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Taymour Grahne Projects is delighted to present From Outside, the exclusive limited edition glass sculpture by NYC-based artist Matthew F Fisher (b. 1976, Boston).
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For this limited edition release, Fisher translates one of the most recurrent and characteristic icons in his oeuvre from the past decade, the graphic foam-crested wave, into three-dimensional form using a medium entirely new to his practice, glass. In addition to its material connection to the sand that frequently appears in minute detail throughout his seascapes, translating this icon into an object of permanence using an ancient medium speaks to Fisher’s ongoing rumination on timeless subject matter. The nature of hand hot-sculpted glass means that each edition is unique, with every wave cresting and forming slightly differently.
Fisher sees the ocean as a reflective metaphor for the cosmos above; both are vast and mysterious, incomprehensible, alluring, never-ending and perpetually in motion. Although Fisher repeatedly alludes to ideas of deep time, the work is rooted in personal experience, his own geographies and memories. For Fisher, things must remain close and cosmic simultaneously; at times, what is felt can only be expressed on the scale of an ocean or an infinite universe.
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"What I remember most about this time was two things. One, the view of the endless horizon line and mystery of what I couldn't see. The other was the constant soundtrack of the waves breaking on the shore outside. I remember going to bed to that crash, and waking up to it. A reminder to me that while I slept, the world continued to be awake. The grandness of the earth, the systems and routines that have always happened, like clockwork, and that I was just a passive witness to this clock."
- Matthew F Fisher talking about his grandfather's beach house on Long Island
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Behind the Scenes at the Glass Workshop
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MATTHEW F FISHER: Limited Edition Glass Sculpture
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