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The exhibition presents glass as a versatile medium operating across a wide range of scales, from microscopic beads to monumental cast works.
The exhibition brings together works that are not typically presented alongside one another, highlighting the many scales at which glass operates, from micro glass beads to large cast columns. It also considers the ways artists use glass to depict the universe, the city, the home, and built environments.
This approach encourages a renewed understanding of how glass shapes form, space, and meaning.
The exhibition is inspired by Charles and Ray Eames’s 1977 film, which examines the relative scale of the universe through powers of ten. Presenting twenty works created between 1958 and 2020 by artists born between 1937 and 1979, it combines selections from the museum’s collection with an exceptional loan from the Robert Werner Collection.
Together, the works illustrate glass’s capacity to move across scales, disciplines, and ideas.
