“Shards of Glass” is an exceptional presentation of the creative diversity of the master glassmakers of Biot. Approximately 70 works, resulting from the craft of 19 glassmakers working in Biot, are presented according to an original scenographic principle explained by Perrine Chevallet, the exhibition curator: “Shards of Glass represents the brilliance of colors and the brilliance of light.”
Each of the 6 exhibition spaces is arranged according to a “Southern colors” code. The three rooms on the first floor exhibit glass works in shades of blue, white, and transparent. The other three rooms in the basement host pieces in red, yellow, and orange. These also include surprising installations of glass and luminescent glass objects specially composed for the occasion.
By offering such a panorama of the glassmaking tradition and the contemporary creative diversity of Biot, Shards of Glass stands as a radiant tribute to those who have made the city’s fame.
For although many are heirs of Éloi Monod, creator of the Verrerie de Biot® in 1956 and trainer of glassmakers, they are no less numerous in having forged their path in the world of blown glass. Beyond the bubble, specific to Biot, the glassmakers of Biot have explored metal inclusions, pairing with other materials such as wood, silicone, enamel, as well as abstract, utilitarian, and figurative forms, pushing research to the point of luminescence. The different colors of the glass prism of Biot can be admired all summer thanks to Shards of Glass.
Let’s recall that Biot received the “City and Art Trades” label in 1997 for the work of its glassmakers.
The 19 represented glassmakers and workshops: Nicolas Laty, Ada Loumani, Isabelle Monod, Véronique Monod, Antoine Pierini, Isabelle Poilprez-Combes, Christophe Saba – Verrerie du Val de Pôme, La Verrerie de Biot®, Verrerie Farinelli, Jean-Paul van Lith, Frédéric van Overschelde, Jean-Marie Bertaina, Pascal Guyot, Michèle Luzoro, Claude Monod, Jean-Michel Operto, Robert Pierini, Richard Ranise, and Daniel Saba.
