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‘Glass, Handle with Care!' takes a closer look at these traditions and innovations of the glass craftsmen and artists of the Middle East. The exhibition exposes the diverse design possibilities of glass in terms of form, colour and decoration and the production techniques that lie behind them. For the first time ever, over 60 glass items from the Museum of Islamic Art's own collection are placed on display alongside contemporary works from the Gallery of New Glass Art & Photography.
Besides the obvious visual appeal of glass from the Middle East, ‘Glass, Handle with Care!' also reveals the history of its appreciation up to the present day. Biographies of selected glass items on display from the museum's collection give visitors an insight into how each one was individually produced, its original use, its restoration and how the objects came to be on display in the exhibition today. Meanwhile, contemporary glass artists, who either come from the Middle East itself or have continued its artistic traditions elsewhere, pay tribute to glass craftsmanship by newly interpreting traditional production techniques and glass's traditional language of forms.
The exhibition falls under the auspices of the German UNESCO Commission.
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