Clifford Rainey (Irish, b. 1948), Two-Faced Glass Totem Sculpture

Late 20th century, four part form, consisting of a double faced cast glass head set on a two part glass column - note the raised Coca Cola emblem and polychrome highlights, set on a charred oak pedestal (54 in.).

DOA 76.5 x 10 x 10 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Clifford Rainey is a British artist whose work has been exhibited internationally for 35 years. Principally a sculptor who employs cast glass and drawing as primary methodologies, his work is interdisciplinary, incorporating a wide spectrum of materials and processes. He is a passionate traveler and his work is full of references to the things he has seen and experienced. Celtic mythologies, classical Greek architecture, the blue of the Turkish Aegean, Globalization and the iconic American Coca-Cola bottle, the red of the African earth, and the human figure combined with cultural diversity all intermingle to provide sculptural imagery charged with emotion.

Rainey’s work has been exhibited internationally including: The Ulster Museum in Northern Ireland, The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The Kunstmuseum in Dusseldorf, Germany, The Millennium Museum in Beijing, China, and the Museo de Arts Contemporaneo in Monterrey, Mexico.

His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including: The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, The DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, New York, The Fine Arts Museum of Boston, and The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada.

Accompanied with two 4 x 6 images of this work en situ at the Pilloff's residence.

Good condition.