Larry Hamill Photos from BIGG @ OSU artspace

Larry Hamill has posted photos of the 2009 juried BIGG show. http://larryhamillphotography.wordpress.com

2009 Larry Hamill:

"BIGG – Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass - is currently on display at the OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk Galleries. A collaboration between The Ohio State University’s Dept. of Art Glass Program, OSU Urban Arts Space and Hawk Galleries, the exhibit showcases 43 international artists.

A total of 97 pieces of glass artwork were selected following a juried review of over 650 artists’ submits. The international jury panel included Italian
glass artisan, Lino Tagliapietra; the Corning Museum’s Curator of Modern Glass, Tina Oldknow and Director of Hawk Galleries, Tom Hawk.

Over the years, William Morris, Dale Chihuly, Christopher Ries and Lino Tagliapietra, among others, have led the glass art movement. Sponsored by Steuben Glass, this exhibition was designed to advance new and innovative glass art worldwide. “We were looking for the next talent in glass art,” said Kelly Kaser, Deputy Director of the OSU Urban Arts Space.

Photo credit: Larry Hamill Photography

[...] Hiromi Takizawa’s piece entitled, Crossing the Pacific Ocean, combines a neon airplane suspended above an arrangement of glass bowls, creating a reflection in bubbles that seem to float across the ocean’s surface."

Hamill, L. "BIGG glass art breaks new ground." August 12, 2009. Larry Hamill Photography blog @ Wordpress. accessed September 8, 2009. http://larryhamillphotography.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/bigg-glass-art-breaks-new-ground/.