{"id":101756,"date":"2026-02-13T13:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=101756"},"modified":"2026-02-14T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:40:10","slug":"transparency-and-illusion-contemporary-glass-finds-intimacy-at-the-utah-cultural-celebration-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/transparency-and-illusion-contemporary-glass-finds-intimacy-at-the-utah-cultural-celebration-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparency and Illusion: Contemporary Glass Finds Intimacy at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barbara Busche, \u201cPark City Autumn #2″<\/p><\/div>\n

Every year, the Glass Art Guild of Utah<\/a> mounts a comprehensive exhibition of local glass arts at Red Butte Garden that is exhaustive in more than one sense of the word. All media, from the smallest ornaments and tiny, colorful objects to large functional and decorative creations, are included. Meanwhile, those who may yearn for a less overwhelming display of beautiful, enjoyable, and accessible works might like to visit the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, where a handful of works by each of 22 professional members of GAGU make up A Glass Menagerie,<\/em> where objects on display are in a gallery setting that gives each room for individual contemplation.<\/h4>\n

A paradox emerges from a framed rectangle of simulated brick in Greg Schlesinger\u2019s lamp-worked sculpture titled \u201cOne Drop.\u201d The represented faucet, properly a \u201chose bib,\u201d is made of glass as clear as the water one would expect from such a utility, while the titlular drop that hangs from it is solid black. Philosophical thoughts are par for the course when an artist deals with solid rock that is transparent, revealing a completely inaccessible but visibly present interior. In \u201cSplash,\u201d meanwhile, Schlesinger offers a provocative variation on a familiar carnival trick: another hose bib stands unattached to any pipe, yet the water flows freely from it and \u201cseems\u201d to support it.<\/h4>\n