William Morris: Mazorca, Objects of Uncommon Ceremony
James Yood, Isabel Allende, William Morris, , foreword by Isabelle Allende. . Marquand, $40 (152pp) ISBN 978-0-9744202-5-7
This sumptuous catalogue depicts recent blown-glass works by the glass and bronze sculptor William Morris, which have been crafted to resemble artifacts from a fictive, hybridized, ancient non-Western culture. Exhibited in collections from 2002 to 2004, these inscrutable idols, masks, figurines, rattles, vases, urns and beads are inspired by the Mesoamerican and Andean peoples of Central and South America, as Yood (
Reviewed on: 08/08/2005
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 276 pages - 978-0-7892-0703-6