On April 18th, a new exhibition entitled "Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900-1937," organized by Le Stanze del Vetro, will open at this center of glass scholarship and exhibition in Venice, Italy. With the cooperation of the MAK — Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, Le Stanze has assembled key works in glass designed by seminal architects and designers of a unique era of innovation including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Leopold Bauer, Otto Prutscher, Oskar Strnad, Oswald Haerdtl, and Adolf Loos. Running through July 31, 2016, the exhibition, which is curated by MAK curator Rainald Franz, includes more than 300 individual works notable for their embodiment of the period's restless search for new form that marked the turn of the 20th century through the escalating conflicts that led to World War II. Even before this movement was labeled "Modernism," there was a widespread feeling that established styles were out of date and something new was needed.
"Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900-1937" will be the second exhibition organized by Le Stanze del Vetro after the recent “Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection," which ran in 2015. Le Stanze del Vetro is operated in partnership with the Fondazione Giorgio Cini and the Pentagram Stiftung foundation, and is "devoted to studying the art of glassmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries."
IF YOU GO:
"Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900-1937" April 18 — July 31, 2016 LE STANZE DEL VETROIsola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 1
30124 Venice, Italy Tel: +39 041 5229138 Website