Exhibitioncatalogue november 14.2013 - january 19.2014. In Venice, Egidio Costantini began working in the 1950s to breathe life into glass and volume using designs entrusted to him by great masters of modern art such as Picasso, Braque, Ernst, Arp, Chagall and Fontana. Approached by the Italian glassmaker, these great artists of the 20th century found themselves faced with a living medium that they somehow had to discipline. In the Fucina degli Angeli (Forge of the Angels), as the glass furnace was nicknamed by Jean Cocteau, the glass is tamed and adds a new dimension to the works of the artists who created them: the material brings transparency as well as light effects into play. Colour and form, on the other hand, are added by Costantini's creative eye. It is not the same technique that is used each time, but a number of techniques that the artist combines to create original pieces. Egidio Costantini and Picasso met for the first time in 1954, Vallauris. At this time, Picasso work acquires an universal feature, through the use of combinatorial techniques over painting, sculpture, ceramic and engraving. Picasso?s cross disciplinarity and Constantini mastering of the ?arts of fire? led to the creation of a series of powerful glass sculptures, which provided a new glance over shape, three-dimensionnality and colours. Gufo, the enigmatic owl, represents an approach of nature, a proeminent theme in this collaboration. The exhibition, Collaboration between Costantini and Picasso, showcases the encounter of Picasso with the glass.
Bound, hardcover, 72pp., 24x24cm., ills. in col. and b/w., in very good condition. FR-ENG edition.
24x24cm
72 pp.
BKW Gallery 2014 Brussels
