Exhibition

24 Nov 2022 - 19 Feb 2023

La Guilde

1356 Sherbrooke St. W.

Montreal, Quebec

Forme & Formulations

La Guilde is proud to present the exhibition Forme & Formulations by glass artist Tyler Rock.

In his work, Tyler Rock (Dip '89, Glass and Associate Professor, Glass) seeks refinement of the form to bring our focus on the aesthetic and sculptural experience as opposed to its utilitarian function. Through the materiality of glass, the artist opens a dialogue between the artifact and the viewer. An ode to a number of works from Tyler Rock’s prolific career spanning thirty years, the exhibition Forme & Formulations presents works that explore a range of sculptural possibilities, utilizing traditional glassblowing processes while honouring the vessel form.

These works bring forth approaches and explorations that use combinations of shapes, multiples, and repetition as a means to create sculpture. In some of the works, the forms and formulations develop in new ways and on new themes, while new iterations of similar working approaches are investigated in others. Each series presented in the exhibition plays on the concept of form, composition, and structure. They come together to show the diversity of techniques forming Tyler Rock’s practice.