Habatat Galleries Presents “StreetKraft” An Exhibition of Contemporary Glass With an Attitude - Featuring Artists from Around the World and the United States Inspired by the Street
Habatat Gallery presents StreetKraft an exhibition of contemporary glass by bold new artists from around the world, all inspired by the street. The cutting edge exhibition is curated by College of Creative Studies professor and head of glass Kim Harty. The show is on view at Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak now through September 15 with an opening reception that is free and open to the public on Sept. 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. A digital catalog will accompany the exhibition.
Habatat Galleries is located at 4400 Fernlee in Royal Oak.
The international roster of artists come from as far as Australia, Poland and Japan and from across the United States including Detroit. "These artists have created colorful, ambitious, vibrant pieces that address urban signage, the fate of cities, mundane cast-offs, graffiti-scapes and urban decay," says Harty. "The artists use glass to translate their sometimes humorous, sometimes deadly serious, interpretations of the street." Many of the featured artists will debut new work for the exhibition.
Andrew Plummer from Australia transcribes the mysterious sidewalk markings of construction workers into colorful glass panels. Carmen Vetter of Portland, Oregon creates large fused glass panels with ominous symbols evoking rust, peeling paint and crumbling structures. Deborah Czeresko of New York City presents oversized pieces of glass bubble gum humorously elevating this mundane nuisance. Other artists are influenced more directly by street art murals and graffiti. Joseph Ivacic aka Paradigm Shift of Chicago makes glass installations of graffiti –scapes and spray cans. Kalina Banka of Poland uses traditional stained glass motifs to recreate city walls with torn posters, abandoned notices and graffiti. Swoon brings her imagery to a drawing of a construction worker on a discarded glass window.
The artists use a variety of approaches to evoke the strange magic of the street.
The participating artists are: Kalina Banka from Poland, Deborah Czeresko of New York City, Matt Eskuche of Pittsburgh, Joe Ivacic aka PARADIGM SHIFT of Chicago, Alex Krueger aka CROP of Chicago, Allie McAughey of Detroit, Emily McBride of Minneapolis, Robert Mickelsen aka RAM of Ocala, Florida, Andy Plummer of Australia, Esteban Salazar of Brooklyn, New York; SNIC Barnes of Austin, Texas; Stacy Lynn Smith of Los Angeles, SWOON aka Caledonia Curry , Leo Tecosky aka TECO of Brooklyn, New York; Carmet Vetter of Portland, Oregon and Sala Watanabe of Toyama City, Japan.
Habatat Galleries is the oldest and largest gallery in the United States devoted exclusively to artists working with glass. Since 1971, Habatat has been active in developing and promoting glass art and artists, placing works in museums, at centers and public and private collections around the world. Habatat's artist stable represent the apex of contemporary artwork in glass.
For information about the StreetKraft exhibition go to
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The gallery is located at 4400 Fernlee, Royal Oak, MI 48073
