Not a Picture but an Event

After his presence at the 2023 exhibition “Bohemian Glass: The Great Masters” at Le Stanze del Vetro in Venice, Caterina Tognon invites you for the artist's first solo show in Italy.

Kopecký (Svojanov, CZ, 1931) is now painting for the first time with vitreous enamels on Murano glass, blown by Maestro Andrea Zilio at furnace Anfora.

The Murano glass objects here extend Kopecký’s early 1960s experiments improvising with paint and etching on glass sheets, his 1970s assembled paintings that incorporate industrial and found materials, and his 1990s performative installations generated in the theatre of the glass foundry. This exhibition is a testament to the vitality, spirit, and dedication of Vladimír Kopecký, who has been experimenting with materials, form, scale, and colour throughout his art life.