Ethan Stern

Ethan Stern’s luminous, often asymmetrical blown and carved glass sculptures demonstrate the artist’s exceptional ability to bring form, color, texture, light, and line together in a seamless and perfectly balanced abstract composition.

Stern’s newest body of work presents a disparate, yet esthetically cohesive set of visual associations: luminous grays recall winter skies; sharp angles and solid bands of opaque color reference the geometry of urban landscapes; colorful carved patterns bring to mind eroded coastlines, or topographic maps; and the soft geometric silhouettes of the forms themselves suggest the elegant shapes of Japanese tea services.