策展人：Sharon Oleksiak, 陈瑛

展览时间：2011年7月6日-2011年10月6日

展览地点：上海玻璃博物馆一楼临展厅

展览规划：迪尔曼 图蒙｜协调亚洲

品牌顾问：朗图广告

Curator: Sharon Oleksiak, Chen Ying

Duration: July 6, 2011 – Nov 6, 2011

Venue: Temporary Exhibition Hall, Shanghai Museum of Glass

Exhibition Planning: Tilman Thuermer | COORDINATION Asia

Brand Consultant: RITO

从本质上说，玻璃艺术在当代艺术领域发挥的作用，与印象派绘画在美术史，中国水墨艺术在人文方面所起的作用毫无二致，这些艺术家都是有远见卓识的人。他们在一本别人看不到的书中毫无困难地阐释着现实，这是玻璃艺术以其魔幻般的材料和精确的技术在我们面前所展现的世界。

上海玻璃博物馆选择史蒂文·温伯格作为第一个艺术家的展览是有所考虑的，我们希望能够真实、准确地介绍国际当代玻璃艺术的尖端部分，首先要考虑所选择的艺术家的重要和前卫以及对于当代国际艺术的理解程度。我认为每一个地方观众对艺术的了解有差异，美国的观众、中国的观众都会有不同的理解艺术的方式，这样艺术交流的重要性就体现出来了。玻璃艺术如何反映当代文化?国际最重要的玻璃艺术家在思考什么，在关注什么?这些都是观众希望了解的。

Fundamentally, the art of glass plays a role in contemporary art no less than that played by Impressionism in the history of art or of Chinese ink paintings in Chinese culture. The artists working with glass are visionaries, who reflect reality seemingly effortlessly in a manner unknown to others. This is a world depicted by artists using magical materials and precise technologies.

After serious consideration, the Shanghai Museum of Glass chose to feature the works of Steven Weinberg in its first exhibition. Through this exhibit, we hope that we can present the cutting edge of international contemporary glass art in a truthful and accurate manner. Therefore our first and foremost consideration is the importance and leading role of the chosen artist, as well as his or her understanding of international contemporary art. In my view, audiences from different places have different understandings of art. American and Chinese audiences understand art in different ways, which shows the importance of promoting cultural exchange in the arts. So how does glass art reflect contemporary culture? What do the world’s most important glass artists think about and focus on? These are questions that visitors can hope to answer by viewing the exhibition.