GASNews October/ November 2011 Volume 22 ... - Glass Art Society

International
Window
Highlights in Europe
By Angela van der Burght
As fall approaches, there are so many interesting
expositions to visit in northern Europe!
Belgium (image 1)
At Glazen Huis in Lommel
October 8 - Spring 2012:
Bernardine de Neeveprijs
October 4 - 23:
Presentation Ledenobjecten, books available
Glazen huis
Vlaams Centrum voor Hedendaagse Glaskunst
Dorp 14
B-3920 Lommel, Belgium
info@hetglazenhuis.be
www.hetglazenhuis.be
By Musée due Verre de la Ville
de Charleroi in Marcinelle
October 1 - November 27:
Quand Charleroi pointe la technique
This is a 3-part exhibition. The first, Le
verre peint en Wallonie de 1900 à 1930,
shows 60 or so works by artists from the
southern region of Belgium, Wallonia,
including Paul Bernard, Pierre Jost, Henri
Heemskerk, Jules Michez, Karel Heller,
Léon Mairesse, Henri Martin, De Winner.
The second part of the exhibition, Le verre,
une matière sans limite, pays tribute to
the contributions the region of Charleroi
has made to industrial flat glass. This
interactive and educational exhibition
covers from Émile Fourcault’s innovations
in 1911 to Pixelglass incorporating LEDs.
The third exhibition, Label Charleroi, shows
the results of the encounters between the
following designers and artists: Bruyerre
et Hugo Meert, Caterpillar et Sylvain
Busine, GVK et Atelier Blink, Plastiservice
et Dustdeluxe, Sirris et Raphaël Charles,
Trans’Form et Atelier Design Addict.
Musée du Verre
Site du Bois du Cazier
Rue du Cazier, 80
B-6001 Marcinelle, Belgium
http://charleroi-museum.be
www.charleroi1911-2011.be
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Denmark (image 2)
At the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft in Ebeltoft
Through April 22:
Glass Mad
To mark the museum’s 25 years of
existence, works from the museum’s
permanent collection are on view. Danish
sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard’s work provides
the setting. In connection with the 25th
anniversary, the museum will publish a
168 page lavish book titled Glassified.
The main author is writer and art critic
Niels Houkjær. Today the internationally
acclaimed collection numbers more than
1,500 works donated or deposited by
700 artists from 48 countries. Among the
first artists who supported the museum
by donating works to the collection, are
legendary pioneers such as Kyohei Fujita,
Harvey K. Littleton, Dale Chihuly, Sybren
Valkema, Åsa Brandt, Ann Wolff, Bertil
Vallien, Klaus Moje, and Lino Tagliapietra.
October 15 - March 7
Venice. 3 Visions in Glass
Works by Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira
and Laura de Santillana
October 15 - February 26:
Studies in Search of Order and Chaos
Works by Stine Bidstrup
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft
Strandvejen 8
DK-8400 Ebeltoft
+45 (0)8634-1799
glasmuseet@glasmuseet.dk
www.glasmuseet.dk
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France (image 3)
At the Musée-Atelier du verre
in Sars-Poteries
October 21 - March 4:
Inlandsis
Works by Michèle Perozeni, exploring the
theme of Antartica. Perozeni served as artist
in residence at the museum in early 2011.
Musée-Atelier du verre
1, rue du Général de Gaulle BP2
F-59216 Sars-Poteries
www.cg59.fr
This page, clockwise from upper left:
1. Koen Vanderstukken’s Virtual - reality 1 (2011; 120 x
60 x 60 cm; LCD-TV, camera, float glass, aluminum);
2. Glass Mad (Fenestra Ateliers photo);
3. Michèle Perozeni’s Péril en la demeure, 2011
(Jean-Louis Hess photo);
Next page, clockwise from upper left:
4. Mona Hatoum’s Nature morte aux grenades,
2006-2007 (Ela Bialkowska photo);
5. Harvey K. Littleton’s Ellipsoid Prismatic, 1981
(Contemporary Glass Art Collection, MUDAC,
Lausanne; Claude Bornand photo);
6. Emmanuel Babled’s hanging installation of chandelier,
Digit (Emmanuel Babled photo)