2020
Blown Glass Bust

Approximately 27"h x 17"w x 9"d

As with many of Slonem's other series, there is a meditative yet unconstrained repetition of form. At once both rhythmical and slightly, yet intentionally, out of cadence with the world of the expected, the Salon Bust series is a continuation of the artist's desire to re-contextualize ephemera previously attributed to stuffy salons of bygone eras.

Handblown glass bunny busts in Slonem's pronounced bold palette, presented in a richly upholstered and ornately gilded framed context befitting the most outlandish Oscar Wilde effigy, each artwork commands attention on its own merits. Custom frames, made exclusively for Slonem's bunnies, are based on traditional turn of the century design that he has such affection for. As a collective installation, Salon Busts is pure visual exuberance.