A Thread of Light
Three generations of kiln cast glass artists
Sunday 1 May – Sunday 12 June 2022
The Museum in the Park is delighted to be hosting this special exhibition of kiln cast glass sculpture by internationally acclaimed artists, five of whom live and work in Stroud. The exhibition showcases spectacular, unique glass artworks by three generations of renowned glass artists including Keith Cummings and Colin Reid. It first showed at Liuli Taipei Museum, Taiwan, in September 2019, followed by six months at Liuli China Museum, Shanghai, from September 2020.
‘A Thread of Light’ takes place during the International Year of Glass; glass has been endorsed by the UN as a material well worth celebrating for its positive contribution to society.
“This exhibition has a very special kind of intimacy as well as historic significance. Eleven artists, three generations. A single luminous, vitreous medium developed successively across a rich diversity of creative practice. Glass history, and the international studio glass movement, in the making.” Andrew Brewerton
The British artists are joined in this show by Loretta H Yang and Chang Yi, pioneers of studio glass in Asia and founders of Liuli Museums. Their work is included in this exhibition courtesy of Galerie Capazza, France.
Works are for sale. Please click here to view the price list.
Exhibition accompanied by a full colour catalogue with essays by Professor Keith Cummings, Andrew Brewerton and Dr Paul Harper (RRP £5). Contact us if you’d like purchase a copy and receive it by post.
To read Tracy Spiers’ exhibition review click here.
The artists:
Keith Cummings
‘Imperial’
For a PDF copy of Paul Harper’s article published in Good on Paper (April 2022) click here.
Lead sponsor of the exhibition at The Museum in the Park: Stroud Arts Festival
co-sponsored by Mark Holford & Kilncare
Header image: ‘Eternal Exchange XXII’ by Sally Jackson (photograph: Sally Fawkes)
To coincide with this exhibition, we will be showing rarely-seen glass artefacts from our collection. Look out for the showcase in the entrance foyer, where you will see our small but fascinating display ‘A Window on the Collections: Glass Ancient & Modern’.
