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From tableware to contemporary Art - Tina Oldknows new book 'Collecting Contemporary Glass'. By Cl. Schack von Wittenau.

My Glass Works are Water

Claudio Tiozzo has always nurtured a certain sense of belonging to the water and in it searched for his inspiration because he was born on an island where this element is not only the outer limit but also the perennial background, an eternal natural presence. And maybe it is for this reason that he cultivates the dream of finding a way to sculpt a block of water.

“Geometry of Light, Rhetoric of Sight”

“Seeing is believing”, but seeing is not absolute. As a visual artist I am very curious about this “seeing” and interested in how people see and understand things. I would like to know how I see, recognize and comprehend this world. With this idea I have been using light, mirror, and reflection in my work with the theme of vision. By introducing a few of my works created with the above concept, I hope to give you a glimpse of my idea.

My work is about the exploration and discovery of subtle intimacy in unfamiliar and familiar spaces: what I refer to as empty space. When I moved from Japan to the US in 2007 I experienced the sensation of lost memories, nostalgia and loss of home.

There is a new art gallery in Bayerisch Eisenstein, a small town in Bavaria, close to the glass village of Frauenau, and on the border with the Czech Republic. On three floors the gallery, Kunsträume, offers generous space for changing exhibitions, as well as for showing art from regional, Bavarian and Czech artists, - and because this is a glass region many artworks in the medium glass.