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Dale Chihuly has thus shaped his extraordinary gardens while equal pioneer Benjamin Moore was attached to the purity and the light.
Richard Marquis created everyday objects by giving them a totally sur- real dimension. For her part, Dante Marioni plays the card of elegance and transparency while Nancy Callan breathes humor and poetry into rounded shapes.
James Mongrain revisited the great mythical animals of Venice while William Morris oscillates between art deco and tribal art. Martin Blank lets the crystal waves fly away and Flora Mace recreates a very floral uni- verse. Joey Kirkpatrick’s dreamed hyper realism converses with the very pure metamorphic sculptures of Josiah McElheny.
Katherine Gray flies over bubble waterfalls and rainbows while Norwood Viviano builds miniature ice cities. Master glassmaker, Lino Tagliapietra makes the hues and shapes that stretch in scrolls sing.
As for Pino Signoretto, he imagines and gives life to a bestiary populated by horses on the run, parrots and fiery bulls.
All the magic of Venice shimmers in these transparencies, an ancient art that flies away on the wings of modernity ...
Nancy Callan, The Robber, 2016. H. 78.8 cm.
Pat and Doug Perry Collection, Norfolk, Virginia. Photo: Russell Johnson