Turned Symmetry

About Turned Symmetry

This modern glass wall sculpture in red was forged by John Paul Robinson. Three gently arched tubes of glass in a deep red create a graceful composition that appears to float on the wall. The Canadian artist uses his glasswork to explore metaphors of time, space, earth, and its elements. Subtle variations in each piece of translucent glass add dynamic detail as the light shines through them. One in a series.

“If you change the symmetry of the sculpture 180 degrees it (appears to) set the piece in motion by turning it into a spiral.” John Paul Robinson

John Paul Robinson was educated at the Georgian College of Arts and Technology and the Ontario College of Art where he later taught for several years. Robinson is a Fellow of The Creative Glass Center of America, recipient of the Joan Chalmers Glass Award and has twice received the Best Glass Award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Robinson has had solo exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto, Palm Beach, Quebec City and Chicago. His works are in corporate, private and public collections throughout North America including the Canadian Museum of History, the Musée des beaux-arts, Montreal and the Museum of American Glass, New Jersey.

Robinson is represented exclusively by Oeno Gallery.