Image: © Caroline Ouellette, Vénus II, 2006, Blown, kiln cast and flameworked glass, 42 x 34,5 x 20 cm, purchase, 2010.216

Image: Memory; cast crystal, copper, steel; 41x34x21 cm; 2011 Photo: Michel Dubreuil

In The Name of Love

Love was and is one of the principal themes in art. Humans have a need to express love, and the pain of love, in a tangible form. Literature, music, paintings and sculptures created over the centuries are testimony of their never-ending attempts. The exhibition at the Alexander Tutsek Foundation deals with the many facets of love from a very special perspective: not only the bright, the welcome part of love is explored, but so is its hidden, secretive, and dark side. And all this is expressed using a material that is seldom seen in art displays. On show are 30 objects created by 26 artists from around the world who work mainly with glass and mixed media.

CONTEMPORARY GLASS | ZEITGENÖSSISCHES GLAS
Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek

Foreword by Florian Hufnagl
With contributions from Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek and Clementine Schack von Wittenau
Artists: Kate Baker, Christina Bothwell, Christiane Budig, José Chardiet, Katharine Coleman, Mel Douglas, Steven Easton, Simone Fezer, Ariane Forkel, Mathieu Grodet, Donghai Guan, Franz X. Höller, Luke Jerram, Gina Jones, Dafna Kaffeman, Marta Klonowska, Silvia Levenson, Zhenning Li, Tanya Lyons, Masayo Odahashi, Sibylle Peretti, Elizabeth Swinburne, Lino Tagliapietra, Susan Taylor Glasgow, Janusz Walentynowicz, Xiao Ke Zhao

Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, Leipzig, Berlin 2012
English/German, 112 pages, 61 color photographs, hardcover

Link to Catalogue and exhibition information:

http://www.atutsek-stiftung.de/no_cache/en/publikationen/einzelansicht.html?art=11&PHPSESSID=haltoohbi4q5lmhhoi7q5broe1

http://www.atutsek-stiftung.de/en/ausstellungen.html

ISBN 978-3-86678-589-2
EUR 26,- (Exhibition Price)

When art redefines the drinking glass

Opening Reception February 16, 2012,
at 6:30 p.m.

Montreal, January 31, 2012 – From February 16 through May 4, 2012, Espace VERRE Gallery presents the Goblets Galore exhibition, an expanded view of the drinking vessel. For the occasion, thirteen glass artists have gone beyond the scope of the traditional goblet to reveal their own interpretations of the classic model. The opening reception  will be held in presence of the artists on Thursday, February 16, as of 6:30 p.m.
 
More decorative than functional, purely classical or resolutely original, the goblets on display will surely surprise the viewer. The works of Clément Bergeron, Nadine Busque, Vincent Chagnon and Anne Donzé, Sébastien Duchange, Cédric Ginart, David Goranitis, Hadashah  Hétu, Guillaume Martin, Christine Mayr and Jeff Ferrier, Mélanie Pageau, as well as of Jean-Simon Trottier challenge the orthodox vision of the gobelet.
 
With Goblets Galore, Chagnon and Donzé suggest two pieces from the Duel de coup[l]e series, works that play on communication issues and on emotions often involved in relationships.  Duchange chooses to take his inspiration from the reduced model for his ready-to-assemble goblet, while Hétu returns to basics with her text inclusions and the Renaissance Venetian glass aesthetic. Christina Mayr and Jeff Ferrier’s installation explores notions of multiplicity and perception, and Pageau’s goblets of life revive the legend of Bloody Mary.

Espace  VERRE is located at 1200 Mill Street in Montreal. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as the last Sunday of every month from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
 
Espace VERRE will take part in the MONTREAL HIGH LIGHTS Festival’s Nuit blanche on Saturday, February 25, from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. The activities of the all-nighter benefit from the financial  support of Nuit blanche à Montréal.

Valérie Paquin, Communications Coordinator
communication@espaceverre.qc.ca
(514) 933-6849
 
Image: Cédric Ginart (Photo: Karina Guévin)

Posted Sun, 01/29/2012 - 21:48

Art Intake: Jan 31 & Feb 1, 2012 - Open noon to 4pm
Opening Gala: Feb 4, 7pm
Show: Feb 4 to 26, 2012
Guest Speaker: Tammy Hudgeon-Glass artist / painter from Gabriola

Ladysmith Waterfront Arts Centre Gallery
610 Oyster Bay Drive,
Ladysmith, BC
V9G 1B2
Open noon to 4 pm - Tue to Sun

http://www.ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com/lwagblog/node/107

The countdown to the second workshop within the GLASS IS TOMORROW framework begins! Twenty glass professionals will gather in Novy Bor (CZ) from 29 January till 3 February 2012 in collaboration with partner VERREUM

Workshop 3 is in WHEN? 9 - 18 July 2012
WHERE? Meisenthal (FR)
PARTNER? Centre International d'Art Verrier [CIAV]

SEE more details - http://www.glassistomorrow.eu/

1) Outdoor installation art / sculpture
2) Video (projection-based, no sound)
3) Site-specific
4) Performance art
5) Public interventions
6) Murals
7) New media
8) Dance

Please note that a priority will be placed on that which can be seen, performed, or executed outside and that video content will be shown after sunset on outdoor screens.

Submission Requirements

Please send via email:

- Artist's statement (maximum 250 words).
- 5-10 images/stills/sketches of the proposed work (jpegs, max 100 kB).
- Brief physical description of the work.
- CV or resume with mailing address, phone number and email contact information.
- A clip, link or digital copy of any video (10 minutes max), if applicable.
- Title, year, medium, dimensions for each proposed piece.
- Installation requirements including supplies, set-up time and number of assistants needed.
- Location suggestion for your work (optional).
- A statement as to whether the proposed work has been exhibited before. If it has, please include details as to where and when.

The Supercrawl Curatorial Committee is open to creatively diverse work that has visual impact, durability and significant artistic presence. Artists and their work will be identified and publicized as official Supercrawl selections during the event, on the Supercrawl website and in select media releases. Artists chosen for Supercrawl will receive a stipend. The committee will contact selected artists approximately six weeks after the March 1st, 2012 deadline.

Send submissions to supercrawlart@gmail.com Subject Line: YOUR NAME, SUPERCRAWL Art

Deadline for submissions is March 1st 2012

Applicants are encouraged to attend an artist information meeting on February 8, 2011 from 7-8:30 pm, in the Sonic Unyon building, 2nd floor boardroom, 22 Wilson St. in Hamilton, where committee members will review the sites available for installations, and will answer applicant's questions.

Image credit:
Max Streicher, Giants Ascending, 2011, Recycled billboard vinyl, installed at Supercrawl 2011

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