Berengo Studio is a glass studio transforming the art of glass and glass art through collaborations with contemporary artists based in Murano,

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, Italy.

History

Berengo Studio
was established in 1989 by Adriano Berengo, a Venetian entrepreneur whose goal was to renovate the tradition of

Murano glass Venetian glass () is glassware made in Venice, typically on the island of Murano near the city. Traditionally it is made with a soda–lime "metal" and is typically elaborately decorated, with various "hot" glass-forming techniques, as well as ...

by crossbreeding it with the global culture of

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. Berengo took inspiration from the work of Egidio Costantini and his ''Fucina degli Angeli'', where in the 1960s artists such as Picasso,

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and Lucio Fontana came to work with glass. He began by inviting contemporary artists to work on the island and collaborate with the glass maestros to create sculptures in glass, one of his first major collaborations was with the Austrian painter Kiki Kogelnik. “I think what driano Berengodid is exceptionally brilliant. The idea, the concept is so strong,” Ai Weiwei once noted in an interview wit
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“He believes in contemporary expression, but at the same time tries to develop this old technique into a new language … I’m a contemporary artist, but I am always learning and working with tradition.”

Venice Projects and Glasstress

In 2009, in order to extend to reach and the significance of his project, Adriano Berengo initiated a new gallery, Venice Projects. Through Venice Projects he meant to promote an evolution in the relationship between art and glass. Therefore, he organized a collateral exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2009 aimed at reporting the use of glass in contemporary art. The exhibition, called

Glasstress Glasstress is a recurring exhibition that brings together art by contemporary artists made with glass. Launched in 2009 as a collateral exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Arts by Adriano Berengo as a way of showcasing the works produced by Beren ...

, included historical pieces by

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, Lucio Fontana, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Hamilton,

Giuseppe Penone Giuseppe Penone (born 3 April 1947, Garessio) is an Italian artist and sculptor, known for his large-scale sculptures of trees that are interested in the link between man and the natural world.

and

Joseph Kosuth Joseph Kosuth (; born January 31, 1945), an American conceptual artist, lives in New York and London,

, and more recent glass artworks by, among others,

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Lawrence Carroll Lawrence W. Carroll (26 October 1954 – 21 May 2019) was an Australian-born American painter who established a career on both sides of the Atlantic. His works are held in museums around the world and he notably was included in major exhibiti ...

, Chen Zhen and

Jannis Kounellis Jannis Kounellis ( el, Γιάννης Κουνέλλης; 23 March 1936 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek Italian artist based in Rome. A key figure associated with Arte Povera, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. Life and work ...

. The experiment was so successful that Glasstress had a new edition at the 2011 Biennale, with several works specially commissioned for the event by outstanding artists, designers and architects ( Barbara Bloom, Jan Fabre,

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, Javier Pérez, Thomas Schütte,

Kiki Smith Kiki Smith (born January 18, 1954) is a West German-born American artist whose work has addressed the themes of sex, birth and regeneration. Her figurative work of the late 1980s and early 1990s confronted subjects such as AIDS and gender, whil ...

, Yutaka Sone, Mike + Doug Starn, Patricia Urquiola,

Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ar, زها حديد ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a major figure in architecture of the late 20th and early 21st centu ...

, Fred Wilson and many others).

went on become an international exhibition, travelling the world to locations such as Stockholm, Beirut, Riga, and New York. Most recently in 2021 editions of Glasstress opened at the

Boca Raton Museum of Art Founded by artists, the Boca Raton Museum of Art was established in 1950 as the Art Guild of Boca Raton. The organization has grown to encompass an Art School, Guild, Store, and Museum with permanent collections of contemporary art, photography, ...

and later at

The State Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

in Russia.

Glass to Glass

In 2021 as a collateral event of the

Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice Biennale of Architecture (in Italian Mostra di Architettura di Venezia) is an international exhibition of architecture from nations around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. It was held on even years until 2018, but 202 ...

the Studio collaborated with the Italian compan
WonderGlass
to present the design exhibitio
Glass to Glass
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Maarten Baas Maarten Baas (; born 19 February 1978) is a Dutch furniture designer. He is known for his Real Time series of clocks in which people paint the time by hand. His career path was influenced by mentors like Jurgen Bey, colleagues like Bertjan Pot ...

, and Sam Baron for the first time.

References

External links

www.berengo.com
Companies based in Venice Glassmaking companies of Italy Murano

History

Venice Projects and Glasstress

Glass to Glass

See also

References

External links