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dimanche 30 septembre 2012
TOOTS ZYNSKY
Toots Zynsky
Mon dernier coup de cœur!
Mon dernier coup de cœur!
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"...Toots Zynsky
Toots
Zynsky (born Mary Ann Toots Zynsky) received her BFA from the Rhode
Island School of Design in 1973. In 1971, she assisted Dale Chihuly and
others in the founding and
early development of Pilchuck Glass School. From 1980 to 1983, she was a
key participant in the rebuilding and development of the second New
York Experimental Glass Workshop, now UrbanGlass. While living in Europe
in the late 80s and 90s, Zynsky collaborated with Mathijs Teunissen Van
Manen to create a glass thread-pulling
machine. During these years, she developed her unique “filet-de-verre”
technique. Among other awards, she has been a recipient of two National
Endowment for the Arts grants and the Pell Award for Excellence in the
Arts in 2006. Zynsky’s work is represented in more than 70 museum
collections around the world. In the words of Tina Oldknow, curator of
modern glass at the Museum, “She is one of a small, core group of
pioneering artists who made contemporary glass a worldwide phenomenon,
and her distinctive kiln-formed vessels enjoy widespread popularity for their often magnificent, and always unique, explorations in color..."
