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Alice Chappell Gallery |
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Alex
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As an artist Bernstein often seeks confrontation to create beauty. His glass forms are created primarily through a subtractive method - carving, grinding and polishing hardened glass, techniques similar to those of a stone sculptor. He studies his raw forms, seeking clues as to their potential for expression.
The optical effects that he creates in his polished forms are not the final message, rather a seductive element that leads the viewer into a deeper realm. His carved forms, many being full lead crystal, which is considered the most pristine form of glass, are often corroded with spewed metal shards. Through this juxtaposition of opposites, Alex not only articulates and enhances the precisely cut, hard-edged, sometimes jagged, edges of crystal. |
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