Collections


  • Philip Baldwin et Monica Guggisberg
    "Figura dell’Ora blú", 1997
    Blown and cut glass
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Giles Bettison
    Proximity #59, 2004
    Murrine blown glass
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Frantisek Vizner
    "Yellow Plate", 2003
    Cast glass, cut and polished
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Josepha Gasch-Muche
    "23.01.2006"
    Broken glass pieces glued on wood panel
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Jana Sterbak
    "Hard Entry", 2003
    Blown glass
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Pablo Picasso
    Egidio Costantini
    "Figura", 1963
    slumped glass
    Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

  • Rirkrit Tirvanija
    "Infinity Pan", 2003
    Borosilicate glass, Collection of mudac, Lausanne

    Credit: Cédric Bregnard, Technichrome
     

Contemporary glass art

The second floor of the mudac houses creations centred around a unique material: glass. Glass – a newcomer among artistic materials, ranging from lead crystal to flat industrial glass, by way of solid glass – underwent a revival during the course of the 20th century. It was known under its utilitarian and decorative forms, but what about glass as art?

The mudac offers visitors the chance to come and explore the history and present condition of glass art. Thanks to this remarkable collection, built up in close collaboration with its patrons since the early 1970s,

it is possible to see the themes and diverse techniques chosen by approximately 310 artists whose works are displayed in rotation. Visitors will understand what it is about glass that fascinates artists and why they choose glass to express themselves. The fact is that working with glass is a matter of giving substance to light, revealing it, giving it nuances and making it sparkle.

The database of the collection can be consulted online at the following address: http://musees.lausanne.ch/