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Newsletter from Amsterdam, July – 2011 Such a hectic time has past, and what a great working period I had in China. Commissions and exhibitions kept me real busy. Early this year I completed a new chandelier of which I will make photos later this year. I finished the work as Chairmen of the Dutch Society of Sculptors (NKvB) after more then 4 years. A trip to Bali – Indonesia was very inspiring, also because of meeting an old friend again. What else? ... First time exhibiting at KUNSTISKUNST www.kunstiskunst.nl It is a very pleasant place to be and so I hope to return regularly. I participate in “Een beeld als symbool” Zorgvlied, Amsteldijk 273, Amsterdam (till October 1 – 2011) My first commission in China came out very successful and I am very proud of the result. I created 3 sculptures in close cooperation with Karen Zheng and a great team of the Levant Art Gallery from Shanghai. ‘VITAL’, ‘CROWN’ and ‘CHALLENGE’ are now permanent at the GRAND PALACE HOTEL in Xi’an, China. (Lots of photos if you follow this link) http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1394402276689.41492.1731174127 (Interviews on this links) http://www.xantv.cn/video/shiyuanhuidianbo/detail_2011_06/29/8116_0.shtml http://expo2011.sina.com.cn//4/2011-07-07/151.html At this moment I am working on more chandeliers, models for commissions and designing a standing lamp plus a tea-table. I sure will keep you informed about all new activities. Have a nice season Best regards Bert 2010 PREFACE i GLASS The duality of glass is particularly appealing to me. Glass is soft and sensual when it’s hot – once cooled, it’s hard and sharp. At the same time, it’s vulnerable and fragile. I experience glass as a metaphysical material. Glass is visible – yet invisible. Glass is solid, yet fluid. Glass is as transparent as water, yet hard as a rock. This is one of the reasons I was pleased to fully cooperate with Karen Zheng of the Levant Art Gallery, when she took the initiative to set up i GLASS. It was a pleasure for me to nominate the best of the best artists in their field. Mrs. Zheng was pleased with the recommendations, and could freely make her personal choice. And so, what we see now is the result of friendship, close cooperation and a deep love of the Arts. i GLASS is one of the first international glass sculpture exhibitions in China that offers visitors such a great variety of young as well as mature artists. Personally, I am quite familiar with the very first movement of studio glass art, which started in 1972 in Zürich, Switzerland, and promoted glass as a free medium for the arts and architecture. At that time, only a few hundred people around the world were working with glass in this manner. Now thousands of artists use glass as an artistic medium. In 2010, we are exhibiting a very colourful and inspiring group of sculptures, presented by excellent sculptors, who are well known all over the world. Each piece is a magnificent, delicate and precise creation, which demanded a lot of its artist. Making art is a constant process of searching and researching. The artist must invest personal energy into the work to achieve an articulate expression of his or her emotions. At a certain point, the work achieves the power to absorb that energy, and let it flow back to the artist. Then the piece is ready to be discovered – and energize the spectator. I am sure that you, the viewer, will feel that energy too. If so, the artwork truly works, and we all have a great reason to celebrate! So I encourage you to look, feel and experience these great works of art, to discover the unique energy and the intangible beauty of art created in glass. Bert van Loo WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT OCTOBER 2010 .............................................................. Frans Masereel Centrum Zaardendijk 20, 2460 Kasterlee Tel. +32 14 85 22 52 - Fax +32 14 85 05 91 www.fransmasereelcentrum.be fransmasereelcentrum@vlaanderen.be MALIEBEELD MALIETOREN – DEN HAAG – NL 2010 JUNI - AUGUSTUS EXHIBITION ‘BeeldTaal - De keuze van Wim Ruijgrok’ TITLE ........................................ ‘TRANSFORMATION’ DESCRIPTION …............................ Stacked clear float glass, cut and glued plus stone element covered with gold leafs. YEAR ........................................ 2009 SIZES ....................................... H 80 – W 90– D 40 CM MATERIALS ................................ Extra clear float glass 8 mm. Belgium stone and gold leafs. TITLE ………………………………….. ‘AID’ YEAR …………………………………... 2005 MATERIALS ……..………………. Divers blown handformed glass, wood and paint. SIZE ….………………………………… H160 CM – W 70 CM – D 70 CM OISTERWIJK SCULPTUUR SUMMER 2009 TITLE .................................................. ‘VITAL’ DESCRIPTION …...................................... Stacked clear float glass, cut and glued.. Glass in vertical position on steel frame. YEAR .................................................. 2002 SIZES ................................................. Glass H 120 – W 115 – D 30 CM MATERIALS .......................................... Extra clear float glass 8 mm. Rest Free Steel. TITLE …………………………………… ‘SYNTHESIS’ DESCRIPTION ……..……………... Granite plus stacked and glued float glass. Pieces positioned in a stainless steel construction. (wall piece) YEAR …………………………………… 2002 SIZES …………………………………. H55 CM – W 210 CM – D 15 CM CONNECTIONS GALLERY MANES PRAGUE – CZ. PUBLICATION IN NEUES GLAS / NEW GLASS TITLE …………………………………. ‘FLOOD’ DESCRIPTION ……..……………… Cut into model, stacked and glued float glass 8 mm. YEAR …………………………………… 2008 SIZES …………………………………. H 90 – W 250 – D 180 CM TITLE …………………………………… ‘ALLIANCE’ DESCRIPTION ……..……………… Cut limestone plus stacked and glued clear float glass. YEAR …………………………………… 2003 SIZES …………………………………. H 30 CM – W 105 CM – D 25 CM THIS CATALOGUE IS STILL AVAILABLE. 2006 Bert van Loo Naturalezas cruzadas – Cutting through nature – Dwars door de Natuur Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio ISBN 84-88044-28-3

