Justin Ginsberg: Shaking the Shadow

A detail of a sculpture that is made up of thousands of clear, glass threads.
June 11, 2022–February 12, 2023
First floor

Over the course of the summer, Texas–based artist Justin Ginsberg created a glass sculptural work inspired in part by the Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass exhibition. Ginsberg worked with a glass kiln set up on the Museum’s lawn each weekend, pulling glass threads measuring up to 30 feet in length. At the end of each glassmaking session, Ginsberg installed the threads he created in the Carter’s Main Gallery, resulting in a large-scale glass “waterfall” sculpture. The public was able to watch Ginsberg at work during his weekend sessions as well as witness the multi-month realization of his site-specific installation.

For the love of art!

Discover the work—and the numbers!—that went into creating the thousands of glass threads that make up Shaking the Shadow.

A White man kneels on the floor of a Carter gallery arranging threads of glass.

Justin Ginsberg

Shaking the Shadow, 2022

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An installation view of a sculpture made of thousands of clear, glass threads hanging from the ceiling of a Carter gallery.

Justin Ginsberg

Shaking the Shadow, 2022

glass

An installation view of a sculpture made of thousands of clear, glass threads hanging from the ceiling of a Carter gallery.

Justin Ginsberg

Shaking the Shadow [in progress], 2022

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A photograph of a White man pulling a long thread of clear glass into a wood trough.

Justin Ginsberg

Shaking the Shadow [in progress], 2022

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Two people stand on a lift in a Carter gallery hanging long threads of clear glass from the ceiling.

Related Exhibitions

  • Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano

    June 26–September 11, 2022

    This exhibition pairs the sparkling splendor of glass goblets and marvelous mosaics with paintings and prints by the leading 19th-century American artists. Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano brings to life the Venetian glass revival between 1860 and 1915 and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for visiting artists.

    A detail of an oil painting of a standing White woman dressed in white, holding her skirt up with one hand and a bundle of flat glass in the other.

    • Past Events

    Art Tales: Work in Progress

    Wednesday, July 27, 2022, 10 a.m.–noon
    "Art Tales: Wednesdays in July"

    Midsummer Mingle

    Thursday, June 16, 2022, 5:30–7:30 p.m.
    "Fire & Ice, Carter Society Midsummer Mingle, Thursday, June 16, 2022, 5:30-7:30 p.m."
    All Exhibitions

    Justin Ginsberg: Shaking the Shadow is organized by the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The installation is generously supported by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

    "Texas Commission on the Arts State Cultural District"