Caterina
Tognon
Richard Meitner – And
the Air Rushing Past
At the Caterina Tognon, vetro contemporaneo
gallery the solo exhibition of Richard Meitner’s And
the Air Rushing Past, until May, 5. Richard Meitner’s artistic practice has
always traversed the thresholds between art and applied arts, sculpture and
installation, science and poetry, usually defying any classification. His works
made in glass are characterized witty and colorful, clever and ironic,
representing eccentric-fantastic objects in relation with elements from the
natural world, such as animal and plants. He is considered one of the Masters
of the Glass Movement in Europe, where he has been living for more than 40
years.
Plunge
Amsterdam - 2000
blown borosilicate glass - pottery – wood
Amsterdam - 2000
blown borosilicate glass - pottery – wood
photograph R. Zijlstra – courtesy Caterina Tognon
Terrazzo 1
Amsterdam, 2018
fiberglass – glass – mica - etc-terrazzo technique
Amsterdam, 2018
fiberglass – glass – mica - etc-terrazzo technique
Inspired by his decades of experience
working with blown glass, for this show Meitner has created a series of works
that are immediately recognizable as related to the typical forms and movements
of hot glass, but extend the shape and surface texture possibilities of this medium
very greatly through the use of fibreglass. In these works, he also makes
extensive use of terrazzo technique, a typical architectural-design
element that is an integral part of the history of the city of Venice.
photograph and copyright by manfredi bellati
“If I want for example
to deeply experience a work of art or a piece of music, I try to avoid reading
what others may think about it, or what the artist or composer says it means,
or what the artist’s younger years were like. Doing any of those things may
perhaps make me feel more comfortable, sometimes even sympathetic, but will
also unavoidably direct and limit what I hear and understand when I see the
work or hear the music. Instead, I have discovered for myself that I can have a
far more personal and richer experience when I simply stand in front of the
work or listen to the music without preconceptions. And while I am doing that,
I just try to pay very close attention to my own personal memories and the
feelings evoked in me by the work, at times even by the air rushing past
me...”.
Richard Meitner
Richard Meitner
And the Air Rushing Past is an exhibition Meitner
initiated as an emotional sensory endeavor sensation, because for this artist,
art is not about thinking, instead it is both made through - and for feeling
and enchantment.
Vessel with its Pet
Amsterdam – 2000
blown and enameled sodic glass – iron solution - oxidant
Amsterdam – 2000
blown and enameled sodic glass – iron solution - oxidant
Richard Meitner - Installation view
Richard Meitner, Michele Tavola, Paola Marini and Caterina Tognon
Alvise and Carla Alvera
Beatrice Rosenberg
photograph R. Zijlstra – courtesy Caterina Tognon
Not a Peep
Amsterdam - 2016
unique Work – glass – fiberglass
Cristina Beltrami,
Valeria Lepore, Elio Messi and Souam Keith
Magda Mangia and Michela Rizzo
Tuli and Paolo Inghilleri, Sabrina and Giorgio
Vigna
photograph R. Zijlstra – courtesy Caterina Tognon
Wurst That Could Happen
Amsterdam – 2016
unique work – fiberglass - glass
Amsterdam – 2016
unique work – fiberglass - glass
Gordon Guillaumier and
Rudi Dordoni
Fabio Pacifico, Luca
Bombassei and Alessandra Zoppi
Beatrice Burati Anderson and Pier Paolo Pancotto
Babel
Amsterdam – 2018
Fiberglass – glass – mica – etc –
terrazzo technique
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