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<h1>Corning Gallery At Steuben Glass Presents Art Glass, 1960s Style</h1>
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alt="Marvin Lipofsky (b 1938), "California Loop Series,” Berkeley, Calif., 1968–1973. Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass."
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<div class="Caption" style="text-align: justify;"> Marvin Lipofsky (b
1938), "California Loop Series,” Berkeley, Calif., 1968–1973.
Collection of The Corning Museum of Glass.</div>
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<span class="dateline"></span>:Many
associate the 1960s with a time of radical change in politics, civil
rights and personal expression. American artistic glass making was also
dramatically altered during this era when there was a shift from making
artistic glass in the factory to making it in an artist's studio; there
was also the development of new perspectives on the use of glass in
art.
<p style="">Visitors to the Corning Gallery at Steuben Glass, 667
Madison Avenue, can explore this artistic revolution at the "Decades in
Glass: The '60s," a visiting exhibition from The Corning Museum of
Glass. The exhibit, which showcases the widespread burst of artistic
activity that marked the early years of the American studio glass
movement, will be on view through January 6.</p>
<p style="">During the
1950s, studio ceramics and other crafts began to gain popularity and
importance; American artists interested in glass looked for new paths
to explore. The catalyst for the development of studio glass was Harvey
K. Littleton, a teaching ceramist at the University of Wisconsin in
Madison. He eventually realized that his desire to develop studio
glassblowing in America could become a reality after visiting the
small, historic glasshouses of Italy and experiencing limited success
with his own glassblowing experiments.</p>
<p style="">Littleton joined
forces with the Toledo Museum of Art — the site of the "birth" of the
American Studio Glass movement during two historic glassblowing
workshops in March and June of 1962. Littleton subsequently started a
glass program in the ceramics department at the university. Some of his
early students were Dale Chihuly, Marvin Lipofsky and Fritz Dreisbach,
all artists who have played seminal roles in raising the awareness of
studio glass around the world and who took glassblowing in experimental
and innovative directions. </p>
<p style="">But, to create something
truly original, knowledge of how to work the material had to be
obtained. American studio glass artists gradually shifted their
attention to technique in the late 1960s, looking for guidance from
Sweden, Czechoslovakia and especially Italy, countries famous for their
glass-working expertise. </p>
<p style="">Originally an American
phenomenon, the studio glass movement spread quickly to Europe and the
United Kingdom, Australia and, more recently, Asia. The studio movement
differs from other Twentieth Century art glass movements in its
emphasis on the artist as designer and maker, its focus on the creating
of one-of-a-kind objects and its international character. It is
distinguished also by the sharing of technical knowledge and ideas
among artists and designers.</p>
<p style="">"Decades in Glass: The 60s"
features more than 50 pieces from the Corning Museum's permanent
collection. It includes examples of European design and objects by
American designer-craftsmen in addition to glass by the new generation
of American and European studio artists. A comparison of this widely
varied production ranges from sleek modern designs to expressive and
eccentric objects. The show is curated by the Corning Museum's curator
of modern glass, Tina Oldknow.</p>
<p style="">"Decades in Glass: The 60s" was exhibited in 2005 at The
Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. </p>
<p style="">For information, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cmog.org">www.cmog.org</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.steuben.com">www.steuben.com</a> or
212-752-1441.</p>
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