Vladimír KOPECKÝ , Strange Table, 1985-1988,
Photo: SUEMASA Mareo
Erwin EISCH, Meanwhile My Mask Has Dropped, from the portrait head series “Picasso”, 1997, Photo: SUEMASA Mareo
ISHII Koji, Wind, 1988, Photo: SUEMASA Mareo
KAGAMI Kozo, Vase with Figure Design , (unknown), Photo:TANAKA Yuki
OHIRA Yoichi, Laguna, 1999, Photo: SUEMASA Mareo
Jaroslav ŠÁRA, LEO VIRIDIS, 2021
Collection Exhibition
Glass × Egaku
2025.6.7. Sat. - 2025.11.30 Sun.
Opening Hours: 9:30 - 18:00, [Fri. - Sat.] 9:30 - 20:00 (Admission ends 30 mins. before closing time)
Closed: First and Third Wednesdays, September 10 (Except on September 3rd)
Venue: Exhibition Room 4 & Transparent Storage, Floor 4 Toyama Glass Art Museum
Outline
The Japanese verb egaku encompasses a wide range of meanings. In addition to drawing pictures or diagrams, it refers to depicting or describing scenes, envisioning images, and conveying emotions. What kinds of expression emerge when an artist’s wish to capture an irreplaceable moment – an imagined world, a remembered landscape, or an unseen emotion – meets the medium of glass? This exhibition focuses on the intersection of glass and egaku, presenting works in three distinct sections.
The first section presents works made by directly drawing or painting onto glass surfaces. The second features works that explore the expressive potential of glass itself, making use of its inherent material qualities. The third showcases works in which glass is physically manipulated and transformed through techniques such as carving and grinding.
We hope you enjoy this world of egaku made possible through the medium of glass.
Artists
Václav MACHAČ, Ginny RUFFNER, Vladimír KOPECKÝ, Bohumil ELIÁŠ, Erwin EISCH,
OHIRA Yoichi, Toots ZYNSKY, FUJITA Jun, ISHII Koji, WATANABE Chiemi,
KOSHIBA Sotoichi, SAKUTA Michiko, Colin REID, GOTO Yohei, KAGAMI Kozo,
Jaroslav ŠÁRA, Jiří HARCUBA, NAKAMURA Toshiyasu
Admission
<General Public & College Student> 200 yen (170 yen)
*Price in brackets for groups of 20 or more.
*Admission fee is free for high school students and younger.
*Tickets also allow admission to the Glass Art Garden at the 6 floor.
Contact
Toyama Glass Art Museum
bijutsukan-01@city.toyama.lg.jp