CONJURING IN GLASS & CLAY
“Conjured” is an apt description of Robert Sherman’s mosaic creations—a potent mix of glass, clay, photography, politics, poetry, pandemic, and religion. Created with emotion, they evoke the same in the viewer. Sherman was an actor as a young man. Not surprisingly, there’s an almost performative quality to his current work. Though inspired by the glittering Byzantine glass mosaics of Ravenna and Gaudi’s monumental Barcelona clay mosaics, it also manifests psychic and literal flashbacks to his earlier highly respected mask-making days. Sherman feels the ancient firing technique of raku made those masks “come alive.” Light and shadow conspire in this work to create the same effect.
ROBERT SHERMAN, USA
If you are interested in purchasing Robert’s art, please contact him directly at: rsherman120@gmail.com (Shipping is additional.)
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Sequestered with Memory
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 25” x 20”, Artist’s Collection
Slouching to Be Born
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 25” round, Artist’s Collection
Straight to Hell
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 12” x 13”, 1,400 USD
After the Wave
Handmade ceramic tiles & mirror glass, 10.25” x 10.25”, Artist’s Collection
The Expulsion
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 19” x 14.5”, 1,600 USD
The Center Doesn’t Hold
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 25.5” x 25.5”, Artist’s Collection
Birth of a Mask
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 23” x 25”, Artist’s Collection
Pantocrator
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithograph on clay, 14” x 14”, 1,400 USD
Return of the Mask Man
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithograph on clay, 11” x 10”, 1,200 USD
Temptation
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithograph on clay, 12.75” x 10.5”, 1,000 USD
Leaving Eden
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay , 11” x 10”, 1,000 USD
After the Plague
Handmade ceramic tiles, mirror glass & photolithographs on clay, 25” round, SOLD