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IN SPIRIT
The Art of Lino Tagliapietra
SCHANTZ GALLERIES
We would like to express our deep gratitude to Lino Tagliapietra
for his incredible spirit and creativity.
Especially at this time, we are grateful for this remarkable work which is
a reminder of hope, joy and the height of human spirit.
IN SPIRIT
The Art of Lino Tagliapietra
SCHANTZ GALLERIES CONTEMPORARY GLASS
3 Elm Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262
(413) 298-3044
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"...the best thing I know."
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ach work of glass by Maestro Lino Tagliapietra, each
breathtaking permutation of material, color, form, light, and
space is a marvel for the eye. Each is a physical manifestation of
the artist’s emotions, experiences, and audacious imagination,
communicated to the viewer without the assistance of language or verbal
explanation. Endowed with unparalleled technical prowess, boundless
creative insight, and a charismatic disposition, Lino commands a
thoroughly expressive visual vocabulary that guides the viewer beyond
the limits of their sight. We see and feel as each piece articulates and
reflects the inimitable spirit of a very special artist and soul.
Despite the visual nature of glass art, there is a place for words and
sounds in the experience. Lino Tagliapietra has traveled extensively,
witnessing and absorbing the richness of different world geographies,
cultures, and glass practitioners then thoughtfully integrating these
encounters into his work. Another source of inspiration for the artist,
however, is the realm of things he has never experienced materially.
Many ideas emanate from his fantastical imaginings of unknown places,
reveries ignited by something he reads or a captivating word or sound.
As a boy, one of his favorite writers was the Italian action-adventure
author Emilio Salgari, who never left Verona but wrote about pirates
sailing the high seas to Borneo and outlaws fighting corruption in the
Old West. In the case of Lino Tagliapietra, a work such as Masai conjures
the flora, fauna, and culture of the African tribe so elegantly, it feels
like the artist must have spent time there. In fact, he simply loved the
sound of the word “Masai” and allowed this to be the spark for the work.
A lover of reading—whether history, politics, or stories in both English
and Italian—he says that what he reads and hears offer as much creative
motivation as what he sees.
COVER and FRONTISPIECE: Nassau Cayuga, 2020, 17.5 x 12.25 x 3.75"
PREVIOUS SPREAD, RIGHT and BACK COVER: Nassau, 2020, 26.5 x 11.5 x 8.25"
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Well into his 80s, Lino still brims with ideas—whether from fanciful
musings inspired by a delicious word or lived moments from visiting a
beautiful place. Another source of inspiration are the myriad colleagues
with whom Lino has worked, the gifted team of artists who work with
him in his studio, and the hundreds of students he has taught over
the years; the legacy of these experiences is clearly imprinted on his
life and work. Some of the works in this exhibition are the result of
working in different hot shops and residencies over the past year, each
distinct in the way they contribute to the work. Working in the spacious
Seattle studio of long-time friend Benjamin Moore provided Lino the
In February 2020, as a visiting artist at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Lino worked in a
opportunity to work at a larger scale. This past year, Lino has equally public setting where the energy of a live audience fed his creative drive.
enjoyed working at Area 253, an intimate public-access glassblowing
studio in Tacoma defined by community. In February 2020, as a visiting
artist at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Lino worked in a public setting Fenice, the florid Florencia, the exuberant Nassau, the sinuous Kira,
where the energy of a live audience fed his creative drive. the billowing Thila—each work is ultimately the expression of a single
indefinable thing, the extraordinary spirit of Lino Tagliapietra. As he
On the experience of being an artist-in-residence, Tagliapietra highlights describes it, “the idea is born, and sometimes it is very easy and sometimes
the importance of being in the moment. He says: “in the beginning, you it is very hard to go in a new direction and find the correct way. But the
are rusty in the mind, the hands, and the spirit. But soon, these things begin good things give you energy. Sometimes it is important to think a lot, but
to move in concert, you start to feel free, your mind fills with ideas and thinking can complicate things. Sometimes the good things are the simple
emotions, and the experiment of making the work takes off.” Lino never things, but then sometimes the easiest things are the most difficult to do.
