Category Archives: New Work
OPENING: Fuller Craft Museum traces the evolution of Dan Dailey’s work from two to three dimensions
This Saturday, February 18th, the Fuller Craft Museum in conjunction with the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass 50th Anniversary Celebration of the American Studio Glass movement, will open an exhibition titled “Dan Dailey: Working Method” that will help demistify the … Continue reading
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Toledo Museum of Art revives groundbreaking 1962 glass furnace for 2012 artist residency
It all started with a furnace. Although there are now companies wholly devoted to building energy-efficient furnaces and glass studio equipment, in the 1960s the artists themselves did most of the building of modest stacks of bricks and gas pipe … Continue reading
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Opening: Disparate works brought together “In the Name of Love” at The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung
Timed for the month when Valentine’s Day is celebrated, The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung in Munich, Germany, will open a new exhibition of glass and mixed media objects revolving around the theme of love in early February. Titled “In the Name of … Continue reading
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An exhibition that invites us to take a closer look at invisible infrastructure
The computer network that holds your bank records and your Facebook photos. The refrigerator that keeps your milk cold. The highway or subway that carries you to work. Contemporary life relies on an increasingly intricate infrastructure, but we so rarely … Continue reading
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OPENING: Hungarian artists hope to change perceptions with major exhibition
Despite sharing a border with Austria, and practically being neighbors to the Czech Republic and Poland, Hungary has never been known as a force in the glass arts. It wasn’t even until the 1950s that Hungary had any kind of … Continue reading
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OPENING: Bullseye Gallery turn its focus to the glass canvas
With an opening reception this evening, Bullseye Gallery kicks off a month-long celebration of two-dimensional painting on glass in their exhibit, “Facture: Artists at the Forefront of Painterly Glass.” The group exhibition will showcase kilnformed glass paintings (mostly frit on … Continue reading
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A solar-powered, 3-D printing, glass-making machine blooms in the fierce heat of the Sahara desert
The desert sands of the Sahara are famous for many things, including hostile living conditions, intolerably arid weather, unrelenting heat, and brutal wind and sand storms. The largest hot desert on Earth, it is home (and burial ground) for many … Continue reading
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SEEN: A new design gallery in New York melds minimalism with the organic
Still House, a recently opened design boutique in Manhattan’s East Village, occupies a narrow storefront on East Seventh Street. Inside, owner Urte Tylaite presides over a carefully curated selection of design objects, many in glass, that represent her unique aesthetic … Continue reading
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3 Questions For … Luke Jerram
GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet: What are you working on? Luke Jerram: At the moment, I’m investigating the implications of the visualization of data. I think there’s a lot of that going on. And what it means to turn a line … Continue reading
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Tanja Pak brings two new mutimedia installations to Ljubljana Castle in her native Slovenia
A monument to Slovenia’s complex history, Ljubljana castle occupies the highest point in the country’s capital city. From regal medieval residence to an Austrian prison, from low-income tenement housing to its current position as a thriving cultural center, the castle … Continue reading
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3 Questions For … David Schnuckel
GLASS: What are you working on? David Schnuckel: I’m currently expanding upon a body of work I started about two years ago comprised mostly of found and altered materials with an effort to reinterpret the traditional practice of painted portraiture. … Continue reading
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Glass installation by emerging artist Andrew Erdos gets notice at Art Miami
Andrew Erdos pictured with his glass and video art installation Texture of a Ghost (2011) at Art Miami. courtesy: claire oliver gallery, new york Art from glass is increasingly present at Art Miami (December 1st-4th) with Schantz Galleries, Heller Gallery, … Continue reading
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OPENING: Brooklyn exhibition challenges artists to merge textiles and glass
You may recognize the haunting tones of the rare glass armonica if you are a Björk or Pink Floyd fan. With a sound like a cross between a theremin, a melodica, and the howling wind, only a handful of accomplished … Continue reading
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OPENING: “BodyWork” features wearable glass jewelry at Bullseye Gallery
Tonight Bullseye Gallery presents a series of wearable artworks by nine female artists from around the world. Titled “BodyWork” the exhibit focuses on the performative nature of adornment and explores the relationship between the work and the wearer.
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An architect and painter collaborate on a glass public art project in Oklahoma City
Architect Mark Dziewulski joined forces with Chinese-American visual artist Shan Shan Sheng to conceive of the winning proposal in response to a 2008 call for proposals for a public artwork outside the new Dean McGee Eye Institute (DMEI) in Oklahoma … Continue reading
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Red Dot Report: SOFA CHICAGO 2011
From the excitement of the opening preview on Thursday evening, which kicked off November 3rd, through the few dozen last stragglers clearing out on late Sunday afternoon, SOFA CHICAGO 2011 officially came to a close at 6 PM on November … Continue reading
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Seen at SOFA 2011: Laura Donefer
With SOFA CHICAGO featuring more glass art than ever this year (it seemed at least half of all the work on exhibit was made of glass), Laura Donefer’s distinctive glass sculptures commanded attention. In fact, most of the artist’s vibrantly … Continue reading
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Lino Tagliapietra 1999 panel sells for $300,000 at SOFA CHICAGO (Video)
UPDATED 11-6-2011, 3:45 PM Exhibiting at SOFA CHICAGO 2011, Schantz Galleries of Stockbridge, Massachussetts, has sold a spectacular 5-foot-tall glass panel by Lino Tagliapietra entitled George (1999) to an arts institution for $300,000 (the sale awaits institutional approval before it is … Continue reading
SOFA Chicago: Dante and Preston in private demo Friday evening (Video)
UPDATED 11-6-2011 9:30 AM Seattle-based glass artists and childhood friends Dante Marioni and Preston Singletary reunited onstage in Chicago for a glassblowing demonstration to showcase their “Primitive Elegant” series of recent work. For the last two hours of the Sculpture … Continue reading
OPENING: Jeff Zimmer’s political indictment at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Glass artist Jeff Zimmer calls his work “politically charged,” but not necessarily polemic. In his most recent series “Whitewash,” on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show from November 10th through the 13th, he explores the American tendency … Continue reading
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