Exhibitions UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS
05.09.20 to 07.01.21
Curated by Nadja Romain and Koen Vanmechelen
05.09.2020 – 07.01.2021
Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Campiello della Pescheria, Murano
Open daily (excluding Wednesdays)
10am – 1pm | 2pm – 5pm or by appointment
Free Entry
Fondazione Berengo is proud to present UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS, an exhibition that reflects the wealth of contemporary female artists creating works of art in glass.
UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS features over sixty contemporary female artists from around the world who have worked with Berengo Studio in its furnaces on Murano for over thirty years since the Studio’s foundation in 1989. The exhibition will be held in the heart of Murano in the Fondazione Berengo Art Space, an old glass furnace, an urban archaeological setting which provides the perfect backdrop for this wide range of works from the Berengo archives and a number of new artworks created specifically for the exhibition.
“UNBREAKABLE: WOMEN IN GLASS is a metaphor, a paradox, and a symbol. A provocative proposal by Adriano Berengo to explore the intimate relationship that women have with glass in the heart of Murano.” curator Nadja Romain notes. Curator Koen Vanmechelen declares that “It is time to name mythical icons — inspiring artworks signed by women so that history can no longer be stolen. The invisibility and transparency of glass can shape a new generation while healing scars from history.”
Artists:
Diana Al-Hadid
Monira Al Qadiri
Maria Thereza Alves
Alice Anderson
Polly Apfelbaum
Elvira Bach
Patricia Bagniewski
Rina Banerjee
Fiona Banner
Rosemarie Benedikt
Pieke Bergmans
Renate Bertlmann
Monica Bonvicini
Marion Borgelt
Enrica Borghi
Nancy Burson
Penny Byrne
Judy Chicago
Petah Coyne
Erin Dickson
Chiara Dynys
Marie-Louise Ekman
Tracey Emin
Josepha Gasch-Muche
Gerda Gruber
Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Charlotte Hodes
Shirazeh Houshiary
Ursula Huber
Marya Kazoun
Marta Klonowska
Kiki Kogelnik
Brigitte Kowanz
Karen LaMonte
Silvia Levenson
Federica Marangoni
Oksana Mas
Kate MccGwire
Denise Milan
Liliana Moro
Prune Nourry
ORLAN
Lucy Orta
Cornelia Parker
Anne Peabody
Sibylle Peretti
Laure Prouvost
Hye Rim Lee
Maria Grazia Rosin
Yaşam Şaşmazer
Joyce J. Scott
Shan Shan Sheng
Meekyoung Shin
Valeska Soares
Ivana Šrámková
Lolita Timofeeva
Janaina Tschäpe
Patricia Urquiola
Kiki van Eijk
Joana Vasconcelos
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Sabine Wiedenhofer
Rose Wylie
Yin Xiuzhen