The Glass Mesa Lino in Santa Fe

The Glass Mesa Lino in Santa Fe

 Yes, for sure I will be in Santa Fe. There are only a few cities in the world
like Santa Fe and its magic. For example: Istanbul, New York,
San Francisco and of course, Venice. The magic about Santa Fe is that in a slow
and mysterious way it brings you to see things in a completely different way.
At Santa Fe, it is the sunset, the sunrise, and the perfume in the air.

Friendship is like time. I want to say it is not important how many times we are
together, but how we spend our time together. For this reason I like to return
to Santa Fe, to meet again all my friends there. I hope we can have a good glass
of wine together, red or white, it does not matter.

Arrivederci e Salute!

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 Lino Tagliapietra

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Holsten Galleries
SOFA WEST: SANTA FE

SANTA FE CONVENTION CENTER

JULY 7-11, 2010

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I don’t play music, I play glass.
It is part of my culture, my brain, my blood.
Lino Tagliapietra

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Nubia

2007

20.5” h

11.25” w

7.75” d
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 Piccadilly

2007

18.25” h

20.25” w
6 9.25” d
Bilbao

2001

25” h

10.75” w

7.75” d 7
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Saba

2001

27” h

16.75” w

7.75” d 9
 Makah

2009

23” h

13” w
10 7.25” d
There is not a single day
in the studio that
I do not think to myself,
‘How would Lino do it’ ?
Dante Marioni

Hopi

2003

13.5” h

16.5” w

16.5” d 11
 Angel Tear

2008

23.75” h

16.5” w
12 6” d
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 Mandara

2003

15.75” h

14.25” w
14 6.5” d
Bilbao

2001

16.25” h

15.75” w

8.75” d 15
 Borneo

2007

15.75” h

10.25” w
16 10.25” d
Madras

1999

20.75” h

14.5” w

8.25” d 17
 Dinosaur

2005

38.75” h

10.25” w
18 5.75” d
Dinosaur

2005

47.5” h

14.75” w

7.25” d 19
 Masai d’Oro

2008

64” h

50” w

20 15” d
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For more than two decades he
[Lino] has developed a distinctive
style that explores and expands
on the most complex traditional
Venetian techniques.
Juta-Annette Page

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Stromboli

2006

16” h

9.25” w

6” d

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 Endeavor

2007

7” h

54.25” w
24 6.25” d
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Endeavor

2007

7.25” h

63” w

9.25” d 27
 Endeavor

2009

11” h

61.25” w
28 7.5” d
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 Seattle Sunset

2008

20.25” h

11” w

6” d

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Lino and the mechanics of his practice
may be dissected ‘ad nauseum,’ but it will
never be possible to understand how he
conceives each piece in his head.
Susanne K. Frantz

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 Kenn Holsten, Holsten Galleries, July, 2010

Lino Tagliapietra is almost universally acknowledged

as the world’s greatest living glassblower. In the 25
years that Holsten Galleries has represented Lino,
we have witnessed his amazing transformation from
a skilled and accomplished but relatively unknown
Venetian glass artist to one of the most highly
acclaimed and sought after glass artists of all time.
It has been my great privilege and honor to have presented numerous
one-person exhibitions of Lino’s work at art expositions in Chicago, Palm
Beach, Scottsdale and Los Angeles. Now, for the second consecutive year,
I am proud to be showing his work once again at the second annual
SOFA-WEST in Santa Fe. For me this is particularly gratifying as Santa
Fe is the magical city where my wife Christine and I now live year-round.
¶ The body of work that Lino has created for this exhibition represents
nearly every major series he has worked on over the past ten years or so. Our
idea was to choose one or two outstanding examples from each of the major
series: Bilbao, Dinosaur, Endeavor, Hopi, Mandara, Masai d’Oro, Saba, to
mention just a few. For this show, Lino’s vast repertoire of color, technique
and form has been distilled into a gem of an exhibition of 19 superb works.
¶ Having begun his glassblowing career at the tender age of 11, Lino shows
no signs of slowing down at age 75. I often have said that just as we think
Lino has done his best work ever, he surprises us with a new vision of what
is possible to create with molten glass. ¶ I would like to thank Lino for
his great creativity and skill, for his generosity of spirit in sharing his work
and his techniques with glass artists from around the world and for his
friendship over the years. I would also like to thank Lino’s business manager,
Cecilia Chung, for her gracious and skillful cooperation in organizing
this and all previous exhibitions. Finally, I wish to thank Peter Chan
for creating this beautiful catalog. ¶ We hope that many of you will be
able to see this work in person and to say hello to Lino in Santa Fe, July 7-11.
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P R E S E N T I N G

July 7-11, 2010 The Glass Mesa Lino in Santa Fe

SOFA WEST: SANTA FE
Santa Fe Convention Center
July 7-11, 2010

Online Gallery: www.holstengalleries.com

Gallery Director: Kenn Holsten
E-mail: kenn@holstengalleries.com

Mailing Address: 369 Montezuma Avenue #314

Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
Tel: 505-992-0270

Lino Tagliapietra Selected Museum Exhibitions and Collections

Born in 1934 on Murano, a small island in the Venetian lagoon, Tagliapietra Aperto Vetro, Venice, Italy
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, USA
has been surrounded by glass work-shops his entire life. He left school at Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
11 and began to work in the glassmaking industry, mastering the age-old Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, USA
techniques and working his way up to maestro by the time he was 22. Columbia Museum, Columbia, USA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA
Tagliapietra was developing his own designs by the late 1960s and early Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, USA
Danish Royal Museum, Copenhagen, The Netherlands
1970s, which were put into production or limited production. In 1977, The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, USA
he became head glass blower, designer and overseer of production at a The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, USA
new company, Effetre International, where he made unique pieces and Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
limited series. ¶ In 1979, at the age of 45, Tagliapietra traveled for the Hunter Art Museum, Chattanooga, USA
first time to the United States to teach at the new Pilchuck Glass School The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, USA
Kestner Museum, Hannover, Germany
near Seattle. he spoke no English at the time, but Tagliapietra want to Kitazawa Museum of Arts, Takane-cho, Japan
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, USA
explore the artistic opportunities available in America, and American Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, USA
studio glass artists were eager to expand their technical knowledge and Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Chicago, USA
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, USA
skill. Tagliapietra shared his extensive knowledge, returning each summer Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, USA
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Losanna, Switzerland
to the school. Tagliapietra continued to collaborate with various artists Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
and designers until the mid 1990s, when he decided to concentrate on Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
his own work. He developed a visual language and took bold risks in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA
color and form. At 75, Tagliapietra continues to influence studio glass Museum Het Paleis, The Haag, The Netherlands
artists around the world through teaching and exhibitions of his work. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
National Museum of Ceramic Art and Glass, Baltimore, USA
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA
Orlando Museum, Orlando, USA
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, USA
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, USA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
Tokyo National Modern Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, USA
Toyama City Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

Photography: Lino portrait (page 2) - Bob Peterson,

Masai d’Oro (page 20, 21) - Robert Vinnedge.
All others (except page 32) - Russell Johnson.
Graphic Design: Peter Kwok Chan. Printing: Robin Enterprises Co.
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