Hi, I'm Jess Marten. I'm the curator in
charge and the curator of American art
here at the Memorial Art Gallery and I
helped to organize this exhibition
"The Path to Paradise:
Judith Schaechter's Stained Glass Art."
I'm standing in front of "Three Tiered Cosmos" made in 2015.
This piece shows a female figure who is
lying sort of prone, almost with the
innocence of a newborn on the
land. Below there is water and fish, above
there are birds in sky, and on the outer
edges of the composition you see space.
And Judith Schaechter is a remarkable
stained glass artist. She's working with
centuries-old traditions, techniques, but
she's also an incredible innovator. So
every image that you see in this piece
is made by her carving into colored
glass and there are multiple layers of
glass that are used to make each image
that you see here. It glows, it's
beautiful, it draws you from across the
room, the detail is very engaging. This is
my love letter to MAG.
