Volume II — Number 114
October 2018
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Galia Amsel From museums to Japan.
M. A. Carretero.
he introduced us to the director of the Institute and to some of the professors, and he showed us the various dependencies of the center. Then he took us to see the Rakusui-Tei Art Museum and its magnificent Japanese garden. As a reminder of our visit, we Therefore, we decided to delivered a catalog of our visit, apart from the Toyama MAVA. Glass Art Museum, where From this page I have to the exhibition of selected thank you, both on my behalf works for this year's and in our Secretariat, for contest, the Notojima and your kind treatment with us. Hakone museums, is housed. The images of this visit can As we already informed in be seen through this link. our Bulletin last June, the modern Kirari building that The Museum of Art in Glass of Notojima is, they report, houses the Toyama Museum was designed by the only public museum of glass art specialized in the renowned architect Japan. Kuma Kengo and also contains the city's public It shows some unique glass library. sculptures based on the original ideas of Picasso, In addition to these Chagall, etc., made in a museums, we had the Murano workshop. opportunity to visit the Glass Art Institute of The museum also shows Toyama and the Notojima Chinese glass works of the Glass Studio. Qing dynasty. At the aforementioned In the open space outside Institute we had the Nuestra sede: the Museum you can see 14 opportunity to once again Castillo Grande de glass sculptures that look greet Czech professor S.J. de Valderas different depending on the Avda. Los Castillos, s/n Vaclav Rezac, whom we time of day or time of year. met at the Lhotsky factory, 28925 ALCORCÓN. located in the Czech city of It is also interesting to note (MADRID) Zelezny Brod, on our visit in the changes as the weather info@amigosmava.org May 2013. changes. The Museum building, which is located on Professor Vaclav was the a small hill overlooking the perfect host during our visit, sea, gives the impression of being a space station for its special design. Last September, on the occasion of the celebration of the Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2018, we decided to return to Japan and take advantage of the trip to visit some glass art museums that were not far from the city of Toyama.
Near the Museum is Notojima Glass Studio, where demonstrations of blown glass are made and you can buy pieces in your store. The Venetian Glass Museum in Hakone is spectacular.
It has Italian-style buildings that house a museum and shops with pieces made in Venice and Murano. Outside there is a beautiful garden that surrounds a canal like a pond. The garden has a large amount of glass sculptures, as well as a cafeteria with an open terrace at one end where live performances of Italian ballads are performed. The Museum houses a collection of more than 100 pieces of Venetian glassware. It shows modern and classic works in all forms, including vases, glasses, lamps and sculptures. In one of the buildings is located a large collection of pieces made by the Barovier family throughout its history. Also Livio Seguso and Dale Chihuly each have a room where you can enjoy their works, so different from each other, the first in a perfect colorless glass and the second with a spectacular color. Our trip has had a very tight schedule and in the end a bit exhausting, taking into account the amount of public transport we have had to use, but it has been worth it because we have been able to enjoy the museums, the people - who are always willing to help you if you see that you have the slightest problem- of gastronomy, of punctuality in the schedules, of the impeccable organization of means of transport and street cleaning, among other aspects. A trip to not forget.