Estonian glass
LWL-Industriemuseum
Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Industriekultur
Glashütte Gernheim
September 29, 2010 – March 27, 2011
Gernheim 12
32469 Petershagen
Tel: +49 5707 9311-0
E-mail: glashuette-gernheim [at] lwl [dot] org
www.lwl-industriemuseum.de
Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday 10 am – 6 pm
Vernissage: 26.9.2010 at 11 am Continue reading
Kristiina Uslar “+ -“
The International Exhibition of Glass Art Kanazawa, Japan, qualifies as one with the longest tradition in the international glass world.
The main prizes of the competition are sometimes compared to the Oscars of the Glass Art. Organized as a triennial, this year’s competition received 470 applications from artists of 39 countries. Continue reading
Ivo Lill
From August 27 to September 5, 2010 a retrospective exhibition of the last year’s 3rd Luxembourg Glass Symposium took place in the Tétagne cultural centre “Schungfabrik” (= Shoe factory) in the south of Luxembourg. The “Schungfabrik” is housed in the historical premises of once famous Matthias Hubert’s shoe factory. Continue reading
Toomas Riisalu
Mark Angus, Andra Jõgis, Külli Nidermann
Mark Angus held his masterclass “Human figure. Acid etched flashed glass and lamination” for the students of glass of the Estonian Academy of Arts. The British artist, now residing in Frauenau, Germany, was in Estonia for the second time, his previous visit was in connection with his masterclass on painting and stained glass in 2007. Continue reading
Kati Kerstna: Well (detail)
Exhibition „GLORIA“
15. 06. – 07. 07. 2010.
Artists Union of Latvia gallery
11. Novembra krastmala 35, Riga
Gallery working hours: Monday to Friday 12.00 – 17.00 Continue reading
Left to right: Mark Soosaar, Kairi Orgusaar, Mikk Jäger, Kristiina Uslar, Ivo Lill, Matti Kalkamo, Heli Ryhänen.
Exhibition of glass art A Moment of Balance has brought together into the exhibition halls of the Tartu Art Museum three artists who at first may seem very different but who are united by their shared love of a material – glass. Artists who have studied glass art and use glass in their work in Estonia, have some time ago left behind the earlier function of usefulness and the limitations dictated by decorativeness, so characteristic of the earlier material-centered attitude (the so-called applied art). In the free work of glass artists the main purpose is to forward a message. The present exhibition project is concentrated on the idea, expressed in glass as a very praiseworthy material. Continue reading
