Lino TAGLIAPIETRA, "the greatest glassblowing artist in the world" and Italian national treasure artist, came to China for the first time to hold a solo exhibition. "LINO TAGLIAPIETRA" will appear in Shanghai Liuli Art museum.
Lino has full advantages in the glass blowing industry. He was born in Murano Island, Italy, the worlds glass manufacturing center, and has been exposed to it since childhood. He has been involved in glassblowing training since he was 10 years old. His works have been included in the permanent collections of 35 world-class museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK, and the French Museum of Decorative Arts.
Lino Taiapietra has a unique sensitivity and inspiration for color. His works have strong colors and distinctive personalities.
Abstract vision, unique texture, and gorgeous colors, no matter which work is the focus of everyones attention.
In the 1990s, Lino created a long teardrop-shaped work with a narrow base, broad shoulders, and a very slender neck, resembling an angels tears, which also became a A major feature of his work.
In the "Dinosaur" series, the mouth of the bottle is stretched and stretched to create a rotating shape, which is as slender as a graceful and melodious streamline, subverting the smooth shape of traditional glass. The narrow base supports the entire tall and thick bottle and is still as stable as a mountain, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship.
He said, "Glass is such an amazing material. Why? Because glass is alive. Even when it cools, its still moving. Its connected to fire, its connected to water Connected, its so connected to nature. Glass is my life."
Lino uses the most complex and traditional Venetian blowing techniques to create exquisite, elegant and modern glass art.
Some may ask, where did Linos inspiration come from?
In fact, Lino doesn't know where these inspirations come from. They can appear at any time, and there is no fixed time or scene. Inspiration comes just as it comes, and you don’t know when it will come. You have to capture the moment of inspiration and express it in an artistic form.
The 84-year-old glass artist, with more than 70 years of creative process and hard work, contains the accumulation of years, showing an unprecedented glass art, this is Lino That’s why he is called Italy’s national treasure artist.
