{"id":240508,"date":"2024-10-14T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=canvasflow&p=240508"},"modified":"2024-10-14T11:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:35:20","slug":"glass-exhibit-new-orleans-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/glass-exhibit-new-orleans-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover The Rich History Of Glass At The New Orleans Museum Of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 14, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Annie Block\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Discover The Rich History Of Glass At The New Orleans Museum Of Art<\/h1>\n\n\n

Glassmaking dates to Mesopotamia circa 2500 BCE, but it was the Romans, approximately 2,000 years later, who pioneered glassblowing, allowing for the production of intricate decorative items, while, in 1903, French chemist \u00c9douard B\u00e9n\u00e9dictus developed tempered glass, which is some 10 times stronger and plays a critical role in design today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this and more are explored in \u201cSand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art,\u201d an exhibition of hundreds of items drawn from the NOMA<\/a>\u2019s permanent collection, examining how the material is connected to scientific discovery, foodways, cultural exchange, and artistic innovation across time and cultures, from Ram\u2019s Head, <\/em>from the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550\u20131292 BCE), to 2017\u2019s The Hinged View<\/em> by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. \u201cLenses, architecture, phone screens, even wine bottles and the vessels used to toast\u2014all are part of our shared human history in glass,\u201d Mel Buchanan, NOMA\u2019s RosaMary curator of decorative arts and design, says. Local talent is celebrated as well, with items by former Tulane University students and professors, including Gene Koss, who founded the school\u2019s hot shop in 1976.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olafur Eliasson\u2019s 2017 The Hinged View<\/em> is among more than 250 pieces in \u201cSand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art.\u201d Photography courtesy of Olafur Eliasson and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Yoichi Ohira\u2019s 2004 Nostalgia Vase #2. Photography courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art and William Mcdonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund, 2005.41<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Gene Koss\u2019s Ridge Road Climb from 1984. Photography courtesy of Gene Koss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The circa 1926 Bottle by Maurice Marinot. Yoichi Ohira\u2019s 2004 Nostalgia Vase #2. Photography courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art and William Mcdonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund, 2004.40.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ghost chair, a 1987 design in \u00bd-inch-thick tempered glass by Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi for Fiam Italia. Photography by Rago\/Wright\/courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art and William Mcdonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund, 2023.23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n