Transparently Built:
A Group Show of Glass Installations
September 16, 2006 – May 27, 2007
Organized by the Museum of Glass
Transparently Built explores the many diverse architectural properties of glass through site-specific and installation-based works. Installations are artworks that are usually composed of more than one object or part, and can sometimes be quite large. Some are site-specific, meaning that they are created to respond to and interact with an existing architectural space, while others may create their own context or offer an environment to be experienced.
Coming from backgrounds as diverse as architecture, painting, and textiles, the artists in this exhibition each have a unique approach to creating installations that reveal the versatility and variety of glass forms—from architectural glass to wine bottles, and from lampworked to blown glass. Employing a variety of assembly methods, including stacking, welding, cabling, and gluing to build large-scale works from smaller components, these works compel us to slow down and reexamine our physical surroundings.
Artists Mildred Howard, Jean Shin and Brian Ripel, Anna Skibska, and Jo Yarrington were commissioned by the Museum of Glass to create the four installations on view in the Viola A. Chihuly Gallery and Grand Hall.
