On view from 6 September 2020 until 3 November 2020 and closed earlier due to the restrictions to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic/ From 2 February 2021 until 5 March 2021: Laguna Murano Chandelier in the Carnelutti Hall of the Fondazione Cini
"VENICE AND AMERICAN STUDIO GLASS" VIRTUAL TOUR - PART 1
"VENICE AND AMERICAN STUDIO GLASS" VIRTUAL TOUR - PART 2
Gathering 155 outstanding glass vessels, sculptures and installations created by 60 American and Venetian artists, this exhibition ‘Venice and American Studio Glass’, curated by Tina Oldknow and William Warmus, former curators of modern and contemporary glass at The Corning Museum of Glass in New York, is the first to closely examine the influences of traditional Venetian glass-working techniques, as well as the Venetian aesthetic, on American Studio Glass made from the 1960s to the present.
On show in the Carnelutti Hall of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini there is the monumental installation by Dale Chihuly, Laguna Murano Chandelier, created in 1996 on Murano with the Venetian masters Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto. The chandelier is made up of five components and incorporates sculptural elements evoking the Venetian lagoon.
‘Venice and American Studio Glass’ demonstrates the powerful, enduring and versatile legacy of Venetian glassmaking in America by exploring the impact of Venice on contemporary American art in glass.
List of artists:
Tina Aufiero, Philip Baldwin, Monica Guggisberg, Alfredo Barbini, Fulvio Bianconi, Martin Blank, Sonja Blomdahl, Nancy Callan, James Carpenter, Dale Chihuly, Deborah Czeresko, Dan Dailey, Laura Donefer, Jeff Mack, Fritz Dreisbach, Claire Falkenstein, Katherine Gray, William Gudenrath, Kim Harty, Richard Jolley, John Kiley, Beth Lipman, Marvin Lipofsky, Harvey K. Littleton, Flora C. Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick, Dante Marioni, Richard Marquis, Napoleone Martinuzzi, Josiah McElheny, James Mongrain, Benjamin P. Moore, William Morris, Andy Paiko, Marc Petrovic, Stephen Rolfe Powell, Kait Rhoads, Alexander Rosenberg, Richard Royal, Ginny Ruffner, Charles Savoie, Italo Scanga, Carlo Scarpa, David Schnuckel, Michael Schunke, Archimede Seguso, Pino Signoretto, Preston Singletary, Raven Skyriver, Thomas Stearns, Ethan Stern, Boyd Sugiki, Lino Tagliapietra, Mark Tobey, Norwood Viviano, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Robert Willson, Fred Wilson, Mark Zirpel, Toots Zynsky