JOSEF ALBERS | ARMAN | JEAN ARP | BARBARA BLOOM | LOUISE BOURGEOIS | SERGIO BOVENGA | DANIEL BUREN | LAWRENCE CARROLL | CÉSAR | SOYEON CHO | TONY CRAGG | MARIE LOUISE EKMAN | JAN FABRE | LUCIO FONTANA | FRANCESCO GENNARI | DAN GRAHAM | RICHARD HAMILTON | MONA HATOUM | HYE RIM LEE |CHARLOTTE HODES | MIMMO JODICE | MARYA KAZOUN | JOSEPH KOSUTH | JANNIS KOUNELLIS | RAIMUND KUMMER | FEDERICA MARANGONI | ORLAN | JEAN MICHEL OTHONIEL | LUCA PANCRAZZI | ANNE PEABODY | GIUSEPPE PENONE | ANTON PEVSNER | BETTINA POUSTTCHI | ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG | MAN RAY | RENE RIETMEYER | SILVANO RUBINO | SANDRO SERGI | KIKI SMITH | JANA STERBAK | LINO TAGLIAPIETRA | KOEN VANMECHELEN | FRED WILSON | KIMIKO YOSHIDA | CHEN ZHEN |

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© 2009

Edizioni Charta, Milano

© the artists for their works

© by SIAE 2009: Josef Albers, Arman, Jean (Hans) Arp,

Louise Bourgeois, Daniel Buren, César, Jan Fabre, Lucio Fontana,

Richard Hamilton, Jannis Kounellis, Raimund Kummer, ORLAN,

Jean Michel Othoniel, Giuseppe Penone, Anton Pevsner,

Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Chen Zhen

© the authors for their texts

All rights reserved

ISBN 978-88-8158-743-8

Printed in Italy

Cover

Jan Fabre, Shitting Doves of Peace

and Flying Rats, 2008 (detail)

photo Francesco Allegretto

graphic design Facchinetti+ Fortuna

Photo Credits

Francesco Allegretto

Chris Amaral

Ela Bialkowska

Christopher Burke

Geoffrey Clements

Alex Deyaert

Francesco Ferruzzi

Andrea Fiesoli

Gasull Fotografia

David Heald

Mimmo Jodice

Joerg Lohse

Fondazione Marconi

Attilio Maranzano

© Archivio Penone

Paolo Semprucci

Studio Marangoni

Studio Shinji Kimura

Markus Tretter

Paolo Vandrasch

© Kimiko Yoshida

Oliviero Zane

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GLASSTRESS

53rd International Art Exhibition

La Biennale di Venezia

Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti -

Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti

Scuola Grande Confraternita di San Teodoro

Venice 6th June – 22nd November 2009

project conceived and organized by

Adriano Berengo

in collaboration with

Laura Mattioli Rossi and Rosa Barovier Mentasti

guest curator

Francesca Giubilei

exhibition management

general coordination

Adriano Berengo

Marco Berengo

Francesca Giubilei

exhibition staging

Koen Vanmechelen

organizing secretariat

Alessandra Versace

shipping department

Daniela Bufo

insurance broker

Pierluigi Morasco

biographical apparatus

Elena Cimenti

Maria Antonietta Sergi

translations

Brenda Lea Stone

berengo studio

master glass blower

Danilo Zanella

Walter Ballarin

Roberto Mavaracchio

Roberto Salso

Giorgio Alzetta

Roberto Berengo

Valter Brunello

Roberto Campello

Mauro Falcier

Gianni Gallo

Stefano Gritti

Francesco Juris

Stefano Lo Duca

Paola Malvezzi

Gianluca Rossetti

Giovanni Scarpa

Alvise Schiavon

Giacomo Semenzato

Diva Trevisani

Marino Zaffalon

communications and graphic design

Facchinetti + Fortuna

PR agencies

CLP Relazioni Pubbliche

SGLA Susan Grant Lewin Associates

special thanks to

Dawn Bennet

Viveca Bosson

Andrea Busetto

Sandro Franchini

Christian Minotto

Marcello Mormile

Nu Fest

Giovanna Palandri

Karolina Petersson

Susan Scherman

VeneziaNews

Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm

Estate of Robert Rauschenberg, New York

Fondazione Giorgio Marconi, Milan

Guy Pieters Gallery, Sint-Martens-Latem

Marcello and Valeria Forin

Galeria Toni Tàpies, Barcelona

Galerie Buchmann, Berlin/Lugano

Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz

Galleria Continua, San Giminiano

Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo

Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia

Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice

Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan

Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop

Joseph Kosuth Studio, Rome

Kukje Gallery, Seoul

Malborough Gallery, London

Francesca Minini

Robert and Dianne Moss

PaceWildenstein, New York

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Patrizia Pepe

Maria Antonietta Sergi

Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torre

Pellice, Turin

many thanks to

Assicurazioni Generali

B Restaurant

Neal Bluebird

Karlijn De Jongh

Fonderia F.lli Bon

Gruppo Fallani allestimento spazi espositivi

Stoffel Hias

Kuhn&Bulow Versicherungsmakler GmbH

Marconati Vetri

Ongaro&Fuga specchi veneziani

Sarah Gold

Rosa Salva pasticceria & catering

Enzo Rossi Róiss

Falegnameria Santini Andrea e Paolo

Noemi Salamone

Mario Sbordone

Silvano Signoretto

TRATTO Trasporti d’arte

Valle Romano di Valle Alessio

General Consulate of Belgium in Milan

sponsored by

special thanks to all the artists

for the enthusiasm

they brought to this project

supported by

with the patronage of

General Consulate of Japan in Milan

AN ADVENTURE IN THE ART OF GLASS

Adriano Berengo

MODERNISM AND GLASS

Laura Mattioli Rossi

A SUSTANCIA LUMINOSA Y MALEABLE, THE GLASS

Rosa Barovier Mentasti

WOMEN’S GLASS

Francesca Giubilei

THE CRAFTSMAN AND THE MANUFACTURER

Giacinto Di Pietrantonio

GLASS AND THE PSYCHE

Fausto Petrella

RECASTING GLASS

Tina Oldknow

RETURNABLE CONTAINERS

Luca Beatrice

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ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

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Francesco Gennari

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Marya Kazoun and Berengo Studio staff

Adriano Berengo and Lawrence Carroll

Tony Cragg

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Adriano Berengo, Silvano Rubino, Shintaro Akatsu and Tony Cragg

Joseph Kosuth

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Charlotte Hodes

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Koen Vanmechelen