Alessandro Barbaro
Elephant
Engraved on the belly: A. Barbaro Murano
Murano glass
40 x 17 x 40 cm
CHF 3 200
Artist
Alessandro Barbaro
Italian
Title
Elephant
Marked
Engraved on the belly: A. Barbaro Murano
Medium
Murano glass
Dimensions
40 x 17 x 40 cm
15 11/16 x 6 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.
Alessandro Barbaro is Master Glassmaker at the Vetreria Artistica Colleoni on the island of Murano. He has been working with glass for almost 40 years and is an extremely experienced and skilled craftsman. He tends to create very sculptural pieces, exploring the potentials of colour and form and is well known for his animal, and other large scale, sculptures. Barbaro’s extraordinary ability to convey movement and passion in such a brittle, lifeless form results in extremely striking and enigmatic pieces.
Having produced works for The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, both The Regina and Europa in Venice, and for middle eastern royalty, Elton John and Madonna, it is clear that Murano glass continues to reign supreme.
Having produced works for The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, both The Regina and Europa in Venice, and for middle eastern royalty, Elton John and Madonna, it is clear that Murano glass continues to reign supreme.
Claude Dalle, Paris