Andrew Lang is a sculptor who specializes in blowing dichroic opaque glass.

BIOGRAPHY
Andrew Lang was born in 1948. Lang studied sculpture under John Hoskin at the University of Lancaster, England from 1968-69. He received an MFA from Johns Hopkins University in 1974 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1970. He lives and works in Potomac, Maryland.

Lang’s steel work was shown in the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s annex in the 1970s. His colored steel table was shown in the Franz Bader Gallery and was acquired by the private collection of Sargent Shriver. Lang also expanded into large scale welding, fusing two vehicles together into a van in which he lived. The van was eventually sold to a member of the Pentagon. Lang was represented by The Tiffany Tree Gallery in Georgetown at that time.

Due to essential tremors, Lang transitioned from steel to glass sculptures in 2012. He won first prize at the CBS Dichro by Design Contest in 2019. His glass work has been shown at the Maryland Federation of the Arts as well as the People x Monochrome Virtual Art Fair sponsored by Bank of America in 2020.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Lang’s early work with copper-coated steel rods strove to push the boundaries of the medium, balancing a weighted mass on narrow, spindling structures. His figures are reminiscent of Giacometti and inspired by Calder’s use of suspension. An exploration of geometric forms that began in steel continued as he transitioned into glass.

Lang currently specializes in blowing dichroic opaque glass. He experiments with the limits of the material, which was traditionally used in very small batches. Lang’s work employs dichro at 10 times its typical scale. His shapes at this scale reference Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Elusive forms on the surface of the dichro only become visible in certain light, revealing the material’s secrets while guarding others.