Silicon Dioxide, an exhibition in Murano
Until August 21st, 2022, the Glass Museum in Murano will feature an exhibition on Tony Cragg and his artistic vision. The works on display, about forty in number, retrace the most critical stages of the English artist’s career and include six assemblages, large-scale historical works where Cragg accumulates groups of objects. The sculptures, some previously unseen, created in Studio Berengo, explore the British sculptor’s relationship with glass and how this material has appeared in his work. Co-hosted by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Tony Cragg: Silicon Dioxide is the artist’s first solo exhibition on Murano Island.
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An exhibition dedicated to glass
Among the works on display, there are Cragg’s large-scale installations, Cistern (1999), Bromide Figures (1992), Blood Sugar (1992), and Larder (1999), which illustrate how Cragg’s approach to glass began initially through the manipulation of salvaged objects. The collaboration with Studio Berengo in Murano is central to Tony Cragg’s work evolution. The first room, in fact, is entirely dedicated to his experiments with original forms in clear transparent glass. His works explore the movement of molten glass, using the material’s liquid state as a starting point to highlight the internal dynamics of the material, even after it has reached a solid state in an independent sculpture. Glassmuseum
