[PA-NJ Glassblowers] Karl Carter A Retrospective: Hicks Art Center Gallery, November 2 - December 16

[Tony Patti]

I am thrilled to be able to post this link and content for my teacher and
mentor Karl Carter.

 

https://hicksgallery.bucks.edu/

 


Karl Carter  A Retrospective

 

Hicks Art Center Gallery

November 2 - December 16 2022

 

Hicks Art Center Gallery is thrilled to present Karl Carter A Retrospective,
the first major gallery survey of Carter's work. Spanning the last 40 years,
the works in the exhibition range from biomorphic abstract wood and art
glass sculptures to exuberantly colored functional tableware and lighting.

 

Clifford Eberly, Exhibitions Associate at Hicks Art Center Gallery, and
curator of the show, writes, "His most striking accomplishment is blending
subtle and pronounced colors to produce exquisite objects that reveal
emotions captured in glass- which we now know is a unique form of matter.
Karl has gained expertise in almost all facets of glass blowing and
production which demonstrates his tenacious commitment to being curious."

 

Inspired by the founders and teachers of the American Studio Glass movement
like Harvey Littleton and Dominick Labino, Carter continually returns to his
initial attraction to the movement to make pieces where form follows
function. For instance, to create a dynamic pattern of straight and jagged
lines, Carter devised a method to shape and flatten the sides of the glass
vessel to better illustrate the representation. Carter states, "Early on in
my education I was told I approached my work as a concept artist. Though I
don't tackle larger concepts such as politics, I do find ideas that interest
me and then work through them-for example, how the chemistry of color in
glass works or exploring undulating forms in nature."

 

Under his tutelage from 1995, a generation of artists have learned to design
and blow glass using the facilities he planned and built in the 3D Arts
Building on the campus of Bucks County Community College in Newtown. 

 

Now the Shipping and Receiving Building, the Glass Program studio and the 3D
Arts were originally housed in the Pheasant Barn, aka "Art Barn" of the
Tyler Estate before the 3D Arts Building existed in its current location on
campus. 

 

This year Mr. Carter retired from Bucks as the Glass Program faculty member
in the Arts and Communications Department. Mr. Carter has held various
positions and the college since 2000, starting as the web developer, then
portal web master, then Director of learning technologies and finally
Director of professional development. 

 

Carter was born in Philadelphia and raised in Ohio then West Virginia before
returning to Pennsylvania with his family to Yardley. He attended Pennsbury
High School, received his BS in Industrial Design from the University of the
Arts, Philadelphia, and his MS Learning Technologies from Drexel University.
A true personification of the "lifelong learner" Carter regularly enrolls in
glass courses and workshops such as Torchmaking to expand and fine tune his
craft.

 

In addition to the exhibition of objects, a video including interviews with
Carter, his students and colleagues conducted by Clifford Eberly will be
shown on the gallery video monitor.

 

There will be an opening reception on November 3 from 4-7 p.m. 

Karl will give a short artist talk to introduce the exhibition at 4:15 p.m.
on November 3 in the gallery.

 

The reception and talk are free and open to the public.

 

Image: Karl Carter, A Helping Hand, glass and marble, 2004, 8 x 7 x 7
inches.

photographed by Bucks students in the Studio Lighting course, fall 2022.



 

 

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