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Design in an Age of Adversity: Czech Glass, 1945-1980
June 15–November 27, 2005
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Design for a stained glass window, Zdenka Strobachová

The Corning Museum of Glass explores a remarkable but little-known chapter in the history of 20th-century design in "Czech Glass, 1945-1980: Design in an Age of Adversity," the largest gathering of postwar Czech glass ever seen in the United States. The exhibition features a wide array of dazzling objects, including tour de force sculptures, that shed light on the innovations of Czech designers and artists who, working in the wake of World War II and under Communist rule, invented new ways of painting and creating sculptural forms in glass.

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Selected images from "Design in an Age of Adversity"
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Vase with two Female Figures, Václav Cigler Plate, Bohumil Eliáš The Inner Space, Jan Fišar Vase with Lens-Shaped Cuts, Pavel Hlava Bottle, Josef Hospodka
Vase with Stylized Animals, Jirí Harcuba Plate with Abstract Decoration, Vladimír Jelínek Vase with Abstract Decoration, Vladimír Kopecký Three Nudes, Jan Kotík Head I, Stanislav Libenský & Jaroslava Brychtová
Bowl, Vase, and Heart Vase, Stanislav Libenský Abstract composition, Jan Novotný Plate with Abstract Decoration, Ladislav Oliva Object, René Roubícek Bowl, Miluše Roubícková
Design for a stained glass window, Zdenka Strobachová Vase with Serpent, František Tejml Harlequin vase, Karel Wünsch Sculptural plate, Karel Wünsch Vase with Animals, Vladimír Žahour

Design in an Age of Adversity: Czech Glass, 1945-1980.

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