Dante Marioni / Seattle, WA
VA Residency: January 7 – 11, 2009
Assisted by Janusz Pozniak and the MG Team
Booksigning: Saturday, January 10, 1:30 p.m.
No Sunday lecture

Dante Marioni is known for his mastery of Venetian glassblowing techniques. In his hands, the traditional vessel is transformed into modern sculpture with shape and surface simultaneously minimalist and delicately complex. His elegant vessels are compelling for their bold colors, striking geometries, graceful forms and impeccable finishes. Most of the forms he chooses are utilitarian in nature (vases, pitchers and cups) but he challenges viewers’ perceptions of these objects by increasing their scale and incorporating the decorative brilliance that has defined glassmaking for centuries.

Marioni’s residency is concurrent with the exhibition Dante Marioni: Form, Color, Pattern, a mid-career survey featuring a selection of exceptional glass works crafted over the past two decades. The exhibition closes March 8, 2009.

Liz Stockhausen Cepanec
Visiting Artist Program Manager