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GLASS
ECHOES 2007
Glass Echoes 2007 was a
selected and curated exhibition of glass by 17 newly established
and emerging artists. The compelling Bloomsbury setting was the
Crypt Gallery of St. Pancras Church in Euston Road, London. This
is an atmospheric venue with alcoves allowing for a variety of
small works and larger installations. The pieces on show were
chosen by the Curator, Angela Thwaites, to chime in with this
unusual, echoing space. They all complemented a subterranean world
of things past and things to come, a place where rest and
regeneration share the same domain.
The Curator’s concept
was to use the architecture of the building and display the pieces
‘not superimposed on top, but embedded deep in the stonework,
like something growing out of the gloom.’ So there were no white
box plinths. Stone and wood from the building melded with the
glass, presenting surprises throughout –
a white childhood mitten gleaming above a vault railing; Byzantine
relics flowing across a fragmented screen; brandy-snap-thin discs
of pâte de verre earily twisting in an alcove; exquisite globes
and lenses embracing the brickwork.
On show were conceptual
pieces, made with the environment in mind, using a variety of
techniques –
casting, fusing, blowing, pâte de verre, screen-printing, etching
and mixed media. Exhibitors were: Fabrizia Bazzo, Karen Blackwell,
Emily Chan, Jane Dorner, Charlotte Ellis and Tina Lindström,
Hannah Facey, Qimei Guo, Belinda Salmon Harding, Marion Hewitt,
James Lethbridge, Zakia Malcolm, Ana Robinson, Juliana Stoney,
Jessica Townsend, Aviva Walton, Steven Whitehill and Angela
Thwaites was so taken by the ‘Glass Echoes’ concept that she
agreed to exhibit too.
The exhibition ran for a
week from 2 to 8 August 2007. The organising committee, encouraged
by its success, hope to make this a biennial glass event.
Contemporary
Glass Society Newsletter September 2007
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