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Artwork Information

Artist:

Jim Vollmer 

Date:

1984

Media:

Stained glass with teak wood frame

Size:

30.5” x 24.5”

Location:

O’Connell Sports Center (OSC), second floor, stairs by office 206

About the Artist: 

Seattle-based glass artist Jim Vollmer creates conceptual and intricate fused glass artworks. Born in Baton Rouge, Vollmer studied art and design at Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1979.

Artwork description:

Jim Vollmer composed the stained glass window Champaign Taste as an exploration of the geometric ratios used in German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer's wood engraving titled "Penitent David" from 1510. Vollmer notes that the imagery of the artwork can be interpreted as the spatial visualization of a musical ratio of fifths, and notes, "the use of musical (mathematical) ratios lends the artist an invaluable tool with which to establish scale and proportion for any work of art."

Acquisition Information:

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Bethel School District and Clark College. (WSAC1984.016.000)

Geo Coordinates:

45.634014, -122.654983

Related Links:

https://www.arts.wa.gov/artwork/?request=record;id=5079;type=101