"The pitfalls lurking in the gap between art and craft are tellingly, if inadvertently, illuminated in side-by-side exhibitions of three artists who work in glass in Venice, the European city most associated with this astounding material. Cristiano Bianchin and Laura de Santillana push their medium in the direction of installation art and painting, but rarely look more than derivative. Yoichi Ohira sticks closest to traditional processes and vessel forms. Alternating between intricately colored vases and sturdier ones in carved clear glass, he also makes the strongest impression."
New York Times. February 11, 2010. Museum and Gallery Listings. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/arts/design/12art.html
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