Untitled
Datebefore 2010
Mediumglass
Dimensions5 × 11 3/4 × 3 inches (12.7 × 29.8 × 7.6 cm)
MarkingsMark: "unique 802672"
Credit LineGift of Arthur Bennett Kouwenhoven, Jr.
Object number2010.1.5
Copyright© Bertil Vallien.
The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextBertil Vallien creates eerily beautiful compositions evoking images of silence, ice, archeology, and Nordic mythology. In the Telfair’s untitled sand-cast sculpture, Vallien constructs a ship form. The artist sparks the imagination of the viewer with glimpses of elements hidden within the ice-blue structure, such as the image of a human torso with outstretched arms, a ladder, and other non-descript items floating and captured amongst the frozen glass.
Vallien studied life drawing and ceramics at the Konstfack School of Arts, Crafts and Design and the School for Advanced Industrial Design in Sweden. He worked as a designer for a ceramic factory in California for a short time, but returned to Sweden to work as a designer at the Afors Glass Factory, now part of Kosta Boda AB, where Vallien designs and creates production and art glass.
