R & Company is debuting at the 2018 edition of Masterpiece London with Jeff Zimmerman’s unique vertical «Vine» illuminated sculptures.For its first participation in the fair, which is taking place from June 28 to July 4, the gallery is featuring a solo presentation of works designed and made by Jeff Zimmerman. On view is a unique illuminated vine sculpture with hand-blown glass globes as well as a series of one of a kind hand-blown “Crystal Cave” sculptural vessels.The celebrated master glass artist Jeff Zimmerman (b. 1968) belongs to a group of daring contemporary artists who employ the ancient material as a means of expression rather than an end in itself. His sculptures and functional pieces exploit techniques of advanced glassmaking and the defining properties of glass itself — the way it hovers between liquid and solid states, its reflectivity and tactile qualities, its habit of moving constantly while still molten — to evoke a dimension of experience where things are happening that we can feel but not necessarily define. His signature organic shapes are intensely colorful but soft, mysterious but welcoming, disquieting yet familiar. Drawn formally from nature, they result from the dramatic pushing, pulling, dripping, and spinning actions through which they took shape — processes that Zimmerman exploits to suggest the mutability of the worlds around us and within us.His solo work began to attract attention from collectors, curators, and the public in 1999, when he presented a sprawling sculpture installation at the Robert Lehman Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, titled “Anthropology Museum of the Future,” featuring glass fetish pieces in black light. For three years Jeff served on the faculty of Urban Glass in Brooklyn as an instructor.Zimmerman has exhibited at galleries and institutions internationally, including Sean Kelly Gallery in New York, Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in Paris, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the American Crafts Museum. In 2011, he completed commissions for the Hyundai Capital headquarters in Seoul, Korea, and Irvine, California. His work is in the permanent collections of the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, and the Boghossian Foundation, Belgium, as well as private collections worldwide. Zimmerman currently lives and works in New York.Masterpiece London will run through July 4, 2018 at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, South Grounds, London, UK.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/              Founder: Louise Blouin   Read more