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JOSEF ALBERS | ARMAN | JEAN ARP | BARBARA BLOOM | LOUISE BOURGEOIS | SERGIO BOVENGA | DANIEL BUREN | LAWRENCE CARROLL | CÉSAR | SOYEON CHO | TONY CRAGG | MARIE LOUISE EKMAN | JAN FABRE | LUCIO FONTANA | FRANCESCO GENNARI | DAN GRAHAM | RICHARD HAMILTON | MONA HATOUM | HYE RIM LEE | CHARLOTTE HODES | MIMMO JODICE | MARYA KAZOUN | JOSEPH KOSUTH | JANNIS KOUNELLIS | RAIMUND KUMMER | FEDERICA MARANGONI | ORLAN | JEAN MICHEL OTHONIEL | LUCA PANCRAZZI | ANNE PEABODY | GIUSEPPE PENONE | ANTON PEVSNER | BETTINA POUSTTCHI | ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG | MAN RAY | RENE RIETMEYER | SILVANO RUBINO | SANDRO SERGI | KIKI SMITH | JANA STERBAK | LINO TAGLIAPIETRA | KOEN VANMECHELEN | FRED WILSON | KIMIKO YOSHIDA | CHEN ZHEN | Design Cover 46xy studio Jan Fabre, Shitting Doves of Peace and Flying Rats, 2008 (detail) Editorial Coordination photo Francesco Allegretto Gabriele Nason, Filomena Moscatelli graphic design Facchinetti+ Fortuna Copyediting Photo Credits Emily Ligniti Francesco Allegretto Chris Amaral Translations Ela Bialkowska Brenda Lea Stone Christopher Burke Geoffrey Clements Copywriting and Press Office Alex Deyaert Silvia Palombi Francesco Ferruzzi Andrea Fiesoli US Editorial Director Gasull Fotografia Francesca Sorace David Heald Mimmo Jodice Promotion and Web Joerg Lohse Monica D’Emidio Fondazione Marconi Attilio Maranzano Distribution © Archivio Penone Antonia De Besi Paolo Semprucci Studio Marangoni Administration Studio Shinji Kimura Grazia De Giosa Markus Tretter Paolo Vandrasch Warehouse and Outlet © Kimiko Yoshida Roberto Curiale Oliviero Zane We apologize if, due to reasons wholly beyond our control, some of the photo sources have not been listed. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission in writing of copyright holders and of the publisher. Berengo Studio 1989 srl Fondamenta Vetrai 109/a 30141 Murano-Venice Tel. +39 041739453 Fax +39 0415276588 e-mail: [email protected] © 2009 www.berengo.com Edizioni Charta, Milano © the artists for their works Edizioni Charta srl © by SIAE 2009: Josef Albers, Arman, Jean (Hans) Arp, Milano Louise Bourgeois, Daniel Buren, César, Jan Fabre, Lucio Fontana, via della Moscova, 27 - 20121 Richard Hamilton, Jannis Kounellis, Raimund Kummer, ORLAN, Tel. +39-026598098/026598200 Jean Michel Othoniel, Giuseppe Penone, Anton Pevsner, Fax +39-026598577 Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Chen Zhen e-mail: [email protected] © the authors for their texts Charta Books Ltd. New York City Tribeca Office All rights reserved Tel. +1-313-406-8468 ISBN 978-88-8158-743-8 e-mail: [email protected] Printed in Italy www.chartaartbooks.it GLASSTRESS communications and graphic design special thanks to all the artists 53rd International Art Exhibition Facchinetti + Fortuna for the enthusiasm La Biennale di Venezia they brought to this project PR agencies Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti - CLP Relazioni Pubbliche Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti SGLA Susan Grant Lewin Associates Scuola Grande Confraternita di San Teodoro supported by Venice 6th June – 22nd November 2009 special thanks to Dawn Bennet Viveca Bosson Andrea Busetto project conceived and organized by Sandro Franchini Adriano Berengo Christian Minotto in collaboration with Marcello Mormile Laura Mattioli Rossi and Rosa Barovier Mentasti Nu Fest guest curator Giovanna Palandri Francesca Giubilei with the patronage of Karolina Petersson Susan Scherman VeneziaNews exhibition management Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm general coordination Estate of Robert Rauschenberg, New York Adriano Berengo Fondazione Giorgio Marconi, Milan Marco Berengo Guy Pieters Gallery, Sint-Martens-Latem Francesca Giubilei Marcello and Valeria Forin exhibition staging Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona Koen Vanmechelen Galerie Buchmann, Berlin/Lugano organizing secretariat Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz General Consulate of Belgium Alessandra Versace Galleria Continua, San Giminiano in Milan shipping department Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo Daniela Bufo Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia insurance broker Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice Pierluigi Morasco Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan biographical apparatus Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop Elena Cimenti Joseph Kosuth Studio, Rome Maria Antonietta Sergi Kukje Gallery, Seoul translations Malborough Gallery, London Brenda Lea Stone Francesca Minini General Consulate of Japan in Milan Robert and Dianne Moss berengo studio PaceWildenstein, New York master glass blower Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Danilo Zanella Patrizia Pepe Maria Antonietta Sergi Walter Ballarin Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torre