This article concerns the symposium Transparent vision – the art and science of glass, held in June, 2011. The symposium was part of the Biennale Kijkduin, and organized by Angela van der Burght, curator at the Biennale and Caroline Prisse (artist, curator and former head of the Glass Department of the Amsterdam Gerrit Rietveld Academy)… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011
Netherlands 1916-1996 Glass artist Sybren Valkema is known for his blown glass sculptures, decorative vessels, windows and utilitarian objects. He studies at Kooningliijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten and at Gravenhage, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Art Education. Valkema was an artist of firsts in the European glass world. A teacher and co-director… [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
Robbert Dijkgraaf Paul Cocksedge Arnout Visser Hans Galjaard Els Zijlstra Peter Dronby Koen van Mechelen Mick Eekhout
August 7, 2011
symposium Transparant vision- The art and science of glass Biennale Kijkduin Symposium 2011 Friday 10 June 2011 Transparent vision – the Art and Science of Glass Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Official language: English Moderator Caroline Prisse, Head Glass Department Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 9.00 Welcome Benno Tempel Directeur Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 9.05 … [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
BIENNALE KIJKDUIN SYMPOSIUM 2011 Transparent vision – the Art and Science of Glass Gemeentemuseum Den Haag FRIDAY 10 JUNE 2011 “After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” Albert Einstein “The need to know,… [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
Exhibition: Tomas Bata University Zlin, Czech Republic Since the foundation of the glass department of the Amsterdam Gerrit Rietveld Academy by Sybren Valkema in 1966 the works of the students of this department have gone through an enormous change. Starting out in the realm of Studio Glass, developing both techniques and concepts, they ended up… [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
Download info PDF www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl/en/glass
August 7, 2011
Kunstwerken van glas en groen Een expositie van het Virtueel Museum Zuidas Gastcurator: Caroline Prisse, beeldend kunstenaar. 7 november – 20 december 2009 Do t/m zo 12.00-18.00 uur PLATFORM 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19 1077 WT Amsterdam Opening: 6 november 2009 16.00 uur. In november en december 2009 is in Platform21 de tentoonstelling “Domesticated Wilderness” te zien… [Read more…]
August 7, 2011
ISBN 978-90-400-8605-2 Waanders Uitgevers Zwolle Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Interviews with alumni Glass Departement, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Durk Valkema Asa Brandt Dafna Kaffeman Esther Jiskoot Katrin Maurer Mia Lerssi
August 7, 2011
Glas(s) Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam 1969-2009 14 maart 2009 t/m 1 november 2009 De glasafdeling van de Gerrit Rietveld Academie neemt nationaal en internationaal een unieke positie in en kan tot de belangrijkste glasopleidingen ter wereld worden gerekend. Dit jaar bestaat de glasafdeling veertig jaar en dit lustrum wordt gevierd met de tentoonstelling Glas(s), Gerrit… [Read more…]
September 4, 2011
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