Objects in Focus

 

Explore selected works from the CAT collection through short, engaging, accessible content. Each video and audio clip highlights key aspects of the work, offering insight into the artist’s process and encouraging deeper exploration.

Glass

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  • Glass sculpture on a round base of trees and a small bridge with a pink human figure bending to look at the water.

    Emily Brock (American, born 1945)

    Water Feature, 2010. Fused, flameworked, and cast glass; pâte de verre. 8 x 9 x 9 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0515.1.

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  • Glass blue bust of a man's head, on the forehead is a gold illustration. There is a partial cylindrical shape on top of the head.

    Erwin Eisch (German, born 1927)

    Harvey Littleton Head, 2004. Mold-blown, enameled, engraved, and gilded glass. 26 × 9 1/2 × 11 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0539.1.

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  • A slightly opaque cylindrical vase with pink and green illustrsation.

    Joey Kirkpatrick (American, born 1952), and Flora C. Mace (American, born 1949).

    Wind Kite Cylinder, Wind Kites series, 1980. Blown glass with hot-applied decoration, and wire drawing. 9 3/4 x 6 x 6 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0593.1.

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  • A square glass sculpture sitting on one of its corners and sparkling.

    Jon Kuhn (American, born 1949)

    Sigma 5, 1997. Cut, laminated, ground, and polished glass. 13 x 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1135.1.

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  • A oval clear and purple glass sculpture with shapes inside it.

    Dominick Labino (American, 1910–1987)

    Emergence, Emergence series, 1978. Blown and hot-sculpted glass, and gold oxide. 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1135.1.

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  • A blue pyramid glass sculpture with a yellow circle inside it.

    Mark Peiser (American, born 1938)

    Moon and Landscape, Innerspace series, 1991. Cast, cut, laminated, and polished glass. 8 1/4 × 17 × 3 1/4 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1460.1.

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  • A chaotic scene of agitated, distressed human faces and figures, divided by fragments joined with black lines.

    Judith Schaechter (American, born 1961)

    Raft of the Medusa, 2021. Float glass, vitreous paint, lead came, and LED light box. 33 1/8 × 42 3/16 × 2 5/8 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1163.1.

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  • A rectangular glass paperweight with florals and insects inside.

    Paul J. Stankard (American, born 1943)

    Botanical and Earth Spirits, undated. Flameworked, encased, ground, polished, and laminated glass, Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1648.1 

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  • A blue glass sculpture with inflated angular pockets.

    Matthew Szösz (American, born 1974)

    Untitled (Inflatable) no. 85b, 2018. Cut, fused, and inflated glass. 12 × 15 × 14 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2023.180.4, partial gift of Heller Gallery.

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  • A glass amber female figure sitting on top of a blue hippo.

    Margit Tóth (Hungarian, born 1963)

    Slumbering, 2013. Cast and polished glass. 16 x 15 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1414.1.

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  • An oblong glass boat sculpture with human-like figures inside.

    Bertil Vallien (Swedish, born 1938)

    Beginning, 1987. Sand cast glass, copper. 5 1/4 × 78 × 4 1/2 in. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0187.1.

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  • Red glass sculptural vase with folds.

    Toots Zynsky (American, born 1951)

    Carmen Mizimah, 2005, glass. 14.5 x 23.25 x 20.5 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.10.2.

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Mixed Media

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  • Pink glass sculpture of leaves and flowers spreading out from a small cake stand in the center.

    Amber Cowan (American, born 1981)

    Willie the Mouse with Tractor and Train, 2023. Flameworked glass, found glass, painted aluminum, wire, silicone. 24 × 19 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2023.008.1, partial gift of Heller Gallery.

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  • Abstract sculpture of two metal bars with a cluster of colored glass and metal bits.

    Claire Falkenstein (American, 1908–1997)

    Topological, 1973. Copper and glass. 16 x 38 x 22 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2025.447.1. Image courtesy of Claire Falkenstein Foundation.

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  • Artwork with beads of different colors and sizes arranged in a swirling abstract pattern.

    Thando Ntobela (Mpondo Xhosa, born 1979)

    Puzzles Circles and Patterns, 2019, Glass beads on canvas. 39 ¾ x 31 5/8 1 1/4 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2025.414.1.

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  • Abstract sculpture with textured orange, blue and brown surface, protruding mushrooms, and white hair.

    Pamela Sabroso (Venezuelan-American, born 1982), and Alison Siegel (American, born 1987)

    Psychedelic Corn Smut, 2020. Blown and flameworked glass; synthetic hair. 9 × 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2023.006.1, partial Gift of Heller Gallery.

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  • Glass sculpture of a baby holding a remote and wearing an orange luchador mask sitting on a four post bed.

    Einar de la Torre (American, born Mexico, 1963) and Jamex de la Torre (American, born Mexico, 1960)

    ¡2020!, 2020. Mixed-media, blown-glass sculpture with resin casting. 33 × 22 × 14 in. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2024.370.3.

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  • Sculpture of a human-like figure with antlers holding a snake, two legs protrude from its shoulders.

    Einar de la Torre (American, born Mexico, 1963) and Jamex de la Torre (American, born Mexico, 1960)

    Charmer, 2023. Collected objects, resin, and blown and hot-sculpted glass. 41 1/2 × 18 × 17 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2024.011.1.

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Paintings

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  • Painting of a young girl in front of rows of shelves with various objects. The frame is wood and ornately carved.

    Hiroshi Furuyoshi (Japanese, born 1959)

    Morgan, 2011. Oil paint on canvas, mounted to board. 27 1/2 × 20 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0889.1.

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  • Abstract painting of whorls of colors.

    Jin Jeong (Korean American, born 1992)

    Monument Valley, 2022, Oil on linen. 66 × 82 × 1 1/4 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2025.040.1.

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  • A painting of people waiting to cross the street on a sunny day.

    Ronald Merchant (American, born 1950)

    Red Light, Red Wing, 2005. Oil paint on canvas. 23 × 35 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1834.1.

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  • A painting of abstracted explosions of color and line.

    Steven J. Yazzie (Navajo, born 1970)

    Erupter, 2024, Oil on canvas. 48 × 60 × 1 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2025.042.1. 

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  • Painting of a figure sitting in the foreground and two figures sitting in the back.

    Juliusz Zuber (Hungarian, born Poland, 1861–1910)

    Meditation, 1888. Oil paint on canvas. 42 1/2 × 32 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.1171.1.

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Prints

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  • Abstract artwork of black smudges and lines.

    Julie Mehretu (American, born 1970)

    Corner of Lake and Minnehaha (smoke), 2022. Lithograph with chine collé on Somerset Satin paper. 49 1/2 × 39 1/2 inches. Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2023.010.1.

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