ZigZag Blues, 2021
Glenn Zweygardt
Alfred Station, NY
Painted steel, cast glass, black granite
126” x 32” x 16”
Photos by Kyla Willoughby
Artist Statement
Artist’s Statement: Finding one’s place in a relationship with nature is the theme of my sculpture. While working with materials such as metal and stone, a relationship between nature and myself is formed. I want to tell stories and comment on my collective life experience and my perception of a collective consciousness. Hopefully, these ideas and expressions will enter into human consciousness and the fourth dimensions.
About the Artist
Glenn Zweygardt was born and raised in northwest Kansas, earned his BFA from Wichita State University, KA in 1967. In 1969, he completed his MFA at the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. He taught sculpture at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University from1969-2007 where he is a professor emeritus. Zweygardt has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout North America and in Europe. Select examples include the Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita, KS; Shidoni Outdoor Sculpture, Tesuque, NM; Enamel Today der Stadt, Uster, Switzerland; Mitchell Museum Sculpture Outdoors, Mt. Vernon, IL; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY as well as many university collections. His work is included in numerous private and public collections such as the Heubey Fine Arts Academy, Wuhan, China; The Rouse Company, Baltimore, MD; Nelson Rockefeller Collection; Mr. and Mrs, P.I. Berman Collection and many more.