Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa via Art Tribune
Carlo
Scarpa
is
one
of
the
20th
century
masters
of
Italian
architecture.
Starting
with
the
Venini
glassworks
in
Murano
(Italy),
he
began
to
experiment
with
materials
and
colors,
reworking
the
techniques
of
glass
processing.
The approach to artisanal art and the study of the expressive potential of materials such as glass and cement have given life to very personal and unrepeatable poetics.
"In his youth, he personally experimented with the technique of processing blown glass, identifying the points on which he could exercise his imagination, enhancing its lightness, the transparency, the delicacy and making sure that those artifacts were not simply fragile but found in fragility the sense of their exceptional existence." Mauro Pierconti, 2007
Carlo Scarpa worked as artistic director for Venini from 1932 to 1947 and he created glass masterpieces, such as the collections Battuto a nido d'ape and Battuto Bicolore with the Venini master glassworkers.
View of Tomaba Brion by Carlo Scarpa
Battuto a Nido D’ape for Venini
Detail of Tomba Brion
Exibition: Le stanze del Vetro Foto: Ettore Bellini. Courtesy of Le Stanze del Vetro
Tessuti Battuti for Venini
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