Galerie B
Glass Art
Egyptians made glass as early as 4000 years ago. In the twentieth century, the large factories defined glass art up to the fifties. A new period began with the invention of the small studio furnace: The studio glass movement emerged. Independent of glass factories and their large furnaces, many artists were now able to make works of free-blown, non-functional, pure glass art. Glass formed individually by artists spread quickly.
Large museums began to build collections. He fascination of the older matter glass was rediscovered: transparent like nothing or impermeable to light; shiny like polished silver or as rough as sandstone.
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current Exhibition
Ann Wolff
„LIVE“
17 October, 2011 – 29 February, 2012 prolonged until 31 March, 2012
The artist Ann Wolff knows how to bring out the special characteristics of the material glass: contours, surfaces, the relation between inside and outside, the penetration of layers and shapes gain new significance. Following a hidden trace, she makes inner landscapes visible
The Galerie B, Contemporary Glass in Sinzheim/Baden-Baden will show current works by the artist from 17 October, 2011 to 29 February, 2012 under the title ”LIVE“.
What lies behind the mask? Ann Wolff has asked herself this question over and over again in the last few years.
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