“Untitled Mosaic” (glass, concrete and steel), by Ann Gardner, in her show “Expanding the Perception of Light’’, at Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, Conn., Nov. 20 through Jan. 8
The gallery says:
“Gardner’s artistic practice stems from a life-long exploration of light, color, pattern, and volume. Using one of the most ancient man-made materials, glass, her sculptures are presented in a range of formats, shapes, and scales. Gardner hand-cuts colored glass into tiny mosaic pieces and reassembles them onto steel armature structures. These come in a variety of forms, such as curved geometric shapes, tubular ovals, waved panels, star bursts or round compositions created in a series. Their volumes protrude into space and recede into themselves, thereby allowing for additional flickering of light, color, and reflection to take place. Some of the sculptures are mounted onto walls while others are free-standing or suspended from the ceiling.’’
One of many significant buildings in New Canaan: This Greek Revival house , built in 1836, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The house was home to Maxwell E. Perkins (1884-1947), the legendary editor, early promoter and friend of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald Thomas Wolfe and some other famous 20th Century authors.
In 2019 the house was acquired by the New Canaan-based Onera Foundation, with the plan to convert the house into an architectural museum and exhibit space.
