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For most collectors, Eric Bonte is a glass artist most known for his domed glass ceilings. Impressive in size and opulent in style, this expansive body of work can be found in significant locations around the world.
Bonte could easily rest on his accolades.
Yet he made the conscious decision to confront a more personal sphere.
Through his work, Eric Bonte ponders the meditative nature of earth, human introspection and our fleeting existence. Each inquisition surpasses even his own initial exploration of “love and freedom”.
Avoiding the vibrant and regal realism associated with his domed creations, Bonte turned inward for inspiration. These sculptures, the products of his rumination, can be described as abstract romanticism, as a passing breeze, as a release from the limitations of the past.
We are convinced that this version is not a new incarnation; rather, it is the liberation of the same person. The grander his domed glass ceilings and the more vivid his use of color, the more his true self would retreat. Perhaps he hoped to make it personal, for it all to derive from within, to experience the silence and purity following the maelstrom. Perhaps he saw this as an opportunity to make his voice heard.
Perhaps this is the torment of a true artist. Perhaps it is what 19th century Japanese literary critic Kuriyagawa Hakuson described as “the symbol of suffering”. As the audience, how we love to bear witness to an artist’s creative trajectory. Of these two Eric Bontes, which one do you chose?
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- Chang Yi, Caurtor
To revive the lost art of Chinese liuli, esteemed Taiwanese film director Chang Yi founded LIULIGONGFANG with artist Loretta H. Yang. The New York Times has dubbed Chang“Father of the Asia Studio Glass Movement.”Chang’s vision unites contemporary liuli art with traditional craft art through a cultural lens. His efforts have established LIULIGONGFANG as a global leader and advocate of liuli art. Chang Yi’s unique perspective on life has been influenced by his lifelong battle with vascular lesions. He treats liuli as a courier for love and death, reality and illusion, light and shadow, complete resplendence and shattered disillusionment. Chang Yi’s style is uninhibited and free - spirited; he bestows his work with boundless possibilities and looks to literature and Zen Buddhism as his creative guides.
