William Morris's glass sculptures explore the psyche

Can a work of art created in glass tap into the deepest symbols in the human psyche? Hunter Museum visitors can decide for themselves in viewing work by master glassworker William Morris in the exhibit opening Monday.

Californian-born Morris, considered one of the world's finest glass artists, worked with Dale Chihuly at the famed Pilchuck School in Seattle, Washington, and has won multiple awards. 

Morris has been investigating Jungian symbols in his work for some years, and in "William Morris: Myth, Object and the Animal," art lovers will see glass sculptures  "resembling unearthed artifacts, animals and ancestral peoples," according to the Hunter. The blown-glass sculptures and installations "are inspired by his passion for archaeology and ancient civilizations-Egyptian, West African, Mayan, Native American-as well as his deep interest in the animal world and the relationship between ...