far reaching in form, concept and execution.

There are brilliantly colored petite vessel forms with surfaces rich in mysterious copper inclusions and fanciful cold worked embellishments.

There are meticulously crafted electroplated hot-glass Teapots/Skyscrapers that are marvels of architecture in the miniature and luxurious objets d’art.

Chardiet creates wondrous objects in a scale that many artists find intimidating, but in the larger works in this exhibition the artist exerts a master’s exuberance for ambitious plans and the touch to execute his complex designs.

Included in this exhibition are a number of the artist’s most resolved Still-Lifes to date. Fiercely Caribbean, these multi-part sculptures strum with a vibrant internal rhythm, sway in a sensual breeze. The sculptures in this series are a complex construction of cast, blown, and hot-tooled glass elements that have been ground, polished, electroplated, and/or painted.

Finally, there are two very special older works included in this exhibition. The artist’s Headdress series has very few examples. These large blown and hot-tooled sculptures marked a point in artist’s career when he challenged himself with scale by taking advantage of vocabulary he had developed with the Still-Lifes and the technique of constructing his sculptures from multiple parts. These works are exemplary representations of the artist at his boldest and most ambitious.

For nearly twenty years it has been a great pleasure to work closely with Jose Chardiet. As we bring to a close the celebration of the 50th Year of the Studio Glass Movement, I extend my appreciation to Jose Chardiet and all of the artists working in glass for their contributions to this vibrant movement.

Ken Saunders

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Blue Boy201211 x 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches

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Lavender and Apple Green201212 x 7 x 7 inches

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Polka Dot Red201213 x 8 x 8 inches

Pinkie201211 1/2 x 6 x 6 inches

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Princess201212 x 7 1/2 x 7 1 /2 inches

Gold Macaw201210 x 9 1/2 x 4 inches

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Silver Tide Pool20129 x 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches

Night Horn201217 1/2 x 4 x 5 1/2 inches

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Verde Dome Teapot20118 1/ 4 x 9 x 3 1/2 inches

Silver Rainbow Teapot201110 x 9 x 3 3/4 inches

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Miramar201225 1/2 x 12 x 8 inches

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Second Passage201024 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 17 inches

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Ancestors201226 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 17 inches

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Loon200153 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches

Royal Headdress200731 1/2 x 13 x 8 inches

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Public Collections

Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FloridaAlexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich, Germany

Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FloridaTelfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MassachusettsMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.American Craft Museum, New York City, New York

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Glass Center, Corning, New YorkYokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne, SwitzerlandThe High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GeorgiaDetroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North CarolinaContemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, North CarolinaAsheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina

Birmingham Museum of Arts, Birmingham, AlabamaUniversity of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Project Art, Iowa City, IowaMuseum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WisconsinCincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada

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