"I Never Claimed to Have a Map to Get to The Heart Of This Or Any Other Matter...."
The Fraser Gallery represents the fine arts glass of Tim Tate, and all of his available work is for sale through the gallery. The images on this page represent the solo exhibition by Tim Tate at Fraser Gallery Bethesda in 2004. To see other work, please click on the other buttons at the bottom of this page to see earlier examples of his work or to read his resume.
"HEART-SHAPES WITH FLAMES ATOP AND WORDS ACROSS THEIR FRONT, SLICES OF GLASS LAID ONE ATOP THE OTHER TO CREATE A SOLID VESSEL IMPRISONING A FIGURE, AND STILLED BODIES EMBEDDED IN A GLASSY TOMB, ARE SOME OF THE SUBJECTS IN TIM TATE'S MOST RECENT EXHIBITION "I Never Claimed to Have a Map to Get to The Heart Of This Or Any Other Matter...."
AND YET THESE OBJECTS ARE NOT MORBID OR REPULSIVE. BY TAKING ON THE CLICHES OF OUR CULTURE TATE LAYS DOWN A CHALLENGE FOR HIMSELF, A CHALLENGE HE IS UP TO. IT IS EASY TO MISREAD HIS IMAGES: HE MUST BE A DEVOTED CATHOLIC, FOR INSTANCE.
FOR TATE, THE OBVIOUS IS NEVER SO CLEAR. HE SUBVERTS THE SACRED BY TREATING ICONS AS SECULAR IMAGES---A HEART IS NOT NECESSARILY A HEART, BUT AN IMAGE FILLED WITH CONTENT. HIS USE OF TEXT IS NEVER TRITE OR PANDORING, BUT RATHER TAKES US ON HIS PERSONAL ODISSEY OF HEALING.
IN OTHER PIECES, HIS FIGURES ARE VEILED AND COVERED, ONE WITH THEIR MATERIAL OF IMPRISONMENT, REMINDING US OF TATE'S FEELINGS OF INVISIBILITY IN SOCIETY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE SUCH FIGURES AND NOT BE REMINDED OF HOW MUCH THE DISCOVERY OF SELF IS A DAILY EXERCISE OF UNCOVERING LAYERS WE HAVE ASSUMED OR IMPOSED ON OURSELVES. THIS SHOW REPRESENTS A JOURNEY WORTH EMBARKING ON..."
Ken Trapp, former Curator in Charge of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
There are three series of works in the exhibition: Hearts, Canopic Jars and Wall Panels. Click on the images below to see them individually or click <>here to see the entire exhibition all in one page
"And he spent a long time..."
Glass - 6 x 4 x 4 inches
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"Discernable"
Blown Glass, Plate Glass and Steel
21 inches high by 17 inches circumference at middle.
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"Invisibility"
Blown Glass, Plate Glass and Steel
21.5 inches high by 17.5 circumference at middle.
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"It was then he knew for certain that only downing men could see him"
Blown Glass, Plate Glass and Steel
24 inches high by 21 inches circumference at middle.
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"Catalyst/Change"
Blown Glass, Plate Glass and Steel
16.5 inches high by 17.5 inches circumference at middle.
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"Repository"
Blown Glass, Ceramic and Pate de Verre
15 x 9 x 6 inches
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"I'm Blue Without You"
Blown Glass
7 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Boy, Man, Son"
Blown Glass
Boy:7x3x6 in. Man: 10x3.5x6 in. Son: 7.5x3x6 inches
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"Fragile"
Blown Glass and Egg Shells
15 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000
"Gossamer"
Blown Glass and Feathers
15 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000
"Brood"
Blown Glass and Cicada Husks
15 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000
"Bond"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
9 x 3.5 x 6 inches
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"Ego"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
8.5 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Intense"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
8.5 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Honor"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
8.5 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Sacred"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
8.5 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Power"
From the "Hunka, Hunka Burning Love" series
Blown Glass
8.5 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Art"
Blown Glass
8 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Memory"
Blown Glass
8 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Sex"
Blown Glass
8 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Joy"
Blown Glass
8 x 3 x 6 inches
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"Polarity"
Concrete
18 x 8 x 6 inches
$3000
"Identity Marker +" from Identity Marker Series
Blown Glass and Concrete
18 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000 each or $8,000 for all three in Identity Marker Series
"Identity Marker 0" from Identity Marker Series
Blown Glass and Concrete
18 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000 each or $8,000 for all three in Identity Marker Series
"Identity Marker X" from Identity Marker Series
Blown Glass and Concrete
18 x 8 x 6 inches
$3,000 each or $8,000 for all three in Identity Marker Series
"Positive Dream"
Blown Glass
8 x 4 inches
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"Story Panel I"
Glass - 58.5 x 9.75 inches
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"Story Panel II"
Glass - 58.5 x 9.75 inches
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"Story Panel III"
Glass - 58.5 x 9.75 inches
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"Story Panel V"
Glass - 58.5 x 9.75 inches
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"Portrait of a Positive Man"
Glass - 58.5 x 10 inches
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