Legendary - the art of LINO TAGLIAPIETRA

Schantz Galleries contemporary

glass

Exhibition at Schantz Galleries Stockbridge, MA May 21 — June 19, 2022

aquilone, 2020 15.25 x 15.25 x 7"

Selected Museums Aperto Vetro | Venice, Italy Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass | Neenah, Wisconsin Carnegie Museum of Art | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chazen Museum of Art | Madison Wisconsin Colby College Museum of Art | Waterville, Maine Columbia Museum of Art | Columbia, South Carolina Columbus Museum of Art | Columbus, Ohio Corning Museum of Glass | Corning, New York de Young Museum | San Francisco, California Flint Institute of Arts | Flint, Michigan Fuller Craft Museum | Brockton, Massachusetts Imagine Museum | St. Petersburg, Florida Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts | Stanford, California Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Los Angles, California Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art | Manhattan, Kansas Museum of Arts and Design | New York, New York Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, Massachusetts Museum of Glass | Tacoma, Washington Palm Springs Art Museum | Palm Springs, California Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, Massachusetts Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Renwick Gallery - Smithsonian American Art Museum | Washington D.C. Seattle Art Museum | Seattle, Washington Spencer Museum of Art | Lawrence, Kansas Tacoma Art Museum | Tacoma, Washington The Chrysler Museum of Art | Norfolk, Virginia The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, New York The Mint Museum | Charlotte, North Carolina The Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, Texas The Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, Ohio

Selected International Awards and Solo Exhibitions 1968-76 1968 1972 1996 1996 1996/98 1997 1997 1998 2000 2001 2004 2004 2004 2004 2006 2007 2007 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2019

Cofounder and chief maestro at La Murrina, Murano, Italy Borsella d’Oro Award, Murano, Italy Grand Prix in lighting, Barcelona Trade Fair, Barcelona, Spain Rakow Commission for Excellence in Glass Award, The Corning Museum of Glass, NY, USA UrbanGlass Award for Preservation of Glassblowing Techniques, NY, USA Venezia Aperto Vetro, Guest of Honour, invited guest, Venice, Italy Glass Art Society Lifetime Achievement Award, USA Urkunde Goldmedaille, Germany Libensky Award, Chateau Ste Michelle Vineyards and Pilchuck Glass School, WA, USA Humana Distinguished Professor, Centre College, KY, USA Metal for Excellence in Craft Award, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA, USA Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Centre College, KY, USA The President’s Distinguished Artist Award, University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA Artist as Hero Award, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA Artist Visionaries! Lifetime Achievement Award, Museum of Arts & Design, NY, USA Distinguished Educator Award, James Renwick Alliance associated with the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, USA Cristal Award, Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts + Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA The IIC Lifetime Achievement Award, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA, USA Master Teacher/Master Artist, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, KY, USA Master of Medium Award, James Renwick Alliance, Washington DC Honorary Degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Phoenix Award, International Visionary Award, Art Palm Beach. Florida, USA | AACG Honors Award, USA Career Award, “Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti”, Venice, Italy Best Glass Work Award, Masterpiece Exhibition, London, United Kingdom Key to the City, Danville, KY, USA | Loewe Craft Prize Finalist, International Robert M. Minkoff Foundation’s Academic Symposium, New York, NY

“For 75 years, glass has been my life and the furnace my home.

All my thoughts have been devoted to glass. Its principles have always been the foundation from which to start and its strict rules the structure of my entire life.” ~August 2021

We are honored to present Lino Tagliapietra’s incredible range of artistry with this exhibition.

Lino continues to experiment and push the glass medium in his quest to bring to light a new format, fusing his own patterns with his design sensibilities. His passion for expression and creativity is a constant in whatever he chooses to work at.

This is best represented by Lino's latest series highlighted in this exhibition catalog. These include the dramatic “Dream of a Long Winter” series, produced during the past two years and the result of his ongoing exploration and commitment to his art. The process of making these panels has been a source of comfort and resilience for Tagliapietra during the pandemic, and he hopes that by sharing the resulting work, viewers will absorb and experience those same feelings of hopefulness and zest for life in the face of their own hardships.

The works in this catalog begin with the most recent panels, and then are arranged by date— beginning with classic work to some of his newest works from 2020­— we felt that it’s a nice way to witness the changes in the style, techniques, color, forms, and patterns within the different series. It is our humble offering of a glimpse into Lino’s enormous passion for creativity.

Jim Schantz and Kim Saul Schantz Galleries, 2022

dream of a long winter, (blue river), 2021 75.75 x 31 x 17", with stand

dream of a long winter, 2021 73 x 24.25 x 17", with stand)

dream of a long winter, 2021 55 x 24 x 1.5" 76 x 24 x 17" with stand

dubai, 2021

36,75 x 15.5 x 6.5"

dinosaur, 2009

20.25 x 5.75 x 4.5"

It just has to be acknowledged - there are probably no two words more respected and honored in the history of modern sculpture in glass than ‘Lino Tagliapietra’; he is the living bridge, the crucial link between the august history of Venetian glass and the ceaseless wonders of what we today call the modern Studio Glass movement.

