(Posted 9 May 2015. The text is in an older version of Ñspel.)
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“Venis-bêst siblñz Lâra de Santiyana n Aleșandro Diaz de Santiyana r inṭnašnli rnând ātists n dsndnts v ɖ Venīni glaswér diṇsti, istablišt bî Pâlo Venini on ɖ îḷnd v Murano in 1921. In Me 2015, ɖe brñ ɖer eḷgnt sculpčṛl fwmz n culrfl glas pêntñz t YSP’z rfrbišt 18ʈ senčri čapl in ɖer frst evr YC xibišn.
Xperimentešn, risc-têcñ n iṇvešn drîv ɖ de Santiyaṇz’ wrc, fed bî wîdspred travl n c̣laḅrešnz wɖ glasmêcñ xprts acrs ɖ wrld. Aleșandro’z inspirešn z wōtr, ẇč trnzlets t ɖ incredbl trītmnt v ɖ srfis in hiz wrcs, mni v ẇč hv a stroñ, pêntrli qoḷti. Ɖ YSP xibišn includz a siriz v wōl n flor wrcs bî ɖ ātist, wɖ a complex, dāc blac yt mirrd patina, rcwlñ ɖ sens v lcñ intu dīp, rflctñ pūlz.
Crušñ ɖ tipicl blôn silindr, foldñ it in on itslf, z a tecnīc ofn implýd bî Lâra de Santiyana t pṛdys slab-lîc fwmz ɖt r, in a sens, envlops f̣rvr sìld bî ɖ mcñ-prôses. Ɖ ātist rfŕz t ɖm az glasbcs, n ɖe rten a pârfl sens v sīmñ t cnten nolij held in sspenšn. In ɖ čapl, ɖ ātist šoz a lîbrri v ɖz fwmz, t ẇč š rtrnz hbičli, in spešli md bcšelvz.”
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HS-YSP, 2011-15
N5, 2013
Untitled, 2015
Left: Nero CM Liquid Black (Purple), 2009. Right: Alabaster d, 2013
Laura de Santillana: Light Blue, (2013). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm. Photo Fabio Zonta
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N22 (2014). 102 x 115.5 x 8.5cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N33 (2014). 106.5 x 119.5 x 6.7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: N34 (2014). 104.5 x 117 x 7cm
Alessandro Diaz de Santillana: S1, (2013). Photo: Fabio Zonta
Alabaster D, 2014. Photo: Jonty Wilde
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“Kate Robertson looks at glass work by renowned Venetian artist Laura de Santillana.” Photo: Tony Johnson
“Born in Caslfd, West Ywcšr, Henri Mur (1898–1986) z wn v ɖ most impwtnt artists v ɖ 20ʈ senčri. Đs mêjr xibišn, in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Ɖ Henri Mur Fândešn, têcs a freš aproč t Mur’z wrc bî cnsidrñ hiz pṛfând rlešnšp wɖ land, wč wz funḍmntl t hiz practis n fyld hiz vižl vcabylri.”
Ɖ mistri v ẇt z undr ɖ šrâd z smẇt acin t ɖ mistri in powtri. It z ɖs eḷmnt v ɖ uņon ɖt fasinets m in cevz n ɖ houlz in ɖ sîdz v hilz – y d’nt nô ẇt z ɖr untl y lc n xplor intu ɖm. Mistri plez a lj n inlîvnñ pāt in âr lîvz; nt nwñ bt wntñ t nô, wundrñ n gesñ, qesčnñ n xplorñ. (Henri Mur, 1974)
A fândñ pêtṛn v YSP, Mur wz cmitd t šowñ hiz wrc in ɖ ôpn er, n in ɖ rolñ hilz v ɖ fwmr Dírpāc in ptklr.
Ɖ xibišn nt onli xplorz ɖ ātist’s radicl nošn v plêsñ sculpčr in ɖ landscep – lj-scêl sculpčrz grīt ɖ vizitr on arîvl at ɖ Pāc n r dspled agnst ɖ bytifl n historic visṭz v ɖ Boʈīgādn – bt ɖ impwtns v ŕʈ in Mur’z crietv ʈncñ. Āčroc, Îsbrg, Roci Landscep n nymṛs uɖr drōñz, sm rerli sīn in public, alñ wɖ a renj v sculpčrz xplorñ scêl n ɖ inṭple btwn intrnl n xtrnl spêsz, emfsîz ɖ ātist’s constnt invstigešn v land, fṛm ɖ blac colsìmz v hiz homtân n ɖ rič jioḷji v Britn, t ɖ mistcl ênčnt fwmz v Stônhenj.
Ɖ xibišn olso priznts an oṗtyṇti t xplor ɖ man bhnd ɖ practis wɖ a cerfli ṣlctd dsple v prsnl āṭfacts, nôts, scečz n fôṭgrafs, kretd in c̣laḅrešn wɖ ɖ ātist’s dwtr, Mẹri Mur.
