Venice and American Studio Glass

With 155 exceptional pieces including vases, sculptures and glass installations created by 60 artists, both American and Venetian, Venice and American Studio Glass is the first study to examine in detail the influence that aesthetics and traditional Venetian glassmaking techniques have had on American Studio Glass from the 1960s to the present. By 1960, glassblowing had long since industrialised in the United States and many manual skills had been lost, so Studio Glass artists looked to Europe, and in particular Venice and the glassblowers of Murano, for guidance. What followed was a “love affair” with Venetian glassmaking that had spread throughout the United States and the world by the late 1990s.