GAS2018年会于威尼斯穆拉诺如期举行
2018年5月16日
2018年5月16日至5月19日,Glass Art Society(玻璃艺术协会,以下简称GAS )于意大利穆拉诺召开。Glass Art Society(玻璃艺术协会,以下简称GAS)成立于1971年,是世界上非常重要的非营利艺术组织。GAS旨在鼓励、超越、推广、教育、发展玻璃艺术并支持所有利用玻璃这种材质进行创作的艺术家。每年,GAS都会从世界范围内选择会议召开地。而今年,GAS以“玻璃之路”(The Glass Path)为主题,来到了具有相当意义的意大利威尼斯穆拉诺。借由这次会议举办地的特殊性和重要性,今年的GAS年会迎来了一千多名参会者。
在此次重要的国际会议上,上海玻璃博物馆执行总裁张琳先生应邀出席,并与世界范围内的玻璃艺术家、博物馆从业人员、画廊代表以及策展人进行了充分交流,包括意大利玻璃艺术家Lino Tagliapietra,美国玻璃艺术家Katherine Gray,Nancy Callan,Michael Rogers,澳大利亚玻璃艺术家Richard Whitteley,Mel Douglas,加拿大玻璃艺术家Laura Donefer,日本玻璃艺术家Nick Sasaki,布拉格工艺美术博物馆馆长Milan Hlaves博士以及策展人William Warmus。在为期四天的国际会议中,不仅有丰富的艺术家现场制作演示、策展人对谈以及讲座,最受关注的活动之一是由加拿大玻璃艺术家Laura Donefer组织的“玻璃时装秀”(Glass Fashion Show),此次“玻璃时装秀”首次地将T台改到穆拉诺小岛的河道上,超过15位玻璃艺术家身着奇异大胆的玻璃服饰于当地传统的贡多拉小船上进行走秀,向所有观者展现了玻璃艺术家的创造力和活力,将整场会议的气氛推向了高潮。
此外,不久前于上海玻璃博物馆举办个展的中国玻璃艺术家杜蒙,作为此次会议Emerging Artist Panel的入选者也于会议上进行发言,介绍了此次在上海玻璃博物馆的展览《间》。
作为GAS的一员,上海玻璃博物馆始终以开放态度融入世界玻璃艺术之中,努力践行博物馆“国际化”特点,充分发挥博物馆平台作用与世界玻璃艺术与文化机构个人进行交流。
GAS 2018 Conference was held at Murano
May 16, 2018
During May 16-19, Glass Art Society was held its annual conference at Venice, Italy. Founded in 1971, Glass Art Society is a non-profit, international organization whose purpose is to encourage excellence, to advance education, to promote the appreciation and development of the glass arts, and to support the worldwide community of artists who work with glass. And this year, the theme of the conference is “The Glass Path and moved to Murano, which is a meaningful destination of all the glass lovers. Because of the importance and specificity of this conference, over a thousand participants attended this conference.
On this international conference, Mr.Zhang Lin, the president of Shanghai Museum of Glass was invited to attend this big event and made a nice communication with the glass artists around the world, museum professionals, galleries and curators, including Lino Tagliapietra, Katherine Gray, Nancy Callan, Michael Rogers, Richard Whitteley, Mel Douglas, Laura Donefer, Nick Sasaki, director of the Prague museum of arts and crafts, Dr Milan Hlaves, and curator William Warmus. During the four-day conference, one of its highlights should be the Glass Fashion Show organized by Laura Donefer. Over 15 glass artists wore their hand made glass costumes and ‘walk ’on the Gondola along the canal of Murano. This amazing event just lit up the whole conference and put a perfect ending of GAS 2018.
As a member of the GAS, the Shanghai Museum of Glass is always with an open attitude into the world of glass art, fulfill the museum “internationalization” characteristics, give full play to their role as the museum of platform with glass arts and culture.