Non-purposeful colourful objects: must be art? Studio Glass, purposeless objects made of glass, beautiful and see through. I went to the Two Cities Gallery to see “Young Glass” an exhibition of emerging glass artists. I was amazed by the diversity of the work there, not just between artists but also within the artists’ own practice.
When I think of glass art I immediately think of Dale Chihuly’s amazing organic glass creations and the expensive creations of Lalique. This discipline, like many others, is off the fine art map, by being too close to craft and supposedly not cerebral enough. In China, painting has been a prevalent power in the art scene for a long time now, but there are movements away from this with more new media and photography exhibitions. The glass in this show had strong links with painting, not the representational political pop but to abstract expressionism and traditional Chinese ink painting.
The most interesting artists work was Xue Lv who is exploring how he can express traditional Chinese ink painting through glass. One striking piece at semi circle of high-pressure casted clear glass contained a single black ink stroke. Lv other works all predominantly tonal or subtly incorporating incidental colours try to solidify the fluidity of ink but maintaining a feeling of fragility.
Another artist who stood out was Han Xi who produced colourful solid cast formed pieces of glass. The light came through the different colours of glass creating a different hold able colour mixing.
Exhibition glass artists: Xue Lv, Cheng Xiang, Xiao Tai, Yang Meihua, Wang Qin, Luo Xiaoshu, Zheng Wenqing, Li Wen, Han Xi, Guo Xiaoyan, Wang Sheng
Young Glass
Oct 31 – Nov 17
Two Cities Gallery, 50 Moganshan Lu.
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