Verre en scène #1

10.12 → 10.12.2024
Elisabeth Marier
Verre en scène cycle
Mudac’s contem­por­ary glass art collec­tion includes over 600 pieces. Never­the­less, the exhib­i­tion area on the museum’s top floor only allows for a tiny frac­tion of them to be displayed. That is why, every two months, Verre en scène (staging glass) presents a new art piece taken from the museum’s stor­age. This selec­tion aims to be varied, dynamic and original – a novel display concept that also stems from a desire to show­case the porous bound­ar­ies between the fields of glass art, design and contem­por­ary art. Thus, the works of inter­na­tional glass artists and design­ers and the use of vari­ous tech­niques and diverse creat­ive contexts give this unique collec­tion greater expos­ure. The display in dark­ness with focused light­ing offers an oppor­tun­ity for the viewer to approach these contem­por­ary glass creations in a unique way.

Verre en scène #1 : 30.01 – 25.03.18
Grand cornet légère­ment fléchi by Elisa­beth Marier, 1986
The series begins with the work of Elisa­beth Marier, a Cana­dian glass artist. She real­ized this piece at the occa­sion of an exhib­i­tion at the Inter­na­tional Museum of Indi­ana­polis. The work plays with the dual­ity of glass mater­ial, both malle­able and solid, on the feel­ing of light­ness and heav­i­ness… Don’t hesit­ate to go on the 2nd floor of the mudac, and discover this work via an audio record­ing of the artist!