{"id":318550,"date":"2025-08-05T01:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318550\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:16:18","slug":"christina-bothwell-taps-into-dream-worlds-in-surreal-glass-and-ceramic-sculptures-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/318550\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Bothwell Taps into Dream Worlds in Surreal Glass and Ceramic Sculptures \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Youthful and mysterious figures emerge from glass and ceramic in the uncanny sculptures of <a href=\"https:\/\/christinabothwell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christina Bothwell<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/christina-bothwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously<\/a>). Animals and children form the artist\u2019s primary focus, often embellished with painted florals, nestled in shells, or encapsulated within bird cages. Her husband and collaborator, Robert Bender, often adds wood elements like deer antlers or spider-esque legs. Tender and also occasionally unsettling, the pieces hint at the surreal stuff of dreams, memories, and the spirit world.<\/p>\n<p>Bothwell\u2019s solo exhibition, Screen Memories, just opened at <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanglass.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UrbanGlass<\/a>\u2019s Robert Lehman Gallery. Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellergallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heller Gallery<\/a>, the show brings together a wide selection of new and recent pieces and continues through September 12 in New York City. Find more on the artist\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/christinabothwell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christina.bothwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-7.jpg\" alt=\"a glass and ceramic sculpture of five girls all laying in a circle with their heads together and bodies outstretched, like a star\" class=\"wp-image-459734\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-8.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of a deer with abstract, meandering wooden antlers\" class=\"wp-image-459735\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-6.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of two young girls, one holding the other upside down\" class=\"wp-image-459733\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1297\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-11.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of a deer with a small wing\" class=\"wp-image-459738\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1300\" height=\"1746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-1.jpg\" alt=\"a green bird cage with a glass and ceramic sculpture of a child with a fox's tail inside\" class=\"wp-image-459728\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1298\" height=\"1508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-10.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of two young girls with blue sea monster-like tentacles\" class=\"wp-image-459737\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1450\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-5.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of a child laying on the ground and another seeming to sit up out of her, like a spirit\" class=\"wp-image-459732\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-9.jpg\" alt=\"a glass sculpture of a young figure in a pink cat costume, with spider-like wooden legs\" class=\"wp-image-459736\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1178\" height=\"1846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-3.jpg\" alt=\"glass sculpture of two young figures, one standing in front of the other\" class=\"wp-image-459730\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bothwell-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459742\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do stories and artists like this matter to you?<\/strong> Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hide advertising<\/li>\n<li>Save your favorite articles<\/li>\n<li>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Receive members-only newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youthful and mysterious figures emerge from glass and ceramic in the uncanny sculptures of Christina Bothwell (previously). 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