Antoine Leperlier developed his own glass technique and creates translucent and painterly blocks. His endeavour to capture dynamic images in material form is an approach unique in contemporary glass art. Text in English and French.

Michel Guérin THE EPOCHS OF PÂTE 9 1 EARLY WORKS / VASES AND CUPS 18 2 INITIAL SCULPTURES 22 3 RELIQUARIES / TRACE AND MEMORY 28 4 CAST SHADOWS / MOLDED SHADOWS / SHADOW OF AN INSTANT 38 5 STILL LIFE / STILL ALIVE 46 Andrew Brewerton CASTING SHADOWS 57 6 VANITAS WITH HARE / VANITAS WITH FISHES 82 7 THE MOMENT JUST BEFORE 88 8 VANITAS CHAOS / KAIROS 98 9 RIVER AND STELE (FSLTEEULVEE) 106 10 VANITAS AT REST 112 John Edgar Wideman WRITING TO SAVE A LIFE 121 Mikaël Faujour THE UNTIMELY MEDITATIONS OF ANTOINE LEPERLIER 125 11 FLUX AND FIX 138 12 FLESH AND BONE 148 13 THE SPACE OF A MOMENT / VEDUTA INTERNA 156 14 INSTANT ETERNITY / FRAGMENT TOTALITY 180 APPENDIX 185 Antoine Leperlier 186 Collections featuring works by the artist 189 Exhibitions 190 Lectures and Workshops 191 Bibliography 192 Authors 193 ‘The absolute artist’ 197 ‘A forerunner’ 198 ‘What was merely embryonic is now freely unfolding’ 199