The Cause: Support the Mint Museum of Craft + Design’s efforts to acquire Danny Lane’s THRESHOLD for our new Center City facility.

“Seeking a signature art work for the entry way of the new MMCD, we wanted something monumental in scale, evocative of a mysterious or magical realm, seemingly undulating and supple, accessible yet edgy. Danny Lane’s designs for “Threshold,” achieve this, continuing his long standing use of stacked plate glass with luminous touches of color in the service of architecture and design.” - Annie Carlano, Director Craft + Design, The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, The Mint Museum

Danny Lane was born In Urbana, Illinois in 1955. He studied painting at Byam Shaw School of Art (1975 -77) and then joined the paint course being taught by Cecil Collins at the Central School of Art (1977 – 1980) in London, England. He currently lives and works in London, England.

He works frequently on a commission basis, both nationally and internationally and his work belongs to museums, private and corporate collections world wide. Important projects include a balustrade of stacked glass for the glass gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1994), Parting of the Waves, two kinetic glass walls, Cannery Warf, London (2001), Borealis, an undulating curtain of luminous glass for General Motors in Detroit (2005).

Lane’s work combines monumental and brutal physicality. His use of stacked and fractured glass, twisted or rusted steel is combined with his strong belief in the metaphysical and transcendental qualities of art. Refractive and reflective qualities of the material are used to challenge expectations, engaging the viewer in a physical and metaphysical dialogue which, while exploiting the strength of glass under compression and combining feats of design and engineering, produce work breathtaking in its simplicity. His London studio is equipped to create works of considerable scale in glass, wood and steel.

The Founders’ Circle is honored and pleased to welcome 2009 GUEST ARTIST, Danny Lane to Charlotte and to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design.