2O1O — 2O15
FER ET VERRE
ANNE BRENNAN
FOR THE FER ET VERRE AND WEARABLE CITIES WORKS, TILDEN TURNS TO THE PREHISTORY OF THE MODERNIST GLASS BUILDING FOR HER INSPIRATION. THE TITLE OF THIS BODY OF WORK REFERS TO IRON AND GLASS, THE MATERIALS USED IN THE EDIFICES BUILT FOR THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THOSE EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLES DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE THE POLITICAL, COLONIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NEW WORLD AND THE GREAT EUROPEAN POWERS. THEIR SCALE, AND THE REQUIREMENT THAT THESE BUILDINGS BE TEMPORARY AND THEREFORE QUICK TO CONSTRUCT AND DISMANTLE, OFTEN DEMANDED NEW ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO BRING THEM INTO BEING. A FEW OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE SURVIVED — THE GRAND PALAIS, REMNANT OF THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION OF 1901, FOR EXAMPLE, AND EVEN MORE FAMOUSLY, THE EIFFEL TOWER, ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A GATEWAY TO THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1889.
EMPIRE
2012
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver
19.1 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm
from the series WEARABLE CITIES
Photographer: Jeremy Dillon
GRADED GRAND PALAIS
2015
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, oxidised sterling silver
3.5 x 38.0 cm diameter
Collection of Margaret Hancock Davis
Photographer: Grant Hancock
VERRE I
2010
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver
40.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm
Photographer: Jeremy Dillon
DUTERT
2012
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver
30.5 cm diameter
Private collection
Photographer: Jeremy Dillon
LOUVRE
2010
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, oxidised sterling silver
1.4 x 28.0 cm diameter
Photographer: Andrew Curtis
PETIT PALAIS
2012
waterjet cut, coldworked and flameworked borosilicate glass, sterling silver
1.7 x 16.0 cm diameter
Photographer: Jeremy Dillon
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