Alan Glass

By (author) Masayo Nonaka

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Publishing 22nd Feb 2025

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This book is the result of a study carried out over two years by the prominent curator and lecturer Masayo Nonaka, a specialist in the subject of Mexican surrealism

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Alan Glass has dedicated his entire career to building objects. He has no equal in the history of art, with the exception of Joseph Cornell. Characters such as Queen Elizabeth I and King Ludwig II of Bavaria, ice castles, the sea (navigation), the sky (astrology) and the universe appear in his object boxes. Equally important are his two-dimensional works, in which, with his exquisitely versatile drawing, he has made his fantastic visions come true.

This book is the result of a study carried out over two years by the prominent curator and lecturer Masayo Nonaka, a specialist in the subject of Mexican surrealism.

About the Author

Alan Glass (Montreal , June 30, 1932 - Mexico City , January 16, 2023) was a Canadian plastic artist. He was born in Montreal on June 30, 1932, studied at the École beaux-arts de Montréal between 1949 and 1952 and worked in the studio of Alfred Pellan. He received a scholarship from the French government in 1952 and lived in Paris while traveling through Central Europe and the Middle East. During this time he exhibited at the Galerie Le Terrain Vague, where he met André Breton. From 1968 to 1969 he traveled through India and Nepal, particularly in the state of Sikkim. In 1962 he traveled to Mexico for the first time. In the 1970s, he began living between Mexico and Quebec.
Alan Glass died in Mexico City on January 16, 2023, at the age of 90.

Specifications

Publisher: Ediciones El Viso
ISBN: 9788412846607
Publish date: 22nd Feb 2025
Binding: Hardback
Territory: USA & Canada
Size: 9.65 in x 12.99 in
Pages: 340 Pages

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