Tom Moore Pyrotechnic puffer fish 2016 (detail). Blown and solid glass, epoxy 50 x 51 x 28 cm (largest). Courtesy the artist, © the artist. Photographer: Grant Hancock.
Artist in Focus – Tom Moore
12-12.45pm, Saturday 1 April
Tom Moore has been working with hot glass for 25 years in a spirit of humour and wonder. Striving to invigorate the audience experience of glass has led Tom to embrace new technologies through collaboration with digital photographers and animators.
Tom’s work combines aspects of the technical and social histories of glassmaking with incongruous narrative elements in the pursuit of profound cognitive shifts. Borders between the realms of animal, vegetable, mineral and personal are liquefied to create characters that echo the metamorphic quality of glass.
This unusually entertaining artist talk will reveal a life dedicated to the continuation of an ancient craft and the pursuit of ideas with contemporary relevance.
Focus on Glass from the Islamic Lands with Stefano Carboni
1-2pm, Saturday 1 April
Join AGWA Director, Stefano Carboni, for an insightful lecture on one of his specialist topics: the development of artistic traditions in glassmaking throughout the Islamic world.
Artist Talks
2.30-4pm, Saturday 1 April
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Tom Malone Prize, hear from leading glass artists Clare Belfrage, Nick Mount and Jessica Loughlin, who have exhibited in the Prize. Introduced by the founder of the Prize, Elizabeth Malone, these three artists will give insight into their unique practice of glass art.
