GLASSPECIAL // Arnout Visser, William van Esveld, Bert Frijns, Bibi Smit

On Sunday 11 September, MPV Gallery will open a glass special featuring work by Arnout Visser, William van Esveld, Bert Frijns and Bibi Smit.

BIBI SMIT //
Bibi Smit (1965, NL) is a Dutch glass artist and designer. Her work explores the patterns, rhythms and colors of movement in nature. Her creative process focuses on the relationship between natural phenomena and the fluidity of hot glass, experimentation and craftsmanship.
The most recent series “Clouds” is an installation inspired by the skies of the Dutch Master Painters. The colors of the elements are very similar to the sky just before rainfall or threatening storm clouds.

WILLIAM VAN ESVELD //
We first met glass artist William van Esveld (1964, NL) at Venice Glass Week in 2021 in Venice and we were immediately sold. William van Esveld makes the most special vases in collaboration with glassblowers from Amsterdam.
The glass objects tell the story of the Venice lagoon and the colors of the North Sea. Small details on the glass illustrate mussels, jellyfish and seaweed.

ARNOUT VISSER //
Arnout Visser (1962, NL), together with designers such as Richard Hutten, Piet Hein Eek and Eibert Draisma, stood at the basis of the success of Droog Design in the 1990s, for which he designed icons such as the Salad Sunrise and the Optic Glasses.
His love for glass is great. Visser considers glass blowing to be 'the ultimate craft', because you need motor skills that border on the unbelievable. Although he still worked with other materials in his early days, glass appears to be the material par excellence for him to experiment with for a long time.

BERT FRIJNS //
Glass, water, light and movement are the most important elements in the work of glass artist Bert Frijns (1953, NL). His working style is introverted and quiet, except for carefully planned interventions that define the shape of his work as it forms in the oven.
By combining different objects, sandblasting them and/or adding water, he creates compositions that absorb their surroundings and suggest movement.