Carroña Javier Pérez, 2011, Murano glass chandelier, stuffed crows Photo: Francesco Allegretto, Courtesy of Venice Projects, Venice
For those who missed the exhibition of Glasstress at the Venice Biennale, the show has been migrated to Museum of Art and Design in New York, which is showcasing many of the glass sculptures created in Murano at the studio of Adriano Berengo.
Barengo founded the project originally as a way to engage international artists, inviting them to work with glass artisans in his factory in Venice. Many of the artists had never experimented before in this fragile medium, resulting in unusual and non-traditional artworks. The show includes works by Tony Oursler, Mike + Doug Starn, Kiki Smith and Patricia Urquiola as well as artists well-known for their glassworks like Luke Jerram and Dale Chihuly.
E. Coli Luke Jerram, 2010 Photo: Luke Jerram, Courtesy of De Nul Collection, Belgium
Shitting Doves of Peace and Flying Rats Jan Fabre Photo: Attilio Maranzano, Courtesy of Berengo Private Collection, Venice
The Seed of Narcissus Tomáš Libertiny, 2011, Mirrored glass, beeswax Photo: Francesco Allegretto, Courtesy of the artist and Venice Projects, Venice
Clifford Rainey, "War Boy - Job No. 1," 2006. Glass, inert ammunition, iron wire, oxides, pins, maple plinth. From Playing With Fire 50 Years of Contemporary Glass Exhibition Photo: Lee Fartheree. Photo: Jennifer Scanlan
Hang - by Charlotte Gyllenhammar at the Glasstress Exhibition in the 54th venice biennale.
Some of the more bolder, extravagant works made of glass seem to defy the medium’s inherent vulnerability, but glassworks are also coveted for this very same property of impermanence. A testament to their preciousness is that many exquisitely detailed ancient glassworks, several thousand years old, still remain intact to this day. To showcase this trend for innovations in glass, many museums around the world have been dedicated to glassworks alone like the recently opened single-focus Shanghai Glass Museum.
Dale Chihuly’s works will be exhbited in the specially designed Chihuly Garden and Glass building in Seattle, Washington scheduled to open Spring 2012, and another exhibition on the last 50 year history of glass, “Playing with Fire,” will open later in 2012 at MAD in NY.
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Chihuly Garden and Glass Groundbreaking Ceremony August 23, 2011. Seattle, Washington Opens Spring 2012
More information: Glasstress.org
Shanghai Glass Museum
Glasstress at MAD, Museum of Art and Design, New York – February 14 – June 10, 2012 www.madmuseum.org and “Playing with Fire” upcoming exhibition opens November 6th, 2012, and will run until April 7th, 2013.
