Fondazione
Querini Stampalia
A Furnace in
Marseille. Cirva
Part Two
The glass exhibition, A Furnace in Marseille. Cirva is on
show in two separate venues, here at the Fondazione
Querini Stampalia, until June 24 and at the Stanze Del Vetro, until July 29, both are curated by director of
the Cirva of Marseilles, Isabelle Reiher and Chiara Bertola, curator of Contemporary Art at the Querini Stampalia. The project was conceived
by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Pentagram Stiftung, and concentrates
on a selection of 17 artists and designers, among those who have been in
residence at the Cirva in the last thirty years, in an attempt to highlight the
salient moments of creation. The artists
selected have only occasionally come into contact with the glass world
throughout their careers. For this reason, the results shown are original and
surprising, extraordinary yet unpredictable. The meeting between the two
seemingly distant realities, in this case Contemporary Art and glass, allows us
to imagine and build a third one: a world in which glass is no longer simply a
symbol of tradition, but a depiction of a new landscape and visionary nature.
Chiara Bertola and Isabelle Reiher
James Lee Byars - Le
Petit Ange Rouge -
1991-1993
solid hot-worked glass, polished
James Lee Byars
Giuseppe Caccavale -
Armenia. Istituto di Traduzione - 2018
blown glass, text painted in enamel
by the artist
In the contemporary spaces of the
third floor, the work of eight artists are presented to show how glass is the
translation of a thought, a passage from one state to another and a realization
of a form, which stem from an idea: Dove Allouche, James Lee Byars, Giuseppe
Caccavale, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Philippe Parreno, Remo Salvadori, Jana Sterbak
and Francisco Tropa. In order to give expression to the glass in as vivid as
possible a manner, consonant with the space, Giuseppe Caccavale and Remo
Salvadori have been invited to produce two new works at Cirva, for the occasion
of the exhibition.
Hreinn Fridfinnsson -
Sans Titre - 2002
blown glass - mirror-polished - stainless
steel
Remo Salvadori,
Giuseppe Caccavale, Chiara Bertola, Isabelle Reiher Jana Sterbak
Francisco Tropa - Le
Firmament - 2017
blown glass – copper - brass – wood – rope
Designed as a research laboratory,
the Cirva - Centre international de recherche sur le verre et les artes
plastiques was established in Marseille in 1986 as a non-for-profit state
entity to host international artists, designers and architects wishing to introduce
glass to their creative process. These artists, who are often confronted with a
difficult to master material for the first time, develop their designs assisted
by the Cirva technical team.
Remo Salvadori - Gravità
0° - 2017-2018
solid glass worked hot with blowpipe
- molten glass
Sally Benjamin and Remo Salvatori
Jana Sterbak - Containers
for Olfactive Portraits - 2004
solid glass - hot-worked with
blowpipe
Jana Sterbak
Philippe Parreno –
Lampe de Bureau – 1997
cold sealed blown glass – bulb –
electric cable
Dove Allouche – Mycote
– 2015-2016
8 pieces – blown glass –
photographic print – painted wood
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