YOKO YAMANO
'Glass Tableware in Still Life '
July 10 - Aug 15, 2021
“Glass Tableware in Still Life” is a Swedish-Japanese interdisciplinary art project that links visual art with glass craftsmanship in enriching dialogue. Nine Swedish and nine Japanese visual artists collaborate with glass artist Yoko Andersson Yamano to create glass objects for the set table, for their still life paintings.
The artists gave each Andersson Yamano a description of the glass they would like to paint, communicated only with words - no drawings or pictures - to create the best possible starting point for interpretation, imagination and creativity.
Andersson Yamano has since interpreted each artist's assignment and the result is unique glass objects in clear glass. The artists then paint a still life painting based on the newly created glass object in their artistic technique and expression.
This method of creation requires mutual respect between visual artist and glass artist. In return, both parties are inspired to explore new ways of working artistically. After the exhibition has been completed at Kajsa and Olle Nymans, the exhibition moves to Japan, where the Japanese artists connect with their works. The nine Swedish artists who will be exhibiting at Kajsa and Olle Nymans are:
Yasuko Iba
Leiko Ikemura
Junichi Ishida
Katsunori Kobayashi
Shinpei Kusanagi
Saiko Kimura
Miwa Ogasawara
Kouichi Tabata
Yui Yaegashi
Anna Bjerger
Anna Camner
Ylva Carlgren
Jens Fänge
Carl Hammoud
Niklas Holmgren
CM Lundberg
Maria Nordin
Rebecka Tollens
“Glass Tableware in Still Life” is an interdisciplinary art project that brings together painting and glass blowing in an enriching dialogue.
Nine Swedish and nine Japanese painters collaborate with glass artist Yoko Andersson Yamano to create glass tableware for their paintings.
To begin the project the painters each provided Andersson Yamano with a description of the tableware, communicated by words only — no drawings or pictures — to allow for imagination and creativity to blossom.
Andersson Yamano has interpreted each separate assignment and the results are unique, clear glass creations for each painter. The painters then paint an impression of the glassware in their own personal style resulting in a still life painting.