THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS @ WMODA

 

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS @ WMODA

TAGS: ARTS EXEMPORARY ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION

To celebrate the International Year of Glass 2022, the Wiener Museum of Decorative Arts unveils a new season of exhibitions and events exploring the Flaming Art "Glass Glass."

It has been 150 years since Lewis Carroll wrote the following poem in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the stories are still real and shocking today. Follow down the rabbit hole into the WMODA Wonderland to see the Alice-shaped glass hats, the wearable “glasskins” and coats, and the mannequins that make the recycled glass. You will be struck by a glass duet that breaks all the illusions of music and art.

At noon on Saturday, December 4, at the spectacular Chihuly glass collection at WMODA, artists in our community will be trying to "beyond the bubble" in the glass. Wynwood glass artist, Rob Stern, will be developing glass instruments and keyboard responses from Dave Rosenthal.

Dave is a multi-disciplinary and self-professed artist chasing sound and simplicity. He made a sound map for the glass making on Rob's oven to compose real composite music. Their new Resonance performance will symbolize the life cycle and creation in the glass-making process. As they trace the emergence of sand and fire in glass art, they will highlight that our visual and auditory senses contribute to our visceral experience and visual perception.

The Florida Mannequin Project will be re-launched at WMODA on December 4th thanks to a initiative by the Daniel and Trudy Regan Foundation. Regans have encouraged artists during this time of violence by increasing the mannaquins they have redeemed "from the death penalty they have received as the store closures affect all American cities." Several artists associated with WMODA make mannequins using glass plates and mirror designs to create “broken souls” depicting various processes for making glass.

Public artist, Lloyd Goradesky, explores heartfelt art in his charitable project Let LOVE Guide Your Way and creates a Queen of Hearts mannequin “kind, a mirror that contrasts with what happened to Alice. The project leader, Chelsea Rousso, is unfamiliar with mannequins from his career as a fashion designer, teacher, and author of styles and predictions. She has combined these talents with the wearable glass cloak that she presented at the fashion shows. Many of Chelsea's new glass designs will take effect on December 4 when live models will wear his glass art alongside new "silent partners".

Meet the Mannequin Project artists and support them with your Holiday shopping from the amazing list of works of art sold at WMODA Wonderland. FREE admission to WMODA on Saturday, December 4th for this special event during Miami Art Week. Visit www.WMODA.com/special-events/ for the full program