In Grimani (Paperback)

Ritsue Mishima

ISBN 10: 8831716476 / ISBN 13: 9788831716475

Published by Marsilio, Milan, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. "Ritsue Mishima was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1962. She worked as a stylist in advertising and with interior design magazines, eventually focusing on floral installations. In 1996, after moving to Venice, Italy, she began working with glass and collaborating with murano craftsmen. Mishima was the first recipient of the Giorgio Armani prize for best artist at Sotheby's contemporary decorative arts exhibition in London in 2001. Two years later, she attracted attention with her striking installation at the Milano Salone. Mishima was recently included in the 2009 Venice biennial, which deemed her one of the "most interesting artists on the international glass scene". Combining the craft of local glassblowers, minerals and fire, Mishima forms glass in a race against time, pulling everything together and growing shapes from the inside out. She looks to the natural world to create pieces of delicate, organic nature that are infused with spiritual and physical energy.She also draws inspiration through looking back at historic Venetian glassworks but unlike many Venetian glass artists who see themselves as decorative sculptors, Mishima is determined to produce works that are genuinely useful. Glassworks by Mishima are colourless and transparent, giving the sensations of pureness and luminosity. They capture and release the light and surrounding colors, creating perfect harmony with their contexts. Her work is very powerful, yet supremely elegant. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Grimani (Paperback)
• Publisher: Marsilio, Milan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8831716476
• ISBN 13: 9788831716475
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Where contemporary art meets the millennium-old glassmaking techniques. The Palazzo Grimani Museum in Venice opens its doors to contemporary art with the exhibition In Grimani, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale featuring the glass sculptures by Ritsue Mishima. Born in Kyoto and resident in Venice, Mishima has bound her personal artistic research to the thousand-year-old techniques of glassmaking. Using exclusively transparent material, which does not interrupt the flow of light but gathers and contains all the other colors, the artist expresses herself in a contemporary language steeped in the artisan culture of the Murano master glassmakers who "forge" her ideas.

About the Author

Giulio Manieri Elia is an art historian, the director of the Palazzo Grimani Museum, and deputy director of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. For Marsilio, he has edited Masterpieces Restored: The Gallerie dell'Accademia and Save Venice Inc. (2010) and Veronese: The Stories of Esther Revealed (2011). Ritsue Mishima began working as a stylist in publicity and for interior design magazines. In 1989, she moved to Venice. Her works have been installed in diverse spaces that range from chapels to greenhouses. She has shown her works in Milan, London, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Kyoto, Brussels, Berlin, and San Francisco. Since 2000, Ana Miljanovic has worked with various architectural practices and taking part in international competitions. Since 2006, she has curated Ritsue Mishima's solo shows.