Cross section: 1988 – 2003

Exhibition date:  June – March 2004

The anniversary exhibition “Cross-Section” will present past and recent works of those contemporary Czech glass artists, who have been exhibiting their objects in Glasgalerie Hittfeld for the past 15 years. Since its beginning in 1988 – at that time the only galery worldwide which was exclusively specialized in contemporary Czech glass art – Glasgalerie Hittfeld became more and more a meeting point for the top of the Czech glass artists, for experts, collectors and friends of contemporary glass art.

Taking into consideration that this art has only been existing for approximately 40 years, 15 years Glasgalerie Hittfeld is something quite special. Only here is it permanently possible to contemplate so many works of internationally acknowledged Czech glass artists and to follow their development. Apart from exhibiting the established artists it is one of the galerist’s most important concerns to also give a chance to the young, ambitioned artists and to present their work in her gallery.

Eliška Stölting personally knows all of these artists. She attended the Glass School in Železný Brod (CZ) with many of them and later collaborated with others at the Nový Bor glassworks, before beginning her studies in art education at Charles University in Prague. These experiences laid a solid foundation for her later career as a gallerist.

“The success of my gallery would not be possible without the artists, as well as the enthusiastic visitors and collectors who are open to this new form of art,” says Eliška Stölting. “I would be delighted if visitors to my website came to experience the gallery in person, as the fascination of glass – combined with the artist’s message – cannot be fully conveyed online.”

Exhibited glass works include pieces by:
Ilja Bílek, Bohumil Eliáš, Jan Fišar, Ivana Houserová, Pavel Ježek, Prof. Vladimír Kopecký, Prof. Stanislav Libenský & Jaroslava Brychtová, Václav Macháč, Ivan Mareš, Jaroslav Matouš, Anna Matoušková, Alena Matějková, René Roubíček, Rony Plesl, Miluše Roubíčková, Ivo Rozsypal, Jaromír Rybák, Gizela Sabóková, Markéta Šiléná, Ivana Šrámková, Dana Vachtová, Aleš Vašíček, Martin Velíšek and others.