Passage to the LaBelle

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Passage to the LaBelle

1995

Michael Pavlik (Czech (active in Guatemala), born 1941)

Michael Pavlik is known for abstract sculptures that display illusory depths; Passage to the LaBelle is a superb example of his geometric glass volumes and planar optical effects. Using laminating optical crystal and cast colored glass, Pavlik experiments with the interplay of the material’s ability to reflect, absorb, and refract light. Compositionally balanced, this framed geometric construction displays the formal vocabulary of line and reduces it to clarity of form, color, and shape. Pavlik states, “I make art to manifest stages of the journey toward wholeness, which is the root of humanity. My work is about light, transformation, and illusion.”

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Object Details

Title:

Passage to the LaBelle

Date:

1995

Artist:

Michael Pavlik (Czech (active in Guatemala), born 1941)

Medium:

Cut, polished, and laminated glass

Dimensions:

13 x 13 x 16 inches (33 x 33 x 40.6 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Bequest of Hester Beckman, 2009

Accession Number:

2009-147-6

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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