Cast-glass Sculptures: Novato's Boyadjiev's Journey to Freedom

IT IS NO SURPRISE that Latchezar Boyadjiev's artworks have names like "Freedom," "Breakthrough" and "Passage."

They aren't just words to the Novato artist.

"My story is freedom. Freedom to do anything you want to do in your life," says Boyadjiev, whose journey to the Bay Area in 1986 included an escape from communist Bulgaria and months in an overcrowded refugee camp before being granted political asylum here. 

That drive for personal and creative freedom is reflected in the emotional energy, sensuous lines and outrageously vibrant colors of his contemporary cast-glass sculptures, one of which is included in "Playing with Fire: Artists of the California Studio Glass Movement," an exhibit of works by 22 artists at the Oakland Museum of California through March 13.

It's one of numerous events that museums and galleries across the country are staging to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the studio glass movement.

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