September 8 2018: Mirrors and Glass at James Barron Art

Opening Saturday, September 8, 2018: Mirrors and Glass at James Barron Art

Jeannette Montgomery Barron and Laura de Santillana

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 4 - 6 pm

Our exhibition examines the remarkable visual parallels between Jeannette Montgomery Barron's photographs of mirrors and Laura de Santillana's glass sculptures. These two artists were born one year apart - Laura de Santillana in Venice, Italy, and Jeannette Montgomery Barron in Atlanta, Georgia - and both have worked continually between the U.S. and Italy. Without knowing one another's work until very recently, the two artists have steadily developed a minimalist aesthetic and an exploration of color through repetition of form. This is the first time their work has been exhibited together.

Jeannette Montgomery Barron's works are in numerous public and corporate collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Kunsthaus, Zurich; Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; The Archivio Fotografico, American Academy in Rome and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.

Laura de Santillana's works are in numerous public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Murano Glass Museum, Venice; The Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh and Museum of Art and Design, New York.