Patrick Jacob
| THE ESSENCE OF THE FAMOUS LIGHT OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, SO PRAISED BY COUNTLESS ARTISTS, CAPTURED IN THE IRIDESCENT REFLECTIONS WITHIN THE BRILLIANTLY FRAGMENTED TESSEREA OF GLASS WHICH ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PATRICK JACOB’S WORK. JACOB HAS WORKED IN THE MEDIUM OF GLASS FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS CREATING IMPOSING TABLES ON A MONUMENTAL SCALE, HUGEVESSELS, CANDLEABRAS, GLASSES AND NATURAL FORMS ALL IN DECEPTIVELY FRAGILE-LOOKING UNWORKED STACKED GLASS. SAYS JACOB, “ I’AM A CHILD OF THE STUDIO GLASS MOVEMENT IN THE 1960s. I USE GLASS LIKE A COUTURIER USES FABRIC. I DRAPE AND I STICK. I LOOK FOR DEEP EMOTION WITHIN THE TECHNIQUE WHICH IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY SIMPLIFIED. I FEEL LESS AND LESS OF A GLASSWORKER - MORE A CREATOR WHO USES GLASS AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSION.” THE ARTIST BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A GLASS BLOWER AND HAS WORKED WITH WAREN LANGLEY (THERMO-FORMAGE) AND DOMINIQUE MARCADET (BLOWN GLASS). JACOB HAS EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY SINCE 1989: 1989 SALON DES INDÉPENDANTS, PARIS / FRANCE |
