Sarah Sze in Glasstress 2017, Venice
11 May - 26 November 2017
Organised by Fondazione Berengo
Curated by Dimitri Ozerkov, Herwig Kempinger, Adriano Berengo
Returning to Venice for the 57th Venice Biennale, GLASSTRESS brings together 40 leading contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, the Middle East and China in an ambitious exhibition exploring the endless creative possibilities of glass. Conceived by Fondazione Berengo, the project takes place in two exceptional historic locations: Palazzo Franchetti in Venice and a converted furnace in Murano.
Sarah Sze has collaborated with glass masters to create a site-specific installation composed of shards, Cotissi, informed by her experience of working in the furnace. Her intervention traces the confines of the Palazzo Franchetti with a delicate, but strong line of shards of glass circling the architecture and echoing the shades of blue and green of the Laguna.
Talking about the project, Sze comments: "I think what's really exciting about being in the furnace and being in the studio here in Murano is that it's about making materials live. It's the fundamental point of being a sculptor: how do you breathe new life into materials? How do you make them live in the moment?"
Image: Sarah Sze, Cotissi, 2017
Glass and concrete, dimensions variable
Photo credit: Francesco Allegretto
Courtesy Fondazione Berengo
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- Doug Aitken
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Milton Avery
- Jules de Balincourt
- Ali Banisadr
- Hernan Bas
- María Berrío
- Varda Caivano
- Verne Dawson
- Stan Douglas
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Inka Essenhigh
- Ian Hamilton Finlay
- Barnaby Furnas
- David Harrison
- NS Harsha
- Alex Hartley
- Secundino Hernández
- Ilse D’Hollander
- Christian Holstad
- Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
- Chantal Joffe
- Isaac Julien
- Idris Khan
- Yayoi Kusama
- John Kørner
- Doron Langberg
- Wangechi Mutu
- Alice Neel
- Maria Nepomuceno
- Chris Ofili
- Jorge Pardo
- Celia Paul
- Grayson Perry
- Paula Rego
- Tal R
- Conrad Shawcross
- Hedda Sterne
- Do Ho Suh
- Sarah Sze
- Adriana Varejão
- Suling Wang
- Stephen Willats
- Flora Yukhnovich
- Doug Aitken
- Njideka Akunyili Crosby
- Milton Avery
- Jules de Balincourt
- Ali Banisadr
- Hernan Bas
- María Berrío
- Varda Caivano
- Verne Dawson
- Stan Douglas
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Inka Essenhigh
- Ian Hamilton Finlay
- Barnaby Furnas
- David Harrison
- NS Harsha
- Alex Hartley
- Secundino Hernández
- Ilse D’Hollander
- Christian Holstad
- Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
- Chantal Joffe
- Isaac Julien
- Idris Khan
- Yayoi Kusama
- John Kørner
- Doron Langberg
- Wangechi Mutu
- Alice Neel
- Maria Nepomuceno
- Chris Ofili
- Jorge Pardo
- Celia Paul
- Grayson Perry
- Paula Rego
- Tal R
- Conrad Shawcross
- Hedda Sterne
- Do Ho Suh
- Sarah Sze
- Adriana Varejão
- Suling Wang
- Stephen Willats
- Flora Yukhnovich
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