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Krueger
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Sun Jun 8th, 2008 01:19 am |
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Gathering Light: International Contemporary Glass
Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool
June 7th – August 27th 2008
‘We hope to dispel any remaining notions that stained glass is an art-form of a bygone age’, says Chris Bird-Jones, Senior Lecturer at Swansea Metropolitan University, one of the exhibitors and organiser of ‘Gathering Light’, a major new exhibition of international contemporary glass showing at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral between June 7th and August 27th 2008.
‘The show highlights artists who trained in traditional stained glass, but who are now interpreting this heritage using contemporary language. The work demonstrates the spectrum of artistic possibilities of contemporary decorative glass.’
Twenty years ago, a group of female artists working with glass from around the world convened for the first time for an exhibition, entitled ‘36 women from 12 countries’, in Germany. It was at the opening of this exhibition that some of the artists devised a plan to meet and exhibit biennially, to experience different places, cultures, and professional glass environments. This became The Women’s International Glass Workshop.
The nineteen exhibitors in this show come from across the globe, from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand and Japan, from the United States and Canada, and from England, Wales, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria and Iceland. They are all professional artists whose individual styles reflect their range of cultures and backgrounds.
For example, Cedar Prest is renowned for her pioneering work with native Australians, whilst Japanese artist, Sachiko Yamamoto, makes intricate, light-filtering constructions, which contain innumerable, tiny, light-reflecting, glass pieces. Some, such as Catrin Jones and Amber Hiscott, both from Wales, work on a large scale, in public art for architecture, whilst Icelander Sigridur Asgeirdottir is fascinated by the colour black, which reflects the colour contrasts of her native landscape.
“In many ways, Gathering Light captures perfectly the spirit of Liverpool ’08”, said Michael Doran, of Liverpool Culture Company.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is a jewel in the city’s architectural crown. Completed forty years ago, it contains a magnificent collection of twentieth-century stained glass including works by artists John Piper, Ceri Richards and Margaret Traherne.
‘It seems very fitting that this unique place of worship should be the venue. Four of the exhibitors, Helga Reay-Young, Cedar Prest, Doreen Balabanoff and Linda Lichtman, trained with Patrick Reyntiens, who realized John Piper’s designs for the Lantern here’, said Sister Anthony Wilson, Exhibition Co-ordinator at the Cathedral.
After Liverpool, the show travels to the ‘International Centre for Stained Glass’ in France, adjacent to the world’s most renowned collection of medieval glass, in Chartres Cathedral, where it will be on display until September 2009.
Catrin Jones
E: catrin@catrinjones.co.uk
T: 01792-469256
M: 07913-705985
Participants
Systa Asgeirsdottir Iceland
Doreen Balabanoff Canada
Chris Bird-Jones Wales
Ginger Ferrell USA / UK
Marie Foucault-Phipps France / USA
Mimi Gellman Canada
Chinks Vere Grylls England
Amber Hiscott Wales
Catrin Jones Wales
Cornelia König Austria
Linda Lichtman USA
Mary Mackey Republic of Ireland
Ellen Mandelbaum USA
Cedar Prest Australia
Helg Reay-Young Germany
Holly Sanford New Zealand
Christine Triebsch Germany
Sachiko Yamamoto Japan
Yoshi Yamauchi Japan / Germany
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