The material, raw, bursts to the eye of the visitor. The glass slab in all its splendor radiates. Until Saturday October 14, 2023, the Stained Glass Gallery, located in the Notre-Dame cloister in Chartres, is offering an exhibition on its premises, in order to discover this technique.
The Ateliers Loire, in Chartres, have made two glass bustiers for the Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show
This shop specializing in the sale of stained glass and glass objects, founded in 1976 by Micheline Loire, the wife of master glassmaker Jacques Loire, organizes an exhibition every summer to discover contemporary stained glass. With the Gallery, she wanted to create a showroom for the Loire workshops, but also to highlight the young generations of glass designers.
Two centimeter pieces of glass
This summer, the Gallery opened its exhibition space to nine artists grouped within the Arts of the glass slab collective, created in 2017. This stained glass technique consists of using pieces of glass two centimeters thick, which are cast in the mass, either concrete or resin:
“This technique appeared in the 1920s and developed a lot after the Second World War. Gabriel Loire used it a lot and his grandson Hervé Loire is part of the Arts de la slab de verre collective.”
Christine Sarradin (Stained Glass Gallery Executive Assistant and Salesperson)
Glass slab arts exhibition, until Saturday October 14, at the Galerie du vitrail, 17 Notre-Dame cloister in Chartres. Open from Tuesday to Saturday, from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday and public holidays, from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.. FREE ENTRANCE.
Information, email. galvitrail@orange.fr, tel. 02.37.36.10.03.
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Born in the twenties
Thirty-three works are exhibited by nine artists from all over France. If today they use more resin than concrete, this technique apart in the world of stained glass was used during the creation of modern churches, after the Second World War.
The idea for this summer’s exhibition was born during the Artisanales fair in Chartres, in October 2022, where the artists of the collective organized the fifth international meetings of the glass slab.
These works in volume make it possible to deal with very contemporary themes and leave room for abstraction, such as Raoul Deniau and his Eye of the Tiger, where the retina of the animal catches the eye of the visitor.
Disappearance of Micheline Loire, who devoted her life to stained glass and Chartres Cathedral
A few meters further, Thierry Nadot’s staircase introduces the world of architecture all in glass and light. Hervé Loire also exhibits several works, including Grotto and Nude at the Stool.
Some installations may be reminiscent of mosaic techniques, but with glass. Moreover, Gérard Brand, one of the artists exhibited, claims to produce “mosaic differently”. These sculptures of glass and light, installed in the heart of the room, demonstrate this.
Claire Beguin
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