Breakout Efforts at the Corning Museum of Glass
about 67 months ago (04/22/2019)
Those who don’t consider glass a major art medium will think again after visiting a fascinating exhibition that opens in May at the Corning Museum of Glass. New Glass Now will showcase the extraordinary potential of the familiar, but always surprising material in artworks made in the last three years by one hundred artists from twenty-five countries around the world. This Shit is Bananas by Megan Stelljes, 2017. ALEC MILLER PHOTO Broader in scope than most glass exhibitions, the show includes work created using every conceivable technique, including neon, carving, and kiln-working, as well as pieces made using the more frequently seen casting and hand-blowing methods. The first exhibition of its kind in four decades, it follows precedents set at the Corning Museum by Glass 1959 and New Glass: A Worldwide Survey twenty years later. Both of the earlier exhibitions were major influences on the development of studio glassmaking and helped call attention to the accomplishments of talented