William Morris Canopic Jar: Eland, 1995
blown glass
Collection of the artist
William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal closes Sunday, September 28, at the The Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga. Visit the Hunter page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...). Internationally known glass sculptor William Morris transforms molten glass into sculptural installations resembling unearthed artifacts, animals and ancestral peoples. Morris’s innovative blown glass sculptures and installations are inspired by his passion for archaeology and ancient civilizations—Egyptian, West African, Mayan, Native American—as well as his deep interest in the animal world and the relationship between humans and their environment.
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William Morris Canopic Jar: Eland, 1995
blown glass
Collection of the artist
The Hunter Museum in Chattanooga Opens Today, Monday, June 23, William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal. Visit the Hunter Museum page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...). Internationally known glass sculptor William Morris transforms molten glass into sculptural installations resembling unearthed artifacts, animals and ancestral peoples. The exhibition runs through Sept. 28.
If you go to the Hunter's to see Morris' work, you will, also, have the opportunity to see their other exhibition, “Women’s Work,” that examines the work of Lilly Martin Spencer. This show closes this coming Sunday June 29.
Support your local galleries and museums! They are economic engines for your community.
Submitted by persimmon on Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:52.
Remember Melissa Ziegler? When the dust settled on the fiasco that left a South Knoxville sinkhole filled with toxic rubble from the old Coster Shop rail yard, she and Leslie Henderson were pointing fingers at each other, unsure who deserved blame for the improper dumping. The matter was settled out of court in Dec. 2005, and Henderson moved on to a Roane County position.
