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What you are looking at is a pair of vessels called Chartreuse Pair by the American
artist Dante Marioni. Unlike many of the artists in this gallery, Marioni did not go to art
school, but received his education by apprenticing himself to well-known glassblowers. Dante
Marioni s favorite teacher was Lino Tagliapietra, the Venetian artist who made the large installation,
Endeavor , that you can see just outside this gallery. In fact, Marioni was so close to
Tagliapietra, that he named his son Lino after him. Marioni, however, comes from a family
of well-known artists. His father, Paul Marioni, was a studio glass pioneer in stained glass
and also making blown glass vessels, and his uncles were both a painter and a well-known
performance artist. Marioni s vessels are based on classical prototypes. The pitcher
that you see is commonly seen in Etruscan art. The other vessel is called a kylix, a
double-handled cup that is inspired by ancient Greek prototypes. What Marioni has done, is
updated and enlivened the ancient forms with bold, contrasting colors.