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Testamonials
What the art
world is saying about Christopher Ries.
“Art of a
superb caliber...”
Anita J. Ellis,
Curator of Decorative Arts, Cincinnati Art Museum
“The
compelling beauty of Christopher Ries’ glass sculptures gives an eloquent
expression to the ideals of excellence…”
-Sondra Myers,
National Endowment for the Arts
“His work
is timeless…”
-Irvin J.
Borowsky, Founder National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Michelangelo said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him
free.” Christopher Ries finds his “angels” in glass and uses high tech tools
to cut, carve, grind, and polish the glass to release the forms that he sees.
Although he carves glass, it is almost as though Ries sculpts light itself.
With each cut and beveled edge he controls the way the light reflects and
refracts, bending it into patterns and releasing all the colors of the rainbow
that clear crystal glass contains.
-PISMO
Gallery-Aspen
Ries’
work, which would have been impossible to produce or even envision fifty years
ago, is the perfect synthesis of science and artistic vision for our
time-bending light to his will, he creates stunning abstract sculptures that
engage the viewer on every level.
-PISMO
Gallery-Aspen
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