Glass from Finland

On display in Venice over 300 glass objects from the collection belonging to Christina and Bruno Bischofberger, featuring works by important Finnish designers of the 20th century.

Tapio Wirkkala, Kantarelli (Cantarello), Iittala, 1946

The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice hosts the exhibition “Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection”, curated by Kaisa Koivisto, curator at The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, and Pekka Korvenmaa, professor at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Finland).

This important exhibition features the best of Finnish design thanks to the unprecedented loan of 322 glass works from the Bischofberger Collection, Switzerland. The beauty of artistic glass features masterpieces by the foremost 20th century Finnish designers: Aino and Alvar Aalto, Arttu Brummer, Kaj Franck, Göran Hongell, Gunnel Nyman, Timo Sarpaneva, Oiva Toikka and Tapio Wirkkala.

**In apertura**: Tapio Wirkkala, Kantarelli (Cantarello), Iittala, 1946. **Sopra**: Alvar Aalto, Aalto-kukka (Aalto Flower), Karhula, 1939

“The primary criterion of choice in this Collection is aesthetic quality. The majority of the items are modernist art glass, objects that became internationally renowned and made Finland known abroad.”

Whether the objects are fun, practical or simply decorative, all the works on display are the result of a creative force and a technical know-how that have their origins in ancient times but that have shown that the glass medium can be used in dynamic and original ways, producing shapes and objects that have rewritten the history of the Scandinavian as well as of the international design.

Kaj Franck, Pokaali, Goblets, Nuutajärvi, 1968 

Tapio Wirkkala, Paadarin jää (Paadar’s Ice), Iittala, 1960 

Kaj Franck, Ciotola, Nuutajärvi, 1960

until August 2, 2015
Il vetro finlandese nella Collezione Bischofberger
curated by Kaisa Koivisto and Pekka Korvenmaa
Le Stanze del Vetro
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia

Glass from Finland

On display in Venice over 300 glass objects from the collection belonging to Christina and Bruno Bischofberger, featuring works by important Finnish designers of the 20th century.

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