

Yellow Orange Protector
2017
This circular, wall mounted sculpture by Tim Tate features intricate cast glass illuminated with a vibrant yellow glow. A central blue sphere contains a video display of an eye, characteristic of the artist's innovative integration of technology into his glass art. The piece combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary media to create a captivating visual experience.
- Medium
- Cast glass and video
- Dimensions
Collectors with works by Tim Tate
Artists in conversation

Josiah McElheny
American · b. 1966

McElheny combines blown and cast glass with light, video, and conceptual frameworks to create immersive sculptural works that merge traditional glassmaking craft with contemporary media, closely mirroring Tate's integration of video technology within luminous cast glass forms.

Kiki Smith
American · b. 1954

Smith has created cast glass works featuring eyes, bodies, and symbolic circular forms with a glowing, jewel-like quality that shares Tate's focus on the eye as a central mystical and protective motif embedded within luminous sculptural glass.

Tony Oursler
American · b. 1957

Oursler is renowned for projecting video imagery of human eyes and faces onto sculptural objects, directly paralleling Tate's use of a video eye embedded within a cast glass sphere as the focal point of a wall mounted illuminated sculpture.
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