Martin Blank (artist)

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Installation by Martin Blank at Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington that captures the emotive nature of water and consists of 754 blown glass components. Fluent Steps.jpg
Installation by Martin Blank at Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington that captures the emotive nature of water and consists of 754 blown glass components.
'Drinking from the Cup #2' by 'Martin Blank, 2001, Honolulu Museum of Art Drinking from the Cup -2 by Martin Blank.jpgum of Art.jpg
'Drinking from the Cup #2' by 'Martin Blank, 2001, Honolulu Museum of Art

Martin Blank (born August 29, 1962), is an American glass artist. He received a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1984 with a major in glass. He studied with Dale Chihuly and by the 1990s was working independently. Blank has taught at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington and Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle, Washington. He lives and works in Seattle. [1]

Martin Blank is known for both figurative sculptures and architectural glass installations. Drinking from the Cup #2, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art, is typical of the artist's figurative work, which usually represents the human body in blown glass. The Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, New York), the Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii), the Krannert Art Museum (Champaign, Illinois), the Mary & Leigh Bloch Museum of Art (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois), the Millennium Museum (Beijing, China), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal, Canada), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Palm Beach Community College Museum (Palm Beach, Florida), the Shanghai Museum of Fine Art (China), the Tampa Museum of Art (Tampa, Florida), and the Imagine Museum (St. Petersburg, Florida) are among the public collections holding glass sculptures by Martin Blank. [2]

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References

  1. "Martin Blank Biography". Schantz Galleries. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. "Martin Blank". Holsten Galleries. Retrieved 2021-07-20.