To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung published a richly illustrated book on glass as a material in contemporary art. Mostly associated with design and craftsmanship, glass has evolved in recent decades from a neglected material to an increasingly popular and congenial medium for art. The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung has promoted this development through exhibitions, research, and the building of a collection.

The volume presents a selection of around 50 artists—some internationally renowned, others previously unknown or newly discovered. From spectacular small objects to installations, they reveal the diverse artistic practice of working with glass.

About Glass presents works by Monica Bonvicini, Tony Cragg, Carlos Garaicoa, Mona Hatoum, Shirazeh Houshiary, Laure Prouvost, Kiki Smith, as well as important representatives of the studio glass movement. They all use the special characteristics of glass as a material: its clarity, reflectivity, and fragility; its spectrum of colors; its immediacy and haptic qualities; its narrative potential and emotional aura.

With its numerous illustrations and texts by experts, the publication is intended as a contribution to the discourse on glass as a material in contemporary art.

Artists
Niko Abramidis &NE / Philip Baldwin / Monica Guggisberg / Monica Bonvicini / Mark Bradford / Kristi Cavataro / Dale Chihuly / Tony Cragg / Jimmie Durham / Erwin Eisch / Jes Fan / Carlos Garaicoa / Donghai Guan / Jens Gussek / Mona Hatoum / Shirazeh Houshiary / Ann Veronica Janssens / Hassan Khan / Ki-Ra Kim / Namdoo Kim / Yoshiaki Kojiro / Raimund Kummer / Alicja Kwade / Glenda León / Antoine Leperlier / Silvia Levenson / Stanislav Libenský / Jaroslava Brychtová / Jessica Loughlin / Haroon Mirza / Masayo Odahashi / Sibylle Peretti / Laure Prouvost / Colin Reid / Gizela Šabóková / Anri Sala / Masahiro Sasaki / Alejandra Seeber / Eric Sidner / Kiki Smith / Jana Sterbak / Jenna Sutela / Hui Tao / Neringa Vasiliauskaitė / František Vízner / Ursula von Rydingsvard / Janusz Walentynowicz / Qin Wang / Sunny Wang / Pae White / Terry Winters / Ann Wolff


Publication
Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek, Petra Giloy-Hirtz
About Glass. Contemporary Sculpture and Installations.
With contributions by Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek, Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Andrea Lissoni and Tina Oldknow, as well as Alexandra Baringer, Aysegül Cihangir, Jörg Garbrecht, Julia Hürner, Barbara Kunze, Sally Oey and Katharina Wenkler.

Munich: Hirmer, 2025 / Text: English
 / 208 pages, 124 illustrations
/ 25 x 30 cm, hardcover / ISBN: 978-3-7774-4582-3 / 50 EUR