“New Glass Now”展览于美国康宁玻璃博物馆开幕
2019年5月23日
《New Glass Review》杂志由美国康宁玻璃博物馆创刊，由世界各地的艺术家、设计师和建筑师自由投稿，记录了玻璃这一具有挑战性的材料上的创新性和多样性。在此次展览之前，康宁玻璃博物馆围绕该主题举办过两次重要展览，分别为“Glass 1959-New Glass Review”以及“New Glass：全球范围调查”（1979），这两次展览为国际范围内玻璃工作室运动的蓬勃发展奠定了重要的基础，并刺激了玻璃艺术家、收藏界、艺术评论界对于玻璃与当代艺术的关注，促进了持续性的艺术创新工作。
此次“New Glass Now”展览旨在展示当代玻璃制作的广度和深度，展出了来自32个国家的100名艺术家在过去三年里创作的作品、装置、视频和表演。这是自1959年以来的“New Glass”系列第三次展览，此次展览现在采用了民主的策展方法，由康宁玻璃博物馆现代及当代玻璃策展人Susie J. Silbert率领的评审团共同策展，包括了香港M+博物馆特邀策展人Aric Chen、丹麦皇家美术学院主任、艺术家Susanne Jøker以及美国艺术家Beth Lipman。
作为美国康宁玻璃博物馆的重要合作伙伴，上海玻璃博物馆馆长张琳受邀出席了开幕式，并与美国康宁玻璃博物馆馆长Karol Wright、运营总监Alan Eusden、策展人Susie Silbert以及工作室主管Amy Schwartz进行了深入的交流。作为支持国际玻璃工作室运动的重要一员，上海玻璃博物馆将不断融入国际玻璃艺术平台，推进国际玻璃艺术发展，为中西方玻璃艺术交流贡献一份力量。
Exhibition “New Glass Now” at the Corning Museum of Glass
May 23, 2019
Launched by the Corning Museum of Glass and submitted by artists, designers and architects, New Glass Review is a magazine aims to record the innovation and diversity of glass, a challenging material. Around the theme of New Glass, the Corning Museum of Glass has organized two important exhibitions, “Glass 1959- New Glass Review” and “New Glass: A Worldwide Survey”(1979), which laid a foundation of International Studio Glass Movement and stimulated glass artists, collectors and critics’ concern on glass and contemporary art, which promoted art innovation constantly.
This exhibition, “New Glass Now” aims to present the breadth and depth of contemporary glass making, and displays the works of 100 artists from 32 countries and regions, including objects, installations, videos and performances. It is the third exhibition since the launch of “New Glass” series in 1959. The exhibition employs a democratic curatorial methodology. It is organized by an international panel. Headed by Susie J. Silbert, curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, the panel also includes guest curators Aric Chen, curator-at-large, M+ museum, Hong Kong; Susanne Jøker Johnsen, artist and head of exhibitions at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Denmark; and American artist Beth Lipman.
As the friend and cooperator of the Corning Museum of Glass, Mr. Zhang Lin, director of the Shanghai Museum of Glass, was invited to the exhibition opening, and communicated with the CMOG team, including museum director Karol Wright, director of operations Alan Eusden, curator Susie Silber and head of workshop Amy Schwartz. As a keen supporter of International Studio Glass Movement, the Shanghai Museum of Glass will keep integrating into global glass art platform, supporting international glass art and promoting the glass art communication between China and world.
