Presenting colorful glass works from the past five years, The Desire for Transparency: Contemporary Artists Working with Glass offers a curated selection of innovative contemporary artists—Ai Weiwei, Shaikha Al Mazrou, Monica Bonvicini, Amber Cowan, Tony Cragg, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Shahla Friberg, Michael Joo, Misha Kahn, Jim Lambie, Vik Muniz, Kohei Nawa, Hans Op de Beeck, Sung-Won Park, Jaume Plensa, Tristano di Robilant, Laura de Santillana, Judith Schaechter, Thaddeus Wolfe, and Dustin Yellin—who are using glass to address formal and aesthetic concerns that transcend the traditional uses of the medium.
Featuring individual pieces and installations from twenty international artists lent by nineteen galleries from the four corners of the world, this special exhibition highlights artists working representationally and abstractly with cast, cut, blown, stained and sculpted glass to create psychological, philosophical and conceptual works of art.
