Stretching the conventional boundaries of glass art in both subject matter and technique, Chicago’s glass oeuvre includes stained, etched, fused, cast and painted glass, all of which make use of the medium’s unique surface and light transmitting properties to add new dimensions to the expressive power of her iconoclastic art. Chicago's explorations in glass began when she chose to conclude the Holocaust Project: From Darkness into Light with a large, stained-glass installation titled Rainbow Shabbat because, as she said, “Light is Life.” More recently, the content of her glass work has been the power of hand gestures to convey meaning.