Nʈñ z evr riyli az it sīmz: fand metl sīmz weitls n frajîl: inwms bilowñ pîlz v led sīm cinetc; n ɖ ātist hrslf sīmz t b constntli čalinjñ s t criet âr ôn mīnñz rgādñ abstract fwmz. – It’s Nîs Ɖt
Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld priznts ɖ YC’s frst myziymsrve v wrc bî Grīc-Americn ātist n feminist îcon Linda Benglis. Ɖs hîli antisipetd xibišn wl b ɖ ljst prezntešn v Benglis’ wrc in ɖ YC, fīčrñ aproxiṃtli 50 wrcs ɖt wl span ɖ intîṛti v hr pṛlific c̣rir t dêt.
Êjd 73, Benglis z wn v America’z most significnt livñ ātists. Born in 1941 in Luīziana, YSA, š wz heṛldd az ɖ ér t Poḷcbî Lîf maġzīn in 1970, n imrjd az pāt v a jeṇrešn v ātists fwjñ ny apročz t sculpčr n pêntñ in ɖ wêc v Abstract Xprešnizm, Miniṃlizm n Popāt.
Cântñ Andi Wōhol, Sol LeWit n Bānit Nymn amñ hr frendz n pirz, Benglis istablišt hr c̣rir wɖn a mêl-dominetd āt wrld n bcem fems nt onli fr hr radicl riinvižnñ v sculpčr n pêntñ ʈru hr ŕli wrcs yzñ wax n pord lêtx, bt olso fr hr wrcs dīlñ wɖ feminist poḷtcs n slfimij.
BÎOGṚFI
Born in Lêc Čālz, Luīziana in 1941, Linda Benglis muvd t Ny Ywc Siti in ɖ lêt 1960z. Š nâ rzîdz in Ny Ywc n Santa Fe, Mexico, n z ɖ rsipı̣nt v a Ggnhîm Felôšp n tu Našnl Indâmnt fr ɖ Āts grants, amñ uɖr comndešnz. Hr wrc z held in impwtnt public c̣lẋnz n hz bn xibitd at Têt Modn, Ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt n ɖ Ẇitni Myziym.
Benglis wz ɖ subjct v a 2010–11 inṭnašnl retṛspctv ɖt travld t Ɖ Îriš Myziym v Modn Āt, Dublin; Ɖ Von Aḅmŭzeum, Indôvn; L’Conswsium, Dīžõ; Ny Myziym, Ny Ywc; n ɖ Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Los Anjlīz. Most rīsntli, in ŕli 2014, Benglis šôcêst a siriz v ny sramic wrcs in a sôlo xibišn at Čîm n Rīd, Ny Ywc, n Toms Dên Gaḷri, Lundn.”
Night Sherbert A, 1968. Dayglo pigment, phosphorescence and poured polyurethane foam
Wing, 1970. Cast aluminum
Photo: Jonathan Pow
Proto Knot, 1971 Wire mesh, cotton bunting, plaster, gesso and sparkles
Zanzidae: Peacock Series, 1979. Wire mesh, enamel, glass and plastic
With work from the Peacock series, India, 1979
The Graces, 2003/2005 Cast polyurethane, lead, stainless steel
Photo: Jonathan Pow
Ghost Dance/Pedmarks, 1995-96. Photo: Jonathan Pow
“Adwnñ ɖ wōlz v YSP Sentr, Tân n Cuntri fīčrz a dlîtfl dsple v orijinl n intric̣t pêntñz n scrīnprints, alñ wɖ a floc v bytifli imbrýdrd brdz nestñ in ɖ YSP Šop windo.
Incwṗretñ a luv v patn n dītel, Sutn hz têcn inspirešn fṛm hr rīsnt travlz t Paris n Suɖn Frans az wel az sìnz clôsr t hr nêtv Ywcšr, includñ YSP n hr ôn hom – ẇč š refṛnsz in hr frst evr limitd-idišn liʈ̇grafprint Septmbrdresr (2014), pṛdyst bî Crẉn Stydio n xclusv t YSP.
Bêst in Ywc, Sutn hz wrct wɖ mni dstnĝšt claynts arnd ɖ wrld. Š hz iḷstretd bcs fr ɖ Victoria n Albt Myziym, Febr n Febr, Randm Hâs, Penĝn n Wōcr Bcs n undrtecn cmišnz fr brandz sč az Hrmīz, Fwtnm n Mêsn n Beti’z v Haṛget. Sutn wz awōdd ɖ El Dec̣rešn Britiš Dzîṇwōd 2011 fr hr Krioṣtīšop fabric fr St Jūd’z. Tân n Cuntri côinsîdz wɖ ɖ publicešn v Transfrwér Trežrz, a limitd-idišn handbând foldât bc v ɖ ātist’s wōtrculrz v Victorı̣n transfrwér, publišt bî Flīs Pres.
Ol ɖ wrcs in Tân n Cuntri r aveḷbl t bai, tgɖr wɖ a renj v xclusv mrčndîs, dzînd bî ɖ ātist, includñ a tôtbag, a renj v plêts n mugz, a silcscāf n a cut-n-sô tītâl.
Born in 1983, Sutn gru p in rṛl Nwʈ Ywcšr. Š studid at Ywc Colij bfr gwñ on t studi at Edinbra Colij v Āt, grajuetñ wɖ a BA in Iḷstrešn, in 2008.”