On the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice the extraordinary works of Tomaso Buzzi for the Venini glassware company
From September 14th 2014 the
Stanze del Vetro on the
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in
Venice presents the exhibition “
Tomaso Buzzi at Venini”, a unique chance to appreciate the
Italian gusto of the 1930s through the famous architect’s glassworks.
The architect
Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981) has been a leading protagonist of the so-called
Novecento Milanese and he began to collaborate with the
Venini glassware company in
Murano Island between 1932 and 1933. The knowledge of ancient art, especially of the Etruscan period, is source of inspiration for the creation of his original and new artifacts. In particular, he had an experimental approach to form and materials using a new glass material, the “vetro incamiciato”, with several layers of color and gold leaf. His contribution radically changed the
Venini production re-asserting its vocation for creating elegant and refined glassworks.
The
exhibition retraces this fruitful collaboration thanks to a selection of
200 works and some original drawings preserved in the Venini’s archive. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to admire a collection of drawings preserved at the
Scarzuola in
Montegabbione (near Terni), the theatre-city that the architect designed at the end of the 1960s and continued to work on until his death in 1981.
FREE ENTRY
Opening Times: from 10am to 7pm
