The autumn exhibition at le stanze del vetro, curated by Marino\u00a0Barovier, will focus on the American artist Thomas Stearns, who collaborated\u00a0with the Venini glassworks in the early 1960s.
\nAfter an initial period during which Stearns familiarised himself with\u00a0local techniques, he started to create works of an extremely original\u00a0character and unusual for Murano. Various series of glass pieces came\u00a0into being, designed as an artistic impression of a sculptural kind, characterised\u00a0by asymmetric and organic shapes and unusual glass techniques,\u00a0rooted in the material of glass itself and with singular colour schemes. For the 31st Venice Biennale\u00a0in 1962, Venini chose to exhibit works by Tobia Scarpa and six pieces by the American artist, which
\nwon great praise from the judging panel. His most celebrated pieces include Cappello del Doge (The\u00a0Doge\u2019s Hat), and Facciate di Venezia (Venice Fa\u00e7ades). The gold medal was proposed for these works\u00a0but in the event could only be awarded to an Italian artist. Stearns was also interested in cold finishing\u00a0techniques and in the lighting sector, which he developed in both artistic and technical terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71532,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cini_tax_event_categories":[1487],"cini_tax_institutes":[1421],"cini_tax_event_locations":[1464],"class_list":["post-71637","cini_events","type-cini_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cini_tax_event_categories-exhibitions","cini_tax_institutes-le-stanze-del-vetro-en","cini_tax_event_locations-island-of-san-giorgio-maggiore"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n