Newsletter from Amsterdam, July – 2011

Such a hectic time has past, and what a great working period I had in China.
Commissions and exhibitions kept me real busy. Early this year I completed a new chandelier of which I will make photos later this year. I finished the work as Chairmen of the Dutch Society of Sculptors (NKvB) after more then 4 years. A trip to Bali – Indonesia was very inspiring, also because of meeting an old friend again.

What else? ...

First time exhibiting at KUNSTISKUNST www.kunstiskunst.nl

It is a very pleasant place to be and so I hope to return regularly.
I participate in “Een beeld als symbool” Zorgvlied, Amsteldijk 273, Amsterdam
(till October 1 – 2011)

My first commission in China came out very successful and I am very proud of the result. I created 3 sculptures in close cooperation with Karen Zheng and a great team of the Levant Art Gallery from Shanghai. ‘VITAL’, ‘CROWN’ and ‘CHALLENGE’ are now permanent at the GRAND PALACE HOTEL in Xi’an, China. (Lots of photos if you follow this link) http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1394402276689.41492.1731174127

(Interviews on this links) http://www.xantv.cn/video/shiyuanhuidianbo/detail_2011_06/29/8116_0.shtml
http://expo2011.sina.com.cn//4/2011-07-07/151.html

At this moment I am working on more chandeliers, models for commissions and designing a standing lamp plus a tea-table.

I sure will keep you informed about all new activities.

Have a nice season

Best regards
Bert

2010 PREFACE i GLASS

The duality of glass is particularly appealing to me. Glass is soft and sensual when it’s hot – once cooled, it’s hard and sharp. At the same time, it’s vulnerable and fragile. I experience glass as a metaphysical material. Glass is visible – yet invisible. Glass is solid, yet fluid. Glass is as transparent as water, yet hard as a rock.

