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View from Within Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art*

Rhoda Baer, Artist

June 17 – August 13, 2023

“In truth, I still think it’s all magic.â€
—Rhoda Baer

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Rhoda Baer, Waiting for Nightfall, 2019. Carved and color laminated optical glass, 17 x 5.5 x 5.25 inches. Photo: Rhoda Baer

Rhoda Baer, The Tiger in the Long Satin Dress, 2022

Rhoda Baer, The Tiger in the Long Satin Dress, 2022. Carved and color laminated optical glass, 12.5 x 9.75  x 9.5 inches.

Rhoda Baer, "Snow Hawk at Dawn" and "Mist Falling on Angel Wings"

Rhoda Baer, Snow Hawk at Dawn (on left), 2022. Carved and color laminated optical glass, 14 x 5.25 x 4.5 inches. Mist Falling on Angel Wings (on right), 2022. Carved and color laminated optical glass 12.75 x 6.25 x 5.75 inches.

Exhibition Overview

Laminating clear optical glass with colored minerals to make glass sculptures is a complicated and technically advanced process done by very few glass artists. Through a vocabulary of geometric shapes and nuanced tones, Rhoda Baer produces extraordinary pieces that sing with rhythmic fullness.

A precise manipulation of light, color and form creates mystery in her glass sculptures. Walk around one of her pieces. The colors diffuse, reflect, and disappear …almost like magic.

*About the Alper Initiative for Washington Art.