Where the Shark Bubbles Blow #6
Artist
Wilfried Grootens
(German, born 1954)
CultureGerman
Date2012
MediumPainted, laminated, and polished glass
Dimensions11 × 8 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
SignedOn the top of the sculpture’s front, the artist’s signature and date are engraved: wgrootens 2012.
Credit LineGift of Gwen and Jerome A. Paulson
Object number2024.10.1
Not on view
DescriptionA solid sculpture of glass, shaped like a cube that leans forward (i.e., a parallelepiped, or a three-dimensional figure formed by six parallelograms). From a distance it looks as though a soft, spherical, organic form of yellow, white, and orange is embedded within solid, colorless block of transparent glass. This trompe l’oeil effect is achieved by painting in two dimensions on some of the 32 flat glass panes that are laminated (glue) together.ProvenanceThe artist | Pismo Fine Art Glass (Denver, CO) | Gwen and Jerome A. Paulson 2012 | CMA 2024
