Work by Charlotte Hodes, Artist and LCF Researcher.

Glasstress

White Light | White Heat

55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
Collateral Events
White Light | White Heat is a development of Glasstress, originally conceived in 2009 by Adriano Berengo, President of Berengo Glass Studio and Venice Projects.

This latest exhibition is a dramatic expansion of the original Glasstress concept, which launched in 2009, to include London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and The Wallace Collection working in collaboration with Berengo Glass Studio. New work has been especially conceived and produced for the exhibition which is jointly curated by Adriano Berengo and James Putnam, Senior Research Fellow at LCF.

Exploring the boundaries of fashion and fine art through the medium of glass and focusing on the relationship between the artist and designer, craft skills and curatorial practice, this important collaboration offers a unique opportunity to reinterpret the rich tradition of glass in Murano alongside The Wallace Collection, a world leading museum with an exquisite glass collection, and the cutting edge environment of London College of Fashion where traditional notions of fashion are challenged every day.

At the close of the Biennale, a selection of pieces from the exhibition will travel to London College of Fashion’s Fashion Space Gallery and to The Wallace Collection, where the contemporary work will be in dialogue with their important Venetian glass collection.

Marta Klonowska
Visit Glasstress
Glasstress: White Light | White Heat will open at the preview of the Venice Biennale on 30 May at the Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti on the Grand Canal and at the Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass.

PUBLIC VIEW
1 June - 24 November 2013
Open every day between 10.00am - 6.00pm

Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed, Arti-Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Campo Santo Stefano 2847, Venezia

Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art & Glass, Campiello della Pescheria, Murano-Venezia

Scuola Grande Confraternita di San Teodoro, San Marco 4810, Venezia

Featured Artists
London College of Fashion’s influence on the exhibition is reflected through some of the artists involved, such as Lucy Orta, Charlotte Hodes, Boudicca and Helen Storey. Find out more about the LCF Researchers and Artists exhibiting at Glasstress.

The show includes some major and emerging contemporary artists including:

Alice Anderson, Polly Apfelbaum, Ron Arad, Miroslaw Balka, Rina Banerjee, Fiona Banner, Loris Cecchini, Hussein Chalayan, Mat Collishaw, Tony Cragg, Tracey Emin, Paul Fryer, Stuart Haygarth, Shirazeh Houshiary, Shih Chieh Huang, John Isaacs, Michael Joo, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Hew Locke, Alastair Mackie, Kris Martin, Whitney McVeigh, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Cornelia Parker, Cai Guo Qiang, Thomas Schütte, Conrad Shawcross, Meekyoung Shin, Joana Vasconcelos, Mariko Mori, Joseph Kosuth, Jason Martin, Jaume Plensa, Koen Vanmechelen.

Work by Charlotte Hodes, Artist and LCF Researcher