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1 BERENGO NEWSLETTER 2016/2017

2 BERENGO STUDIO 1 Berengo Studio is a furnace and studio on the Venetian island of Murano. It was established in 1989 by Adriano Berengo whose goal was to take glass to a new level in the world of contemporary art. By marrying the craftsmanship of centuries-old techniques with contemporary creativity, he created an unique and exciting space, a glass furnace for artists. Since the late 1980s, more than 300 contemporary artists have expanded their oeuvre by creating works of art in glass. The Berengo roster includes Tony Cragg, Thomas Schütte, Jaume Plensa, Erwin Wurm, Zhang Huan, Song Dong, Vik Muniz, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Cai Guo-Qiang. Many of the works created at Berengo Studio are found today in private and public collections worldwide, including the Louvre in Paris, MAD (Museum of Arts and Design) in New York, and the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York. Berengo Studio also works in partnership with Fondazione Berengo in promoting internships and residencies, welcoming students and artists to the world of glass.

3 2 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO STUDIO LATEST ARTWORKS PRODUCED 2016 Berengo Studio is pleased to present a selection of works created this year for major international exhibitions and special projects. Tony Cragg 1, 10 Rossella Biscotti 2 Bernard Heesen 3,8 Klaas Gubbels 4,5 Andrea Salvador 6 Giny Vos 7 Erwin Wurm 9, 12 Dr. Lakra 11 Zoro Feigl 13 Folkert De Jong

4 4 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO STUDIO 5 PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS What a Symposium at SOFA Chicago! A panel discussion entitled Contemporary Art from Glass in an Age of Blurred Boundaries, took place at SOFA Chicago in November. The panel members were the art critic, James Yood, a contributing editor to GLASS magazine, Koen Vanderstukken, author of the book Glass, Virtual Real, and Laura Bresolin from Fondazione Berengo. Moderated by Andrew Page who is the editor of GLASS: The UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, the panel explored the acceptance of glass as a medium in contemporary art. The panelists agreed that Glasstress with the works realized at Berengo Studio were one of the driving forces that introduced glass into the contemporary and fine art world. Jan Fabre Adriano Berengo met with the unstoppable Jan Fabre in his laboratory theater Troubleyn in Antwerp, Belgium, to discuss exciting new projects. Stay tuned for further news on Fabre s incredible works that will be presented in Jan Fabre and Adriano Berengo, Antwerp 2016

5 6 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO STUDIO 7 PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS Abdellah Karroum Abdellah Karroum, Director of Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar, paid a visit to Berengo Studio to meet the maestros and see where Wael Shawky s glass marionettes were born. Brigitte Kowanz We had the honour of hosting Brigitte Kowanz in the furnace where she tried her hand with Murano glass for the first time. Ms. Kowanz, together with Erwin Wurm, another Austrian artist who works with Berengo Studio, has been selected to represent Austria in the 57th Venice Biennale of Art in Adriano Berengo and Abdellah Karroum Brigitte Kowanz Ai Weiwei On a recent trip to Berlin, Adriano Berengo met with the celebrated Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Together they enjoyed posing for a selfie on Instagram. We have a feeling that big things are on the horizon! Studio Pakhale Berengo Studio s collaboration continues with the 2016 Red Dot Award winner Satyendra Pakhale who has worked with prominent companies including Poltrona Frau, Alessi, Cappellini, and the ammann//gallery. His works are in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. Satyendra Pakhale and Adriano Berengo, Amsterdam 2016

6 8 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO GLASS AROUND THE WORLD Wael Shawky s Cabaret Crusades The Egyptian artist Wael Shawky, the recipient of the first edition of Mario Merz Prize, had a solo exhibition at The Kunsthaus Bregenz where he presented The Secrets of Karbala, the last of his film trilogy Cabaret Crusades. The film tells of the story of the Crusades from an Arab perspective and stars over 350 glass marionettes as the performers. Berengo Studio fabricated the marionettes (120 of which are fully articulated) in collaboration with Shawky in The Secrets of Karbala premiered at MoMA PS1 in New York in January In November 2016, the marionettes travelled back to Italy for a solo exhibition at Castello di Rivoli in Turin Wael Shawky, Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets Of Karbala (detail), 2014 Glass, fabric, enamel, thread, (marionettes cm) / variable dimensions

