In Glass We Trust

The cry “In Glass We Trust” stands out from the many recent demeaning drifts that are leading astray Murano, the “Glass”, Venice and her precious heritage.

Simone Crestani & Bruno Pedrosa

In Glass We Trust is a warning to common trends, a meeting of exceptional craftsmen, and a spontaneous cultural movement. This exhibition is the result of free association and instinctive passion.

Our aim is to share the deep Venetian authenticity that, through this event, opens up and shows itself, with no filters, no patina, and no backing institutions: seven among the best artists and Glass “Virtuosos” gather and display the shapes that populate their imagination and also characterize their different creations.

In Glass We Trust is not only an exhibition and does not take place in a common gallery. In Glass We Trust is a Manifesto, a statement of pureness, a reminder for those who were raised up in Venice and in one of her hot kilns, for those who have the ambition of protecting her, of describing her. Also, for those who “gets their hands dirty” and then, with the same hands, shape an extremely peculiar kind of beauty.

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Igor Balbi, Lucio Bubacco, Alessandro Casson, Vittorio Costantini, Simone Crestani, Andrea Morucchio, Davide Salvadore are the names that populate this “Utopia”, made of bright minds and skillful hands.

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They all first met the “Glass” at a very early age, to then make it their own lifestyle choice. Masters and pupils, tradition and innovation, disparate artistic expressions, all combined to build up an event about Glass, to show its life, its richness and astounding potential instead of focusing only on its commercial value, as sadly happens more and more often.

Seven artists, backgrounds, techniques, different styles and tastes, “join forces” to express, throughout their work, the diversity and refined delicacy of this material: from the conceptual, symbolic, spiritual and abstract compositions made by Andrea Morucchio, to the small erotic universes, the delicate and subtle works by Lucio Bubacco with his extravagant and seductive style. All the way through the elegance and refinement of Simone Crestani, that makes of transparency and ‘no color‘ his personal and unique signature.

The ethnic imaginary, the warm and sometimes tribal creations by Davide Salvadore mixes itself with the perfect balance of color, light and forms from Alessandro Casson, who in his sculptures evokes natural forms to abstract to a symbolic and archetypal pure stylization.

Igor Balbi’s production alternates and combines the sophistication of the technique for classic shapes, exasperating the chromatic scale up to realize a potential infinity of solutions;

Stem Glass by Igor Balbi

in closing with the look and the meticulous realism of Vittorio Costantini, to introduce a microcosm of organic and fantastic animals and silent, the result of long observation, study and work hours.

In Glass We Trust will take place from May 4^th until November 22^nd, 2015 at BALBI ART GLASS GALLERY in Venice.

The opening will be on Friday, May 8^th at 06:00 P.M.