Smaller Harry Pollitt sculptures. Smaller, but still complex. Complex, but not too complicated. Curvaceous, but not too many intersections. Introducing the new, but not unfamiliar style of Pollitt Studio Small Treasures.
After a successful debut with Adam Blaue Gallery last year, Cheri Discenzo has decided to get the band back together. So below are this year’s Pollitt works that will proudly represent me. Come to the gallery space —Booth #1120— and see the works… Capricious, Bashert and, my newest piece, What’s Math Got To Do With …
PHOTOS CREDIT: Buffalo Creek Art Center website. Pollitt accepts Artist in Residency Buffalo Creek Art Center, Nevada, June 2018 I am a stay at home kind of guy. I like my space and my routine. My studio is a familiar comfort zone. Everything is right there. Just walk in. And pick up where I left …
A seamless opportunity… Cheri Discenzo, Gallery Director of Adam Blaue Gallery, Cleveland, offered me a seamless opportunity to show Pollitt glass sculptures at SOFA Chicago 2016. I’m delighted that I accepted her invitation. The show was a kick off to Cheri’s new gallery venture and our ongoing working relationship. My newest piece, Capricious, was just …
ZEST LEMON YELLOW 12″ H, 4″ Dia. COLLECTED Zest Zest was inspired by my first-ever combination wood and glass sculpture, entitled Genesis. The inner section was a wood sculpture. I liked the minimalized surface areas and structure. But since I never duplicate a piece, I modified the wood design and had a go at it …
What’s Math Got To Do With It? was inspired by Pinnacle. It started out simple enough, a top-down approach. Do that spire on top. Then get the flow just right.
TREASURE FUCHSIA 10″ H, 3″ Dia. COLLECTED Treasure A couple of years ago, I was approached about a possible commission to create a series of cast glass sculpture “awards.” They were to be handed out annually at a prestigious international ceremony to the winners. I became engrossed by the idea. It also triggered my interest in creating works …
Harry Pollitt’s latest sculpture is aptly named, Bashert. Improbable events and unexpected results surround the story of this kiln cast glass sculpture. The best explanation is that it was “meant to be.” Come read why.
Pollitt celebrates a new gallery partnership with Adam Blaue Gallery, Cleveland, in time for SOFA CHICAGO at Navy Pier, Nov 3 – 6. New work will be featured. (Imagine shows “Red Shift.”)
It’s an oxymoron – this movement-driven glass sculpture created in vaporous cobalt blue by Harry Pollitt. Pushing technical bounds with deep excavations and tight overlaps, Come see it.
Five Pollitt sculptures sold in a span of 10 days. That’s a record breaker for me! What an honor. Come see the Collectors’ choices.
Signed and delivered. Wood and glass sculpture commission is named GENESIS. Pollitt creates a nested, kiln cast glass & maple burl sculpture from two wax cylinders. View the ethereal results.
Adagio: Is a symphonic movement played slowly. It is also a ballet movement that is about fluidity and grace.
Adagio | 12″ h, 7″ diameter | Kiln cast crystal | Copper Blue | SOLD
Shape Shifter : In previous glass pieces, I utilized the basic form – inside outside curved lines and planes. But, here, for the first time, I incorporated diverging lines. Lines that heretofore I had only used in my wood wall sculptures.
Shape Shifter | 7″ h, 12″ diameter | Kiln cast dichroic crystal | Hyacinth | SOLD to Private Collection.
Cascade: Remember Orangesicles from your childhood? I was trying to capture the feeling of orange ice warming in the Summer sun and slumping – or, well, cascading down.
Cascade | 1′-6″ h, 10″ diameter | Kiln cast crystal | Apricot | SOLD to Private Collection.
