Opening Reception: Mano-Made Jaime Guerrero Aug 26, 5pm

Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Jaime Guerrero Opening Reception
Saturday, August 26, 2017, 5-7pm

Join us in experiencing our first Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA exhibition with Los Angeles native artist Jaime Guerrero. Guerrero is one of the few and first artists in the world to sculpt life-size figures in glass.

Guerrero takes glass into new realms with his remarkable ability to imbue his medium with palpable emotion and spirit. He is known for manipulating glass in an unusual technique of working inside and outside hot glass to sculpt a piece. In addition to Guerrero’s singular process of hand-shaping the glass, he animates his figures by occasionally applying highlights of color to the surface of these otherwise clear forms. The inherent nature of glass in its duality of strength, yet fragility, mirrors the nature of the human body and gives his work added impact.

For the exhibition at the Craft in America Center, Guerrero will be filling the gallery with an installation of a group of blown glass life size children that will represent children who are being detained at the border each day. These glass children will be batting at a suspended glass piñata that will be embellished with vivid papier mache streamers. His hope is that the installation will humanize and universalize the experience of these young immigrants, and initiate discussion about the critical challenges they face. In addition to his studio practice, Guerrero has dedicated himself to teaching his craft to younger artists in Watts, Boyle Heights, and other underserved communities. He hopes to extend access and promote diversity in the glass field by creating a studio to serve these students. Guerrero is a graduate of California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA.

Guerrero will be featured in Craft in America’s 2017 episode, BORDERS. This episode is an introduction to the vast interrelationships in the craft practices of Mexico and the United States.

This exhibition is part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.

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