7 10 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO STUDIO 11 BERENGO GLASS AROUND THE WORLD Tony Cragg at Lisson Gallery Tony Cragg s new body of works, created in Berengo Studio, starred in his recent solo exhibition at both of the Lisson galleries in London Ayman Baalbaki, Blowback Ayman Baalbaki s exhibition Blowback at the Saleh Barakat Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon, included Cheveaux de Frise: Homage to Apollinaire, a glass work realized for Glasstress 2015 Gotika Tony Cragg, Substances, 2016 Glass, cm Ayman Baalbaki, Cheveaux de Frise: Homage to Apollinaire, 2015 Glass, wood, cm

8 12 BERENGO STUDIO BERENGO GLASS AROUND THE WORLD Lucy + Jorge Orta s New Exhibition: FOOD Lucy + Jorge Orta opened the exhibition, FOOD, at the City Gallery and Museum, Priestgate, Peterborough, U.K. The show focuses on consumer food waste, global food distribution and biodiversity and includes SEEDS, a beautiful installation of 20 glass flowers and vegetable seeds created in our Studio Marya Kazoun, Gurgles In The Woods (detail), 2016 Wood, glass, hemp, paint, variable dimensions / site specific Marya Kazoun in Beirut with Whispering Woods Marya Kazoun presented Gurgles in the Woods in her hometown of Beirut, Lebanon, at Galerie Janine Rubeiz. Kazoun s installation of trees conveyed the feeling of spirituality often found in forests. Her work is a tribute to nature and its goal is to raise awareness of sustainability issues Lucy + Jorge Orta, Arboreal (detail), 2015 Glass, bronze, Ø cm

9 15 FONDAZIONE BERENGO In 2014, Adriano Berengo founded Fondazione Berengo to be a leading institutional voice promoting the glass of Murano in the world of fine art and revitalizing the Venetian glassmaking island. Fondazione Berengo is based in the neo-gothic Palazzo Franchetti in Venice and will sponsor Glasstress 2017 LIVE!. Visual artists, painters, sculptors, musicians, and designers from Europe, China, the United States, Russia and the Middle East have been invited to create works of art in glass to be presented in the exhibition in the 57th Venice Biennale of Art. In four editions since its debut in 2009, Glasstress has been an official collateral event of the Venice Biennale. In 2011, Glasstress began to travel and was presented in the cities of Riga, Stockholm, New York, Beirut, and London. In presenting Glasstress 2015 Gotika, Fondazione Berengo enjoyed a collaboration with the prestigious State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a second venue for Glasstress and a home for its permanent collection, the Fondazione opened an exhibition space on Murano in an old glass furnace that has not been used for decades. Fondazione Berengo also promotes artists residencies and internships in partnership with Berengo Studio with the objective of educating future generations of glass masters and glass professionals. Koen Vanmechelen, Black Medusa (detail), 2015 Glass, bronze, Ø cm

10 FONDAZIONE BERENGO FONDAZIONE BERENGO The much anticipated catalog of Glasstress 2015 Gotika, organized in collaboration with The State Hermitage Museum, has been published

11 FONDAZIONE BERENGO FONDAZIONE BERENGO EXHIBITIONS SAVE THE DATE! Glasstress Boca Raton 31 January - 2 July, 2017 Glasstress has been travelling the world in the past few years, hosted by prominent institutions in Riga, Stockholm, Beirut, New York and London. In January 2017, Glasstress returns to the United States with an exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida. Kathleen Goncharov, who curated the U.S. Pavilion in the 2003 Venice Biennale, is the curator of this show. Ms Goncharov has chosen works of 30 artists who were part of past Glasstress editions to present the cutting edge of glass to the American public. Song Dong, Glass Big Brother, 2015 Glass, metal, cm Shirazeh Houshiary, Flux, 2016 Glass, metal, 87,8 40,2 134,8 cm Glasstress 2017 LIVE! 13 May - 26 Novembre, 2017 We are busy working on Glasstress 2017 LIVE! to be held for the fifth time at the Palazzo Franchetti, home of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, in the Venice Biennale of Art. Artists from all disciplines have been asked to interpret in their works the simplest and yet most complex word that gives title to this year s exhibition: LIVE! In its very essence, Glasstress is an attempt to give new life to an old material. Glasstress 2017 LIVE! will also feature an installation in the garden of the Palazzo by the Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen whose works drive social and scientific debates on biodiversity and sustainable ecosystems. This project is made possible by the generous support of ECO-oh!. Song Dong at Museo Novecento, Florence June - September, 2017 The acclaimed Chinese artist Song Dong, whose works were shown in MoMA in New York, will surprise the Florentine public and international visitors with his solo show of glass works created in Berengo Studio along with his photographs and videos.

