Tacoma玻璃博物馆策展人David Francis来访
2014年8月5日
塔科马是美国华盛顿州普吉特海湾的港口城市，著名玻璃艺术家戴尔·奇胡利就出生于此，成为塔科马市的骄傲。塔科马玻璃博物馆位于塔科马整修一新、热闹非凡的水滨地带，俨然一座美丽的艺术宫殿。该博物馆以其独具一格、美轮美奂的建筑设计风格著称，是一座高达 90 英尺的圆锥形不锈钢建筑，内有世界上最大的圆形热车间。在这里，可以欣赏各种 20 世纪和 21 世纪的玻璃艺术珍品，琳琅满目，令人目不暇接。
2014年8月5日，Tacoma玻璃博物馆策展人David Francis来访。David Francis先生最初以考古学与诗学研究起，而后逐渐进入策展人领域。在美国众多高校进行课程教授之后，自2006年起，David Francis先生在西雅图的当代艺术中心策划了众多精彩的艺术家联展与个展，撰写出版相当数量的展览评论与诗学著作与考古学田野报告。如今David Francis进入玻璃艺术世界，成为了Tacoma玻璃博物馆的策展人之一。
在David先生饶有兴致地参观了博物馆的展览后，博物馆执行总裁张琳先生于柯庐会所接待了David先生，同时出席的还有英国玻璃艺术博士、上海大学美术学院薛吕老师，博物馆展览和藏品部经理陈瑛。张琳先生特别赠予了David先生博物馆三周年纪念品与精美的展览图录。在短暂而友好的会谈期间，David先生表达了对上海玻璃博物馆的赞许，提出了将当代艺术与玻璃艺术融合的设想，同样也表达了未来两馆之间展览交换、艺术家合作的意向。会谈结束之后，David先生在薛吕老师与陈瑛的陪同下，拜访参观了王沁老师位于博物馆的工作室，双方对未来如何更好地进行玻璃艺术创作、中西方合作等问题进行了交流。
随着Tacoma玻璃博物馆与我馆的深入交流与合作，我馆儿童博物馆的特别展览计划势必将成为未来展览的新亮点。让我们一起拭目以待未来精彩纷呈的合作成果！
David Francis, the Curator of Tacoma Museum of Glass, Paid a Visit
August 5, 2014
Tacoma is a harbor city at the southern end of the Puget Sound in Washington. The famous glass artist, Dale Chihuly was born in Tacoma and is one of its most famous sons. Tacoma Museum of Glass, which is located at the brand-new and popular waterfront area, has become a beautiful art palace. The museum is widely known for its special and amazing architecture design style. The outlook of the museum is a cone stainless steel architecture of 90 feet, equipped with the world largest Hot Shop Amphitheater. Visitors around the world are able to appreciate various glass art pieces from 20th century to 21st century.
David Francis, the curator of Tacoma Museum of Glass, visited the SHMOG on Aug 5th, 2014. Mr. David Francis was gradually into the field of art curatorship inspired by the study of archaeology and poetics. Since 2006, David Francis has curated numerous group and solo exhibitions for the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. In addition to more than 20 curatorial essays in exhibition catalogs, his publications include a book of award-winning poems, a book on the Zoque indigenous region in Oaxaca, Mexico, and many archaeological reports. Currently he serves as curator for the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.
After visiting the exhibition of SHMOG with full interest, the president of SHMOG, Mr. Zhang Lin welcomed him in the Kiln Club, with Ms. Shelly and Chen Ying. Mr. Zhang Lin gave the 3-anniversary souvenir and elaborate exhibition catalogs to Mr. David as a special gift. During the lovely meeting, Mr. David expressed the compliment to the SHMOG, put out the picture of combining contemporary art with glass art and also delivered the intention about the exchange artists and displays. After the short meeting, Mr. David visited the glass studio of Wang Qin, accompanied by Shelly and Chen Ying. Both sides had a successful discussion about how to make better glass art piece and the art communication between China and West World.
The special exhibition project of KID’s Museum at SHMOG would become a hotspot during the future exhibition, by the deep communication and cooperation between Tacoma Glass of Museum and SHMOG. Let’s look forward to the wonderful future cooperation results!
