FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LEGENDARY ITALIAN MASTER LINO TAGLIAPIETRA ‘A SANCTUARY IN GLASS’ PRESENTED BY SCHANTZ GALLERIES Media Inquiries: AT ART PALM BEACH JANUARY 24-27TH Kristin Carlson RECEPTION & LIVE BOOK SIGNING WITH THE ARTIST JANUARY 24TH AT 4:30PM Think All Day 505-501-2497 “Glass is a wonderful material. Why? Glass is alive. Even when it is cool, it is still moving. It is
[email protected] connected with fire, it is connected with water, it is...my life.” -Lino Tagliapietra Schantz Galleries presents ‘A Sanctuary of Glass,’ an exhibition of work by legendary Italian glass master Lino Tagliapietra, at the Art Palm Beach contemporary art fair, Palm Beach County Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Boulevard, January 24-27th, 2014. A reception and live book signing with the artist will be held Friday, January 24th, from 4:30- 5:30pm, in Schantz Galleries booth #302 at the fair. Tagliapietra will travel from Italy to sign his recent publication, ‘La Poesia Nella Vetro: The Poetry of Glass,’ at the event. Fair hours are 12 noon to 7pm Friday through Sunday, and 6pm on Monday. An invitation-only preview takes place at 6pm on Thursday, January 23rd. Ala, 2013, average size per element 12 x 60 x 6,” blown and cold-worked glass installation (suspended or on stand), photo by Russell Johnson As James Yood, adjunct professor of art history at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and regular contributor to GLASS magazine, wrote, “There are probably no two words more respected and honored in the history of modern sculpture in glass than ‘Lino Tagliapietra;’ he is the living bridge, the crucial link between the august history of Venetian glass and the ceaseless wonders of what today we call the modern Studio Glass Movement.” An influential Venetian artist and master glassmaker, Tagliapietra’s work is recognized worldwide.