{"id":1916,"date":"2007-01-03T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T15:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2014-01-26T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2014-01-26T15:10:58","slug":"2007-estonian-glass-art-70-the-decades-best-1996-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/?p=1916","title":{"rendered":"2007 ESTONIAN GLASS ART 70 : The Decade’s Best (1996-2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"296\"<\/a>Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
\nPRESS RELEASE 18 January 2007
\n\u201cESTONIAN GLASS ART 70:\u00a0The decade’s best (1996-2006)”
\n25 January \u2013 25 February 2007<\/p>\n

Professional glass art in Estonia turns 70 this year. The field is considered to have started in Estonia in 1936 when a department was created at the State School of Industrial Art (now the Estonian Academy of Arts) for teaching the speciality. It’s a suitable time to cast a nostalgic glance back at the most memorable works and show them to others as well. Ten years ago at the Tallinn Art Hall, we displayed a retrospective that went well into the more distant past. This year’s selection includes works from the ten years since that exhibition.<\/p>\n

\"Maie<\/a>

Maie Mikof-Liivik<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, so much has happened in the last ten years in glass art \u2013 another generation of glass artists has risen, borders are open, new trends are taking place, opportunities have vastly diversified. New and historical techniques are in use and being experimented with. International glass events are visited and organized, and competitions and awards being won all over the world.<\/p>\n

Thanks to all this, we can offer a different sort of exhibition compared to the last one \u2013 besides already recognized movers and shakers, new artists are taking the stage, glass artists who have now themselves earned international accolades.<\/p>\n

\"Sofi<\/a>

Sofi Ar\u0161as<\/p><\/div>\n

The techniques used in the different works are represented in their full historical diversity \u2013 besides the relatively contemporary optics, cold working, engraving and blowing, there are also fusing and casting, all the way back to techniques such as p\u00e2te de verre, mosaics and core technique, some of which were already ancient during the time of Christ. All of these venerated techniques now bear the personal touch of the artists \u2013 adapted, combined in different ways and in different variations.<\/p>\n

Our common favourite material \u2013 glass \u2013 in all its rich expressiveness, is on display, looking incomparably different in each item. Colour, lustre, monumentalism, transparency, delicacy, sharpness, danger \u2013 all are represented.<\/p>\n

The range doesn\u2019t quite run the entire gamut from jam-jar to cathedral stained glass window, but still, there is much here that is vastly different, beautiful and conceptual, all assembled in one exhibition featuring the best work of the last decade.<\/p>\n

\"298\"<\/a>Participating artists:
\nSOFI ARSHAS, MERLE BUKOVEC, RIHO H\u00dcTT, LIISI JUNOLAINEN, MERLE KANNUS, VIIVI-ANN KEERDO, KATI KERSTNA, VIRVE KIIL, KAI KIUDSOO-V\u00c4RV, EVE KOHA, KAI KOPPEL, EEVA K\u00c4SPER, IVO LILL, MAIE MIKOF, EINO M\u00c4ELT, PILVI OJAMAA, RAIT PR\u00c4\u00c4TS, MAIE-ANN RAUN, TOOMAS RIISALU, PEETER RUDAS, KAIRI ORGUSAAR, MARE SAARE, KAI SAAREPUU, MARET SARAPU, TIINA SARAPU, KALLI SEIN, KRISTIINA USLAR, KERSTI VAKS, KRISTEL \u00d5UNAPUU<\/p>\n

Press release compiled by\u00a0Kati Kerstna<\/p>\n

More information:<\/p>\n

Curators and designers of the exhibition
\nKati Kerstna 52 90 779
\nMare Saare 56 917 079
\nVirve Kiil 52 85 690
\nKairi Orgusaar 53 403 124<\/p>\n

Ketli Tiitsar 627 4602, 55 28 904,\u00a0ketli [at] etdm [dot] ee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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