12 21 FONDAZIONE BERENGO ACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS ZAHA HADID Retrospective Fondazione Berengo sponsored the exhibition ZAHA HADID at the Palazzo Franchetti, the first retrospective of the famed architect after her untimely death earlier this year. At the opening gala dinner, Anna Tikhomirova, the first soloist of Bolshoi Ballet, made a stunning tribute ballet performance entitled the Beauty of Movement. Architecture critics, students, professors, clients and collectors were among the many visitors who enjoyed the show and marveled at the breath of her works and the beauty and complexity of her buildings. Running concurrently with the Architecture Biennale, the exhibition featured Hadid s early paintings and drawings, maquettes of major projects, research projects, models, photographs and video installations. A special thank you to Zaha Hadid Architects and Zaha Hadid Design for making this exhibition possible and to our supporter Stone Italiana and our main partner Falconeri. ZAHA HADID exhibition at Palazzo Franchetti

13 23 FONDAZIONE BERENGO ACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS Glassfever a Dutch Success Glassfever Contemporary Art in Glass was shown in four locations and public spaces in Dordrecht, in the Netherlands. Glassfever was a celebration of Berengo Studio s first almost 30 years. Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Drawings The State Hermitage Museum Fondazione Berengo, together with Falconeri, was the proud supporter of the solo exhibition Tony Cragg. Sculptures and Drawings. Included in his show were Cragg s glass sculptures most recently realized at Berengo Studio. Marta Klonowska, Still Still Life Life With With Flowers, Fruits and And a A Dog, After After Abraham Van Van Strij, Strij, Vetro Glass Tony Cragg during the opening ceremony at The State Hermitage Museum

14 FONDAZIONE BERENGO FONDAZIONE BERENGO Tepidarium del Roster during Firenze Suona Contemporanea Bernard Heesen and Lino Tagliapietra in the Berengo Studio furnace Adriano Berengo speaking at the Corning Museum of Glass in New York during the GAS Conference 2016 PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS The Glass Art Society Selects Murano The Glass Art Society (GAS), a non-profit organization with more than 1,500 artists and glass lovers, has chosen Murano to host the 47th annual GAS conference. In May 2018, Murano will open its furnaces for demonstrations and seminars on the evolution of glass as a means of artistic expression. The initiative is sponsored by Fondazione Berengo and the Italian artists who serve on the Steering Committee for the conference. 30 Years After Beelden in Glas Thirty years after the groundbreaking exhibition Beelden in Glas in Oude Horn, Netherlands, which featured Lino Tagliapietra and Dale Chihuly who collaborated with artists like Tony Cragg. Fondazione Berengo and the Nationaal Glasmuseum Leerdam, with Hélène Besançon, started in December 2016 a joint project. The first phase consists of a conference that questions the development and acceptance of the binom glass and contemporary art in a European context. The project will continue with appointments in 2017 and 2018 ending with an exhibition that shows the European achievements of the last 30 years. 4 th International Glass Art Festival Sofia On October 14th, Fondazione Berengo, invited by the American Embassy, was represented by Jane Rushton who presented a lecture on Glasstress at the International Festival of Glass in Sofia, Bulgaria, to an audience of artists, students and art lovers from all over the world.

15 FONDAZIONE BERENGO 27 FONDAZIONE BERENGO PROGETTI & COLLABORAZIONI PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS Erwin Wurm Firenze Suona Contemporanea On September 14th, the ensemble Klangforum Wien performed the world premiere video-concert of Fallen Falls, a poem and video installation created by the artist Erwin Wurm set to music written by the composer Andrea Cavallari. The concert took place in the beautiful Tepidarium del Roster in Florence. The video was commissioned by the festival Firenze Suona Contemporanea Fondazione Berengo was a proud supporter of the event. ANICA Special Night during the Venice Film Festival In the Berengo Center for Contemporary Art and Glass on Murano, ANICA (the National Association of Industries Cinematographic Audiovisual Multimedia) and MIBACT (Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Tourism), in collaboration with Fondazione Berengo, hosted a elegant dinner party for a delegation of Chinese stakeholders. Star chef Graziano Prest of Ristorante Tivoli in Cortina delighted the international audience, which included the Danish director Bille August, Academy Award winner and two-time Golden Palm winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Marco Müller, Director of the Venice Film Festival for eight years, and Luciano Sovena, President of the Film Commission of Rome and Lazio. The Venetian Councillor of Tourism and Internationalization, Federico Caner, hailed this as a blend of cinematic, sculptural and culinary art which would foster interchanges with the Chinese culture. Lecturer at the GAS Conference in New York On June 11th, Adriano Berengo presented Why Glasstress? at the Corning Museum of Glass, New York, for the annual conference of the Glass Art Society (GAS). Berengo Center for Contemporary Art and Glass

