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2024
9/1-9/30

Venice
Fondazione
Giorgio Cini





The glass art piece Bloom of a New World created by artist Loretta.H Yang has been invited to participate in the internationally renowned craft exhibition Homo Faber 2024. The exhibition will take place from September 1 to September 30, 2024, in Venice, Italy, as part of a biennial event that brings together over 400 international master artisans from more than 50 countries and regions. These artists will showcase their extraordinary masterpieces while paying tribute to the noble spirit of craftsmanship.

The theme for this edition of "Homo Faber 2024" is "The Journey of Life," celebrating contemporary crafts on a global scale. Through the works of talented artists from around the world, the exhibition guides visitors on a journey exploring human life through the lens of craftsmanship.
 
 

Homo Faber is an expression first coined during the Renaissance and it celebrates the infinite creativity of human beings. This exhibition will provide a panoramic view of fine craftsmanship, with the sole guiding principle being what humankind can do better than machines.


—— Michelangelo Foundation.

 

Radiant Eastern Liuli Blooms:
A Splendor That
Captivates the Eye


 

Loretta H. Yang's work, Song of the Morning Flower, exhibited this time, is a highly representative Liuli piece crafted using the pâte-de-verre technique. It showcases her understanding and expression of love for life. The artwork features a large, three-dimensional, upright flower, standing tall and embodying resilient strength, reflecting the artist’s unwavering belief in love. The piece uses colored Liuli powder for sintering, giving the flower vivid, lifelike colors, symbolizing fearless display and courageous blooming amidst life's uncertainties, celebrating a passionate love for life.

Pâte-de-verre
The ultimate pursuit
of craftsmanship


 

The creation of the work Bloom of a New World represents artist Yang Huishan's revival and further enhancement of the de-waxing casting technique, a process that dates back over 2000 years. This astonishing display led Keith Cummings, a British scholar and glass artist, to comment, "In Yang Huishan's works, the exploration of life's impermanence through glass and light imbues her pieces with human characteristics and complexity, representing the highest form of Asian glass art."

The artwork is created by firing different shades of red and white Liuli powder, with the colors sintered in place. After the initial sintering, a second casting process fuses the transparent Liuli together. As the size of the piece increases, so does the difficulty, with the failure rate rising exponentially. The piece Song of the Morning Flower stands at a height of 25.6 inches (65 centimeters), showcasing the extreme complexity of the craftsmanship. The artist not only carefully considers the seamless integration of the form and determines the connection points in advance but also meticulously masters every detail of the entire process. The final piece, presented in a transparent and clear world, features a large, brilliantly colored Liuli bloom, symbolizing the unwavering embrace of life driven by love.


Following the Natural Law
Eastern Philosophical Reflections


 

The outer petals and leaves of the flower display natural folds and undulations, mirroring those of real plants. The artist adheres to the principle of "organic design," a concept derived from Frank Lloyd Wright's organic architecture, which emphasizes showcasing curves and biological forms in design. Deeply rooted in Eastern aesthetics and cultural foundations, this concept resonates with Laozi's philosophy of "Tao follows nature," representing a natural instinct for humans to return to their origins as children of nature.

 

It is a great honor for me to participate in the Homo Faber 2024 Biennale organized by the Michelangelo Foundation. In my work Song of the Morning Flower, I seek to express a profound understanding of life through Eastern imagery. This piece challenges the limits of the pâte-de-verre technique by enlarging the flower to nearly life-size. This creates a fascinating sense of "realism" amidst the paradox of "real" and "unreal." All of this is embodied in the delicate Liuli material, showcasing life’s fearless pursuit of love. Exhibiting in Venice, a city with rich historical significance, symbolizes the cultural exchange and fusion between the East and Italy, transcending time and space.

 
  

—— Loretta.H Yang

 
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Loretta H. Yang's Liuli Flowers For The World



The Pure Spring Reflects the Orchid
2000 Acquired by Museo del Vidro, Monterrey, Mexico

The Flowers are Beautiful and The Moon is Full
2002 Exhibition at Steninge Palace, Sweden
2004 Exhibition at Capazza Galerie, Nançay, France
2007 Exhibition at Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, USA

The Proof of Awareness
2007 Acquired by Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
2007 Acquired by Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA
2008 Exhibition at Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, USA
2008 Exhibition in Malaysia
2009 Receives award at Habatat Galleries’ Int'l Glass Invitational Award Exhibition

Springtime Dance
2010 Acquired by Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark

Imminent Spring Dance
2010 One Hundred Years, a LIULI Flower Blooms exhibition in Singapore
2010 One Hundred Years, a LIULI Flower Blooms exhibition in Malaysia
2010 One Hundred Years, a LIULI Flower Blooms exhibition in San Francisco, CA
Chrysanthemum Dance
Higher Contemplation
2010 Receive awards at Habatat Galleries’ International Glass Invitational Award Exhibition

Plum Blossoms Welcome a Joyous Spring
The Flower of Meditation Speaks the Truth of Dharma
2010 Acquired by Qinhuangdao Glass Museum, Hebei, China

Song of the Morning Flower
2015 Featured inChase Bank’s Mastery campaign

Imminent Spring Dance
2013 The National Art Museum of China, Beijing

Imminent Spring Dance
2016 One Hundred Years, a LIULI Flower Blooms exhibition in Brussels, Belgium
2018 One Hundred Years, a LIULI Flower Blooms exhibited at Goüin Museum, Tours, France

 
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