Richard Marquis: Keepers

September 28, 2019 – February 15, 2021

Exhibition Overview

Richard Marquis: Keepers is a late career survey of a towering figure in the Studio Glass movement. Marquis is known for extraordinary technique, comic sensibility, bold innovations, and iconoclastic spirit. In his 50-year career, he has consistently been gleefully inventive and unfailingly smart. His work is collected and exhibited world-wide.

Objects in the exhibition will be chosen from the artist’s comprehensive archives of his art from the 1960s to the present. Marquis calls these pieces his “keepers.” The galleries will be thematically arranged and include areas of his work that have rarely been exhibited, such as his ceramics and prints.

Featured Images

Image Credits

Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). The Best Waterford Tower, 1998-1999. Blown glass, murrine technique; Waterford Crystal dogs; 13 × 19 1/2 × 9 in. Collection of the artist. Photo by Duncan Price.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Five Painted Latticino Bottles with Clay Plates, 1983. Blown glass, clay plates, paint; overall: 10 3/4 × 12 × 50 in. Collection of the artist. Photo by Duncan Price.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Flat Heffalump, 2007. Blown and fused glass; 10 × 20 3/4 × 6 1/4 in. Collection of the artist. Photo by Duncan Price.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Egg in Cage, 2009. Blown glass, granulare technique; found object; 14 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. Collection of the artist. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Net of Indra (detail), 2013. Fused and blown glass, murrine technique; 10 3/4 × 10 × 9 in. Collection of the artist. Photo by Duncan Price.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Net of Indra, 2013. Fused and blown glass, murrine technique; 10 3/4 × 10 × 9 in. Collection of the artist. Photo by Duncan Price.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Pastel Polar Bear, 2013. Blown glass, granulare technique, found object; 8 × 11 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). Ruby Heart Teapot, 1980. Blown glass, murrine technique; 5 × 6 × 5 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
Richard Marquis (American, born 1945). House on Raft, 2004, flames added in 2014. Fused glass; 5 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.