"Damaged Bone Series"

Michael Aschenbrenner

1990 · Glass, fabric, wire, twigs · Modern and Contemporary Art

Aschenbrenner, a studio glass artist and Vietnam War veteran who sustained a leg wound while on a mission during the Tet Offensive, transforms his war experience into a series of hauntingly twisted glass bones which were blown in his studio. Each pale mangled bone is held together by cloth bandages, wire and twigs, creating a nightmarish memory of the horrors of war.

Artist

Michael Aschenbrenner

Date

1990

Medium

Glass, fabric, wire, twigs

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Arthur J. Williams, 2003