~2011, James Yood, author

venere in seta, 2000 17.5 x 8.5 x 8"

fenice, 2005

20.75 x 21 x 5.25"

endeavor, 2006 6 x 38.5 x 5.5"

It is sometimes interesting how someone works. It depends on what you are looking for. For me, I like to explore, to discover something very old and see it in a new way. Some say, “nothing new under the sun, everything remains the same”. We also say, “everything changes”. I try to be on the side of the change. We don’t invent anything new; we personalize something and it is something that nobody did before. For me, this is the best part. ~Lino Tagliapietra, 2014

makah, 2006

23 x 12.5 x 5.75"

makah, 2006

26.25 x 11.5 x 6.75"

“Anybody who has ever seen Lino Tagliapietra at work, will know that he is a true master - a unique person who appears maybe once or twice in a century.”

~Finn Lynggaard, Founder, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

niomea, 2010

18.75 x 7 x 6.5"

psaka, 2012

21.75 x 9 x 8.75"

angel tear, 2015

33.75 x 23.25 x 6.5”

Lino’s understanding of the material itself, coupled with all the virtuosity of his hot glass manipulation — and above all else, his creativity — makes him not just exceptional, but truly unique. ~ Dante Marioni, Artist

fenice, 2015

21.5 x 13 x 4.5"

oca, 2016 3 8 x 8 .2 5 x 6 .2 5 "

“It’s true, the material is very important and beautiful, but it is important to make something special, to make it human—make it come alive.” ~ Lino Tagliapietra

angel tear, 2016

27.5 x 13.25 x 5.5”

When Lino feels like he has squeezed all there is out of the moment, he elegantly eases his way into the next adventure. Despite being loved by many, he is extraordinarily generous with his time and finds time for us all. He gives his heart so willingly that you feel like the most important person in the world when you most need a friend. ~Dave Walters, Artist

celtica, 2017

13.75 x 2 x x20"

fenice, 2017

27.25 x 11.75 x 4.25"

aquilone, 2019

20.75 x 14 x 7.5”

dinosaur, 2019 51 x 32 x 9.5"

fenice, 2019 21 x 24 x 10"

ebro, 2019

9.5 x 16.25 x 9.5"

florencia, 2019 8 x 22 x 22"

stromboli, 2019

27.5 x 8 x 5.5"

hanoi, 2019 25 x 12 x 8"

stromboli, 2019

28.25 x 8.25 x 5.5"

bora, 2020

22.5 x 10.5 x 5.5"

The title Bora refers to the winds that come across Italy’s Adriatic Coast from Northeastern Europe. According to Lino, “when this strong wind blows in, the waves in the lagoon become grey and blue, just like the colors on this piece.”

mini fenice grouping, 2020 9.5 x 19 x 15"

florencia, 2020

16.25 x 14.5 x 7.25"

fiori e canneto, 2012 16.25 x 14.75 x 1"

Lina and Lino, Sanibel, Florida, 2015 Finding Beauty in the Discovery Life offers us a bounty of experience, and how we adapt to the changes that are inevitable is an ability that allows some to move fluidly and learn from the experience.

Adjusting to the situation as it is, not as we wish it to be, is one of the many challenges we have all been faced with at some point in life. Sometimes we need to “dream through a long winter” to find new inspiration.

What we keep trying to remember — as we reflect upon the past and look at all the positive experiences — one gift we’ve been given is watching Lino adapt to his experiences and incorporate them into his art over the years; able to be ready for anything and thrive in the opportunities offered by change. It has been inspiring.

Witnessing the grace with which he adapted his work through the very challenging “Long Winter” of 20-21, and to retire from the hotshop, his love, his work for over 76 years, to follow other paths has been profound – and much like the way he made work in the hotshop seem effortless, this was most likely not as easy as he makes it appear.

Remembering our walks on the beach of Sanibel Island, looking at the birds, the sunset and the shells washed up whole or broken, Lino found reverence and beauty in each moment. Taking time to carefully contemplate and photograph for later reflection, and inspire works which at that time may not have been imaginable.

Wishing you inspiration in the year ahead, discovering that which brings you joy.

Jim Schantz and Kim Saul

“I would like to be able to personally thank ... all the people I have met during these 75 years, but I realize I would need another 75 years to do so... I would like to share this moment with all the boys and girls, now men and women, who have shared with me a part of this long journey. I truly hope I have taught them all something and, most of all, I hope I have passed down to them even a small part of the passion that I have always felt for glass.” ~Lino Tagliapietra, August, 2021

endeavor, 2020 4.5 x 48 x 6.5"

Special thanks to the loyal and supportive art collectors over the years.

Your appreciation for the arts has made the world a more beautiful place, and helped to keep our doors open so others could also appreiciate the arts.

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Legendary - the Art of Lino Tagliapietra © 2022 Schantz Galleries Stockbridge, Massachusetts Tel 413 298 3044 www.schantzgalleries.com All artwork images © Lino Tagliapietra, Inc. Design: Kim Saul Photography: all artwork, Russell Johnson Additional photos: Kim Saul, Jim Schantz

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