From Colorado Spring Fine Arts Center Acquisition Announcement:
“Steven Durow’s Dasein will be a tremendous addition to the FAC’s permanent collection as it enhances the [FAC’s] holding of abstract contemporary sculpture which includes the new acquisition of Isamu Noguchi’s Mountains Forming,” - FAC Curator of Contemporary Art, Joy Armstrong.
The sculpture consists of two nine-foot tall towers made of cast glass. Contrary to the common associations of blown glass with transparency and lightness, Dasein is physically dense and has a textured surface comparable to that of rough stone blocks.
Dasein
"Dasein provides a dramatic counterpoint to Chihuly’s delicate blown glass pieces by offering patrons an impressive sculptural glass form that conveys notions not traditionally associated with the material.”