Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7 from 6–8 pm
Gallery Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm
Contact Info: 504.522.1999
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition featuring a monumental glass sculpture by Gene Koss. The exhibition will be on view at Arthur Roger Gallery, located at 432 Julia Street, from November 7 – 28, 1998. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artists in attendance, Saturday, November 7 from 6-8 pm.
Gene Koss, Coulee Song. 1997-1998, glass and steel.
84 x 50 x 475 inches.
New Orleans sculptor Gene Koss will exhibit his most recent large-scale glass sculpture Coulee Song, which is 40 feet long and weighs over four tons. The work is part of Gene Koss’ farm-implement series. Gene Koss again draws on his Midwestern upbringing and reveals his singular ability for casting and assembling glass.
Gene Koss left the Wisconsin farmland in 1974 after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls. The artist then achieved a master of fine arts from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, in Philadelphia. Designing, building, and planning a new glass facility for Tulane University brought him to New Orleans in 1976. Since that time he has been greatly involved in the development of the city’s glass artistry as head of the glass department at Tulane University.
Koss’ work has been exhibited at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans, the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, and the Sculpture Center in New York City. His work is in many prominent collections including the Pan American Life Collection and the Corning Museum of Art in New York. The Delgado Society of New Orleans Museum of Art recently honored Mr. Koss.