This exhibition was an investigation into the use of glass as a canvas. It was a series of confrontations of the glass canvas in its physical appearance (smooth – rough | light – dark | transparent screen – reflection | miniature – monumental), but also in the psychological experience (accessible – unreachable | reveal – blur | protect – invite). Going from the canvas as a mediator between inside and outside, to the glass surface as an image former or transformer, as a classical canvas or carrier of a concept that appears as a rigid skin or as a flexible weaving.
The Glass Canvas presents itself as a breakable membrane that gives access to the unreachable reality, which it reflects or deforms, fragments or defragments.
The Glass Canvas is a virgin surface that is covered with paints and emulsions or damaged by chemical or mechanical attacks, but in its clear state can be used as a high gloss protector.
This exhibition was a meeting between old and new in a glass context of religion, architecture, art and entertainment.
Curator:
Jeroen Maes (BE)
Artists/designers:
J. Schaechter (US), A. Salvador (IT), W. Berckmans (BE), M. Dukers (IT), F. Jespers (BE), F. Federer (GB), L. Semecka (CZ), S. Peretti (DE/US), M. Janis (US), R. Hawes (CA), N. Sandberg (US), T. Lahaie (US), J. Röder (DE), D. Sandersley (GB), K. Vanderstukken (BE/CA), I. Rosschaert (BE), M. Martens (BE), G. Pierson (BE), J. Caen (BE), E. Leibovitz (BE), W. Delvoye (BE)
Confronted with historical:
stained glass windows (14-16th C), glass medallions (16-17th C), reversed glass paintings (19-20th C), mirrors (19th C), glass photo negatives (19-20th C)
With loans of:
Erfgoed Lommel – Lommel (BE), Musée départemental du Verre – Sars Poteries (FR), STAM – Gent (BE), St. Gummaruskerk – Lier (BE), M. Majerus – Luxemburg (LU), J. Caen – Schoten (BE), M. Groot – Amsterdam (NL), A. Beerents – Amsterdam (NL), Berengo Studio – Venetië (IT), Heller Gallery – New York (US), C. Oliver Gallery – New York (US)
