• Marian uses a minimalistic language of expression
• He loves to capture light through his pieces
• He has created installations for important spaces

Marian Karel pioneered a new concept of prismic glass sculptures at the beginning of the 1970s. His almost exclusive theme became objects smoothly cut out of massive blocks of lead glass, to which he gives simple geometrical shapes of cubes, cylinders, pyramids or polyhedrons. The aim of these objects is to make artistic use of light when combined with glass, especially reflections and deflections of light rays in the interior of glass prisms. Marian has an inborn sense of the monumental and works with space – be it in historical spaces such as Palazzo Ducale or Accademia Bridge, or contemporary buildings such as MoMA. He is able to alter commonplace perspectives and oppose the rules of gravity. Flat sheet glass is combined with contrasting metal surfaces, granite or water surfaces.