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MARLENE ROSE (1967-) Marlene Rose is an internationally known award-winning sculptor
Water Fan Buddha, 2010 who specializes in sand-cast glass. Her work has been featured in
Sand-cast glass and bronze international art fairs and exhibitions and she has held numerous solo
75 x 25 x 13in (190.5 x 63.5 x 33.02cm) exhibitions throughout the United States. When writing about this
work in the catalog for the 2010 exhibition cited above, she states
$10,000 - 15,000 “I am strongly influenced by my explorations of ancient cultures and
the universal, simple positive imageries they hold in common. This
Provenance translates in this work to embody a philosophy of peace that is not
powerless, a true tranquility of strength. The stature of the piece
Purchased Habitat Galleries, Inc., April 17, 2010 is such that it creates a commanding presence while still exuding
a gentle intimacy. The face in the work, while ostensibly a Buddha
Exhibited figure, is to me a symbol of inner serenity, and the “fan” behind the
The 28th Annual International Glass Invitational Awards Exhibition head is in part a halo, in part of circle of life, in part a radiance of
2010, April 24-May 23rd, 2010 energy. The color blue suggests to me an image for water, for sky, for
peace, for glorious affirming life itself; after all our bodies are mostly
Published water and this planet’s surface, covered by oceans, connects all life;
Habitat Galleries 38th Annual International Glass Invitational Awards and we ascend into the sky.”
Exhibition 2010, Inspirations, April 24th 2010 - May 23, 2010
Royal Oak, Michigan: Habitat Galleries, 2010, pp.142-143.

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