Join curator Susie Silbert and artists featured in the exhibition for a tour of Material Location, followed by a visit to the UrbanGlass studios, where some of the works in the show were made.
Continue ReadingMaterial Location has two aims. First, to catalogue the range of glassmaking activities in New York City, both within and outside of the hub of UrbanGlass. Secondly, to explore the state-the conceptual location-of glassmaking and glass thinking at this time. To these ends, the artists included in Material Location explore a range of processes and conceptual approaches related to glass.
Continue ReadingInspired by Italo Calvino’s short stories, mythology, and current technological advances, Alli Hoag’s glass and mixed media exhibition, The Distance of the Moon, explores the need to reach for the far away and how to negotiate with bridging that space.
Opening reception: November 21, 6 - 8 pm
Continue ReadingManuel Gorkiewicz
UrbanGlass|ware is pleased to present a new edition by Austrian artist Manuel Gorkiewicz. Curated by Rome-based curatorial agency GoldenRuler, and hand blown by maestro Davide Fuin in Murano, the glasses and carafe are loosely based on a famous series by Adolf Loos for Lobmeyr.
Join us Tuesday, October 21, 2014 for CELEBRATE!, our 2014 Auction and Gala, to mark the one-year anniversary in our beautiful new facilities!
Continue ReadingJoin us as the De La Torre Brothers kick off their UrbanGlass residency with an exciting demonstration!
Continue ReadingIn the exhibition Anders Ruhwald: One Thing Follows Another (And You Make It Happen), the artist, who is artist-in-residence and head of Ceramics at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, explores form, materiality, and perception through a series of installations that compare and contrast one design rendered in three diverse media: ceramics, wood, and glass.
Continue ReadingBrett Swenson's Potential Difference explores the notion of transmutation. Physicalities of time, material anomalies, and a focus on electromagnetic phenomena provide the opportunity to experience objects and situations that vibrate between opposing states of being.
Continue ReadingFor the exhibition The Dominant Sophia, British artist Joanna Manousis has created a series of sculptural objects and wall mounted installations that function as metaphors for the human condition. Central to the exhibition is a three-dimensional ‘rose window,’ reminiscent of the round church windows of 17th Century France. Comprised of individually cast forms in clear lead crystal, each segment within the multi-faceted installation contains the recessed detail of forms taken from nature.
Continue ReadingIlluminate: Design in Light looks at the many ways in which New York City designers use glass in their lighting. In these pieces, glass is an essential component of the design: creating form in curves and angles; modulating and reflecting light; and referencing its history as an agent of illumination, from Venetian chandeliers to neon signs.
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