Reflection: Glass Exhibition

This exhibition will run from 1 August until 6 November. Nine international glass artists from as far afield as New Zealand have been invited to respond to our magnificent iconic Cathedral.

Our stained glass windows reflect different periods in history, but the uniting medium and colour palate permeates the vaulted space with special significance. This exhibition wishes to explore contemporary glass sculpture and installations within this tradition and offers us an opportunity to look at ourselves and reflect.

Curator and Visual Arts Advisor Jacquie Cresswell says ‘I have always been fascinated by glass; it is a material to look through in order to see out. Its intrinsic purity captures the imagination. The alchemical transformation of sand into a precious, crystal clear, frozen form, commands respect and reverence. Like architecture, glass divides light and space and in addition glass has magical qualities beyond its physicality’.
◾Rebecca Newnham (Co-curator)
◾Amy Cushing
◾Sylvie Vandenhoucke
◾Louis Thompson
◾Galia Amsel
◾Livvy Fink
◾Sabrina Cant
◾Sally Fawkes
◾Richard Jackson