THE COLLECTION
07 10 2017 - 15 04 2018

Lommel and glass are inextricably linked. Almost 25 years ago, the Lommel city council took up an ambitious challenge: it started its own collection of glass art. In 2010, the exhibition ‘Lommel Municipal Glass Art Collection’ took place in the GlazenHuis. This exhibition presented an overview of the highlights from the municipal glass art collection in the period 1996-2009. Now, seven years and many acquisitions later, it is time for a sequel: The Collection.

Lommel’s love of glass art originated in the history of the region’s unique quartz sand mining. After all, quartz sand is the basic raw material from which glass is made. With the exhibition ‘The Collection’, the GlazenHuis and the City of Lommel proudly show – through the work of 29 artists from 12 countries worldwide – the expansion of their collection of contemporary glass. The diverse mix of art objects includes various techniques, styles and movements in glass art. The works on display were acquired through acquisitions – under the advice of the Municipal Art Committee – and generous donations from artists and collectors, and are also the result of the many 'artist-in-residence' programmes in which international glass artists have been guests at the GlazenHuis in recent years thanks to the support of the Charlotte van der Seijs Foundation. During these annual working periods, international glass talents are given the opportunity to create new work in the Lommel hotshop and thus work on their artistic development. The often surprising and original results of these residency programmes are crossovers between craftsmanship and art and have also found their place in the exhibition ‘The Collection'. By showing this collection of contemporary art, Lommel succeeds in attracting attention as a glass city par excellence and its visitors get the opportunity to admire a unique collection of works of art, many of which have never been shown before.

Curator: Jasmien Vanhoof
Production: © GLAZENHUIS

Participating artists: Andrew Baldwin (AU), Maria Bang Espersen (DK), Ned Cantrell (DK), Vincent & Anne Chagnon-Donzé (CA/FR), Brad Copping (CA), Einar & Jamex De La Torre (US/MX), Erwin Eisch (DE), Grant Garmezy (US), Mieke Groot (NL), Elizabeth Kelly (AU), Kids Design Glass (BE), Yoshiaki Koijiro (JP), Edward Leibovitz (RO/BE), John Miller (US), John Moran (US), Sandra Pallin (SE), Sibylle Peretti (DE/US), Marie Retpen (DK), Jenny Ritzenhoff (DE/NL), Tyler Rock (CA), Jeffrey Sarmiento (US), Rui Sasaki (JP), David Schnuckel (US), Matthew C. Szösz (US), Louis Thompson (UK), Noreen Todd (UK), Brad Turner (CA), Walter Van Beirendonck (BE), Elliot Walker (UK).

2017 XY - 10 YEARS GLAZENHUIS
06 05 2017 - 17 09 2017

2017 GREAT DANES
17 09 2016 - 17 04 2017

2016 WHEREABOUTS
27/03/2016–04/09/2016

2015 BESTE BUREN - CECI N’EST PAS DU VERRE
03/10/2015-06/03/2016

2015 INTERNATIONAL GLASS PRIZE
04/04/2015 – 13/09/2015

2014 BODY TALK
06/04/2014 – 28/09/2014

2014 UK GLASS
06/04/2014 – 28/09/2014

2013 YOUNG MASTERS
European Graduates '08-'13

2013 3 SOLO SHOWS
Einar & Jamex De La Torre, Petr Stanický, Richard Meitner

2012 THE GIFT
Donation of the private glass collection Embrechts-Ryckaert

2012 INTERNATIONAL GLASS PRIZE
The Object / by the Foundation Charlotte van der Seijs

2011 GLASS MATCH
Belgium – The Netherlands

2011 THE GLASS CANVAS
Glass as a canvas, as a carrier through history

2010 CZECH GLASS
Between tradition and innovation

2010 THE TASTE OF GLASS

2010 THE CITIES GLASS COLLECTION

2009 TENUOUS TENACITY
Contemporary Canadian glass

2009 ANIMA MUNDI
The hidden alchemy of glass

2009 BOOM GLAS
Glass factory ‘De Ruppel’, Boom

2008 SANDBOX
Contemporary Japanese Glass

2008 GLASSWEAR
Jewelry of glass

2008 COLLECTORS
Contemporary sculptural glass

2007 MASTERS & TECHNIQUES

2007 THE ACCIDENT
Koen Vanmechelen