Harry Anderson
Untitled
Found objects hand blown glass
Untitled
Found objects
Red Streak
Found objects, hand blown glass 36" X 10" X 7"
My work as an artist has always been connected with an affinity towards the found object. I am an enthusiastic collector of mass-produced, consumer goods from the '30s, '40s and '50s. What I collect becomes a resource for my work. I also find materials used in the work in the industrial salvage yards and in rural areas the tools and equipment that were once commonly in use on farms present themselves as a resource. When seeing something designed purely for function, the inherent beauty of the successfully engineered object speaks to and inspires me. The integrity of these objects and their ability to evoke past purpose makes their reuse as elements in my work central to it.
Harry Anderson 2014
Harry is a full time artist whose past teaching credits include Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, North Country Studio Conference, Bennington, VT, Pilchuck, Stanwood, WA and Haystack, Deer Isle, ME. Anderson received his BFA from the University of Illinois and MFA from the Pennsylvania State University. He has received grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts among others. His light sculptures, installations, artist books, prints and photographs have been widely seen in both solo and group exhibitions. They are included in numerous private and public collections.
See more of Harry Anderson's work at www.harry-anderson.com.