John Kiley

John Kiley’s elegantly crafted, richly hued sculptures are both optically enthralling and emotionally engaging. There is a great sense of drama in Kiley’s work: his sculptures are composed of at least two distinct bubbles of colorful translucent glass, permanently joined, but not completely merged, a poignant metaphor for human interaction and relationship. And while in reality Kiley’s forms are designed to be quite stable, they often appear to be suspended in motion, seeming to tumble forward, off balance and askew. The sculptures expertly engage the space around them while invoking both a sense of stability and precariousness – paradoxically poised between activity and calm.

photography: Jeff Curtis