does drawings or sketches, saying he has no patience for it. Instead, You can have something perfect, but then you lose the spirit. Sometimes
there is a special alchemy that occurs between his mind and hands and you have the spirit and sometimes you don’t. I still get so much joy from the
the materials of glass and fire which cannot be predicted and for which work. It is still absolutely the best thing I know.”
there are no adequate words. The swirling Angel Tear, the serpentine
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Aquilone, 2020, 25.5 x 14.25 x 8" 10 11
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Thila, 2020, 20.5 x 9 x 5.25" 14 15
Durango, 2019, 11.25 x 9.5 x 9.5" 16 17
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Florencia, 2020, 19 x 10 x 7.25" 20 21
Fenice, 2019, 20 x 12.5 x 7" 22 23
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Aquilone, 2019, 13 x 12 x 12" 26 27
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Kira, 2019, 17.25 x 16 x 7" 30 31
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Angel Tear, 2017, 32 x 19 x 5.75" 34 35
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Florencia, 2019, 9 x 22 x 22" 38 39
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Florencia, 2019, 11 x 11 x 5" 42 43
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Masai, 2020, 55 x 26 x 4" 46 47
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Florencia, 2019, 10.5 x 19 x 19" 50 51
Aquilone, 2020, 18.75 x 13.5 x 7.5" 52 53
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Kuma, 2019, 16.25 x 9.5 x 9.5" 56 57
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Kuma, 2020, 13.75 x 13.5 x 5.75" 60 61
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Florencia, 16.25 x 14.5 x 7.25" 64 65
Fenice, 2019, 21 x 24 x 10" 66 67
Aquilone, 2020, 15.75 x 12 x 6" 68 69
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Aquilone, 2020, 16.5 x 15.5 x 5.25" 72 73
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Florencia, 2019, 17.5 x 13 x 4.75" 76 77
Aquilone, 2019, 14.25 x 16 x 15.75" 78 79
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Fenice, 2019, 14 x 10 x 4" 82 83
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
CHINA: Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai DENMARK: Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft · Danish Royal
Museum, Copenhagen FRANCE: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris GERMANY: Kestner Museum,
Hannover ITALY: Aperto Vetro, Venice Biennale di Venezia · Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice Palazzo
Grassi, Venice JAPAN: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo · Kitazawa Museum of Arts,
Takane-cho · Tokyo National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo · Toyama City Institute of Glass, Toyama
MEXICO: Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey THE NETHERLANDS: Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam ·
Museum Het Paleis, The Haag SWITZERLAND: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne UNITED
KINGDOM: Victoria and Albert Museum, London UNITED STATES: Bellevue Art Museum,
Bellevue, WA · Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI · Cantor Art Center, Stanford,
CA · Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA · Chazen Museum, Madison, WI · Chrysler Museum
of Art, Norfolk, VA · Colby College Museum, Waterville, ME · Columbia Museum, Columbia, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH · Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY · Dayton Art
Institute, Dayton, OH · Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI · Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI · Fuller
Craft Museum, Brockton, MA · Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, TN · The Jewish Museum, San
Francisco, CA · Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA · M.H. de Young Memorial Museum,
San Francisco, CA · Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, New York, NY · Mary and Leigh Block
Museum of Art, Chicago, OH · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY · Mint Museum of
Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC · Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL · Museum
of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA · Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY ·
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX · Museum of Glass, Tacoma,
WA · National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, Baltimore, MD · Norton Museum of Art, West
Palm Beach, FL · Orlando Museum, Orlando, FL · Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA ·
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA · Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI · Renwick Gallery
of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC · Ringling Art Museum, Sarasota, FL · Scottsdale
Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ · Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA · Spencer Museum
of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS · Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA · Tacoma Art Museum,
Tacoma, WA · Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Fenice, 2019, 21 x 24 x 10"
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© 2020 Schantz Galleries
Design: Jeanne Koles and Kim Saul
Photography: Russell Johnson
Published by Schantz Galleries
Thank you to Jacopo Vecchiato
and the team of Lino Tagliapietra.
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