Collaborative glass exhibit focuses on American apathy

Opening: June 11, 2010 5-9pm
Through: July 30th, 2010

In conjunction with the 2010 Glass Art Society Conference held in Louisville, The Green Building is pleased to exhibit work from three contemporary glass artists. McKinley Moore, Matthew Eskuche and Alexander Rosenberg will collaborate on a show entitled com-pla-cent, opening June 11th from 5-9pm. The opening will correspond with the Glass Art Society Trolley Hop that evening. 

com-pla-cent is the result of years of discussion between longtime friends Eskuche and Moore who share similar opinions towards art, glass, and the world at large. Both artists will use glass and other mixed media to serve as a commentary on the overwhelming consumerist complacency of the American people and the general sense of apathy towards what is going on in the world around them. The show will also feature one piece by Alexander Rosenberg, a New England based artist whose style corresponds with the theme.

Moore is a resident artist at Louisville's Glassworks. His current work seeks to draw attention to society’s passive attitude towards many problems including, but not limited to: political corruption, war, the energy crisis, religion, and the destruction of the environment. He received a BA from Centre College in 2003 after studying for years under the tutelage of internationally renowned glass artist Stephen Powell.

Eskuche began working in glass in 1998 and has studied with some of the most sought-after artists in contemporary flame-working including Emilio Santini and Ceasare Toffolo. His work can be found in many publications and in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Racine Art Museum, the Lampwork Museum of Glass in Kobe, Japan, and the Museum of Arts & Design in New York.

Rosenberg received his undergraduate degree in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design. It was while earning this degree that he discovered a love for craft traditions and material. He is interested in the value of things, learning and memory, action and reaction.