The Washington Glass School has three directors who are coming to Charlottesville to display various glass art pieces. The Washington Glass School serves as a mid-Atlantic mecca for glass loving artists. Their mission:
introduce artists in other media to the depth, processes and joys of glass
Tim Tate, Erwin Timmers and Michael Janis, very well known in the glass arts world, will open their exhibit in the Migration Gallery on April 4th from 5:30- 8:00pm. Make sure to ask them lots of questions.
So, when you wander around for First Friday’s make sure you stop by and tell them that MUSE sent you. Their art will be on display through April 30th. Here are some images of the art:
Silent Spring by Erwin Timmers
WaitingForAMiracle by Michael Janis
Call For Redemption by Tim Tate
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Mike, Tim and Erwin are the rock stars in today’s contemporary glass art movement. This promises to be Charlottesville’s most exciting exhibit of contemporary sculptural art. Don’t miss it.
That stuff is gorgeous. Blows my 2D visual arts mind! Can’t wait to see it Friday!
*drool*
I have to agree with Pinkie’s comments. this is some real beautiful stuff.
We had a great opening last night. Packed house. Pictures are here:
http://artpark.typepad.com/artblog/2008/04/washington-glas.html
The show will be up through April. Stop by if you couldn’t make it last night.
I was on a tight schedule Friday night but managed to pop into Migration to check out these pieces, and left thinking, “Wow! That was really cool!” When you walked in, you were greeted by the bulbous, glowing glass sculptures of Erwin Timmers and then you walked up to these tiny videos playing in glass containers with complementing resin scultures on top done by Tim Tate. My friend and I were entranced by the bellydancer’s little abdomen gyrating in black and white behind the glass. Next to it, another video showed feet walking in saddle shoes, endlessly, while on top of the jar a hand held an antique timepiece. Then we pivoted and became fixated on the life size paintings of a naked man and woman on blocks of glass by Michael Janis, and as we walked around it, the picture changed. They were standing together, then they weren’t, then there was one hand reaching out, then the were just two eyes looking at you. The title, “If I could be what you wanted” struck a chord with me, reminding me of every failed relationship I’ve been in. We turned to his other pieces and they were equally deserving of scrutiny as we peered at tiny handwriting on layers of glass and delicate placements of small blown glass and found objects. Ok, this is getting kind of drawn out, so let me know if any of you went and what you thought!
[…] Did you guys make it to First Fridays? I was on a tight schedule and could only make it to a few places unfortunately but I hope that some of you had a chance to see some of the cool art that’s up. Let’s dish…First stop for me was Migration. The owners seem to looooooooooovvvvve art and have been promoting these D.C. area glass sculptors, so I thought I’d take a peek. It was a cool space bursting with some really fascinating glass sculptures. Read me gushing about it here. […]