This is one of the reasons I was pleased to fully cooperate with Karen Zheng of the Levant Art Gallery, when she took the initiative to set up i GLASS. It was a pleasure for me to nominate the best of the best artists in their field. Mrs. Zheng was pleased with the recommendations, and could freely make her personal choice. And so, what we see now is the result of friendship, close cooperation and a deep love of the Arts.

i GLASS is one of the first international glass sculpture exhibitions in China that offers visitors such a great variety of young as well as mature artists. Personally, I am quite familiar with the very first movement of studio glass art, which started in 1972 in Zürich, Switzerland, and promoted glass as a free medium for the arts and architecture. At that time, only a few hundred people around the world were working with glass in this manner. Now thousands of artists use glass as an artistic medium.

In 2010, we are exhibiting a very colourful and inspiring group of sculptures, presented by excellent sculptors, who are well known all over the world. Each piece is a magnificent, delicate and precise creation, which demanded a lot of its artist.

Making art is a constant process of searching and researching. The artist must invest personal energy into the work to achieve an articulate expression of his or her emotions. At a certain point, the work achieves the power to absorb that energy, and let it flow back to the artist. Then the piece is ready to be discovered – and energize the spectator. I am sure that you, the viewer, will feel that energy too. If so, the artwork truly works, and we all have a great reason to celebrate!

So I encourage you to look, feel and experience these great works of art, to discover the unique energy and the intangible beauty of art created in glass.

Bert van Loo

WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT
OCTOBER 2010
..............................................................

Frans Masereel Centrum

Zaardendijk 20, 2460 Kasterlee
Tel. +32 14 85 22 52 - Fax +32 14 85 05 91
www.fransmasereelcentrum.be
fransmasereelcentrum@vlaanderen.be

MALIEBEELD
MALIETOREN – DEN HAAG – NL
2010 JUNI - AUGUSTUS

EXHIBITION

‘BeeldTaal - De keuze van Wim Ruijgrok’

TITLE ........................................   ‘TRANSFORMATION’
DESCRIPTION …............................   Stacked clear float glass, cut and glued plus stone                                                               element covered with gold leafs.
YEAR ........................................ 2009
SIZES .......................................   H 80 – W 90– D 40 CM
MATERIALS ................................   Extra clear float glass 8 mm. Belgium stone and gold leafs.

TITLE …………………………………..    ‘AID’
YEAR …………………………………...    2005
MATERIALS   ……..……………….    Divers blown handformed glass, wood and paint.
SIZE ….…………………………………    H160 CM – W 70 CM – D 70 CM

OISTERWIJK SCULPTUUR
SUMMER 2009

TITLE .................................................. ‘VITAL’
DESCRIPTION …......................................   Stacked clear float glass, cut and glued.. Glass in                                                               vertical position on steel frame.
YEAR ..................................................   2002
SIZES .................................................   Glass H 120 – W 115 – D 30 CM
MATERIALS ..........................................   Extra clear float glass 8 mm. Rest Free Steel.

TITLE …………………………………… ‘SYNTHESIS’
DESCRIPTION ……..……………...   Granite plus stacked and glued float glass. Pieces positioned in
                                          a stainless steel construction. (wall piece)
YEAR ……………………………………   2002
SIZES ………………………………….   H55 CM – W 210 CM – D 15 CM

CONNECTIONS GALLERY MANES PRAGUE – CZ.

PUBLICATION IN NEUES GLAS / NEW GLASS

TITLE …………………………………. ‘FLOOD’
DESCRIPTION ……..………………   Cut into model, stacked and glued float glass 8 mm.
YEAR ……………………………………   2008
SIZES ………………………………….   H 90 – W 250 – D 180 CM

TITLE ……………………………………    ‘ALLIANCE’
DESCRIPTION ……..………………     Cut limestone plus stacked and glued clear float glass.
YEAR ……………………………………     2003
SIZES ………………………………….     H 30 CM – W 105 CM – D 25 CM

THIS CATALOGUE IS STILL AVAILABLE.
2006 Bert van Loo Naturalezas cruzadas – Cutting through nature – Dwars door de Natuur Fundacion Centro Nacional del Vidrio ISBN 84-88044-28-3