16 FONDAZIONE BERENGO FONDAZIONE BERENGO PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS Glasstress Becomes Music Max Casacci, guitarist and leader of the Italian group Subsonica, and Daniele Mana, also known as Vaghe Stelle, produced Glasstress, Glass Music, an album of electronic music. The rhythmics were realized by recording the sounds of the glass while it was being made and broken in the furnace at Berengo Studio. On October 4th, with the contribution of Fondazione CRT, two exclusive live sets of Glasstress played in the Camera di Vetro in Palazzo Madama in Turin, which hosts a permanent collection of glass objects dated from ancient Roman times to the 19th century. Joyce J. Scott 2016 MacArthur Fellow Congratulations to our friend and appreciated artist Joyce J. Scott who was named as a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, the prize given by the MacArthur Foundation and popularly known as a genius grant for exceptionally talented individuals in a wide range of fields. We enjoy a long relationship with Joyce whose works were exhibited in Glasstress 2013, Glasstress Beirut and Glasstress New York. ARTIST IN RESIDENCY AND UNIVERSITY COOPERATION Residency Programmes The Brazilian artist Patricia Bagniewski successfully completed her residency program at Berengo Studio sponsored by Fondazione Berengo. Her project Housing was comprised of 21 blown glass houses which played on social concepts of liberty and imprisonment. In early July, the Korean artist Na-Young Han completed her period of residency which was awarded to her by a jury at the 10th Premio Arte Laguna. Student Yaguel Le Gall took his first steps in the Murano furnace as resident. Véronique Marazzi, selected by the artist Maya Von Moos, the winner of Costasera Contemporary Art in the context of Premio Masi, started his experimentations in glass. The Italian artist Gaia Dallera Ferrario was invited to the prestigious Artissima art fair in Turin, Italy. For this occasion, Gaia decided to try to work with a new medium in Berengo Studio and created a shiny version of the default Facebook avatar in glass. Universities Fondazione Berengo has started an ongoing dialogue with several Venetian universities, such as the IMID Master at Iuav University and Ca Foscari for the project Experior. Thanks to Professor Michele Tamma, in collaboration with Promovetro, the Berengo Studio has been presented as a case-study for innovative management approaches. A testimony on Fondazione Berengo also took place at Università Cattolica, Milan, which also foresees a promising collaboration. Joyce J. Scott in the Berengo Studio furnace

17 Patricia Bagniewski, Housing, 2016 Glass, metal, variable dimensions / site specific

18 B - SOCIAL! /BerengoStudio /fondazioneberengo /Glasstress /berengostudio /fondazioneberengo /glasstress /GLASSTRESS Berengo Studio is on TripAdvisor Fondazione Berengo is on Artsy Berengo Studio 1989 Fondamenta Vetrai 109/a Murano, Venice, Italy Fondazione Berengo Palazzo Franchetti San Marco Venice, Italy T adriano.berengo@berengo.com comunicazione@berengo.com BERENGO NEWSLETTER 2016/2017 Editorial Coordination and Texts Laura Bresolin Claudio Pavesi English Translation Michelle Tripodi Italian Translation Simona Larghi Design and Layout bruno, Venice Photo Credits Francesco Allegretto, Cover, pp 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19, 21 Rossella Biscotti, pp 2 Andrea Salvador, pp 2 Riccardo Cavallari, pp 3 Lyda Vollebregt, pp 3 Jo Vervoort, pp 3 Laura Bresolin, pp 5, 6, 16, 24 Satyendra Pakhalé Associates, pp 6 Ai Weiwei, pp 7 Walid Rashid, pp 13 Oak Taylor-Smith, pp 19 Luke Hayes, pp 20, 21 Peter Cox, pp 22 Rustam Zagidullin, pp 23 Heather Baigelman, pp 24 Berengo Studio, pp 24, 28 Letizia Goretti, pp 26, 30 Oliver Haas, pp 32 cover: Tony Cragg, Identity (detail), 2016 Glass, 55 x 18 x 18 cm

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