Roberto Mavaracchio Pellice, Turin Roberto Salso Giorgio Alzetta many thanks to Roberto Berengo Assicurazioni Generali sponsored by Valter Brunello B Restaurant Roberto Campello Neal Bluebird Mauro Falcier Karlijn De Jongh Gianni Gallo Fonderia F.lli Bon Stefano Gritti Gruppo Fallani allestimento spazi espositivi Francesco Juris Stoffel Hias Stefano Lo Duca Kuhn&Bulow Versicherungsmakler GmbH Paola Malvezzi Marconati Vetri Gianluca Rossetti Ongaro&Fuga specchi veneziani Giovanni Scarpa Sarah Gold Alvise Schiavon Rosa Salva pasticceria & catering Giacomo Semenzato Enzo Rossi Róiss Diva Trevisani Falegnameria Santini Andrea e Paolo Marino Zaffalon Noemi Salamone Mario Sbordone Silvano Signoretto TRATTO Trasporti d’arte Valle Romano di Valle Alessio 23 AN ADVENTURE IN THE ART OF GLASS Adriano Berengo 24 MODERNISM AND GLASS Laura Mattioli Rossi 27 A SUSTANCIA LUMINOSA Y MALEABLE, THE GLASS Rosa Barovier Mentasti 33 WOMEN’S GLASS Francesca Giubilei 38 THE CRAFTSMAN AND THE MANUFACTURER Giacinto Di Pietrantonio 41 GLASS AND THE PSYCHE Fausto Petrella 49 RECASTING GLASS Tina Oldknow 52 RETURNABLE CONTAINERS Luca Beatrice 55 GLASSTRESS / WORKS 132 ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES 141 GLASSTRESS / EXHIBITION 159 GLASSTRESS / SPECIAL PROJECT Francesco Gennari Marya Kazoun and Berengo Studio staff 10 Adriano Berengo and Lawrence Carroll Tony Cragg Adriano Berengo, Silvano Rubino, Shintaro Akatsu and Tony Cragg 13 Joseph Kosuth Charlotte Hodes 16 Koen Vanmechelen 17 18 Silvano Rubino Fred Wilson AN ADVENTURE IN THE ART OF GLASS Adriano Berengo I began my adventure in the world of glass in faraway 1989. of experimenting, of challenging this material, of conceiving I say “faraway” because twenty years have passed since that surprisingly innovative works—in short, of Making Worlds, date and many things have changed in the approach to this thus giving their creations the meaning of a vision that fully material including the recognition it has managed to obtain welcomes the Thought and Realization project. in other, distant yet conversant milieus. I am referring, in par- As a rule, I support emerging artists and artists who come ticular, to the world of art. from horizons distant from that of glass. “Glass artists” do When, with great humility and care, I began to work with not work at Berengo Studio, but rather artists who, before glass, I immediately understood the necessity and importance coming to Murano, have worked with completely different of working so as to free it from the exclusively commercial techniques and materials. This choice guarantees a fresh ap- ghetto in which it had been imprisoned for years. There was proach and the ability to look with entirely new eyes at the an urgent need to free glass from the outmoded tradition that material, something that would otherwise not be possible. confined it to a material used exclusively for prestigious ev- The history of this island, with its centuries-old expertise, its eryday objects. skilled workers, its unique tradition, its recent past—marked Intellectual integrity compels me to say that in the mid-twen- by great names in art who have worked with its master glass- tieth century the great Egidio Costantini had already begun blowers—and its present marked by a growing fervor and a this courageous enterprise, inviting great masters of modern new wave of experimentation led by contemporary artists have art to the island of Murano and involving Peggy Guggenheim, contributed to building a new world that perhaps no one had the multi-faceted collector and patron, in his project. I only believed was possible. had the courage and perhaps the recklessness to continue The theme of the 53rd Venice Biennale is “the construction along the path forged by Costantini. of new worlds,” which seemed to me the perfect occasion to Today, on Murano, those who support the idea of glass as an present an exhibition in which to try to imagine another world, artistic medium are few, their actions sporadic, and their a context where glass—thanks to the inspiration of great in- voices weak. Berengo Studio stands out for its innovation, the ternational artists—has the possibility of showing the best farsightedness of its projects and its ability to develop op- of itself. For this project, which I immediately realized I could portunities for the worlds of glass and contemporary art to not bring about alone, I have asked the cooperation and help come together. of two experts: Dr. Laura Mattioli Rossi, curator, and Dr. Rosa “The emphasis on the creative process and on things in the Barovier Mentasti, historian of glass. I am firmly convinced making will not exclude works in classical media,” writes that synergy is essential for realizing good projects, good Daniel Birnbaum with regarde to the 2009 Biennale. ideas, and grand objectives, and hope that this project can The Studio I created has welcomed