The Cotroceni National Museum has opened on Thursday, November 11 2010, 6pm, in the Medieval Spaces, the exhibition Mihai Ţopescu - Glass.
The artist is a graduate of the Plastic Arts Institute Ion Andreescu in Cluj Napoca, Glass section, 1981 class, professor Cornel Ailincăi and Mircea Spătaru. In 1985, Mihai Topescu has studied in Vienna. He is a member of the Plastic Artists Union in Targu Jiu, member of the Arad branch and since 2000 a member of the Centro Studio-Vetro Murano in Venice.
Between 1982 and 2004 Mihai Topescu has participated in group exhibitions and organised personal exhibitions in Romania (Bucharest, Arad, Craiova, Târgu Jiu, Bacău), Denmark (Ebeltoft), Czech Republic (Novy-Bor), Japan (Kanazawa), Belgium (Brussels) Germany (Köln), Holland (Tubbergen).
Additionally, the artist has participated in a series of international symposiums on glass techniques in Novy-Bor (Czech Republic, 1985 and 1988), Libenau-Cottbus (Germany, 1990) and Vilnius (Lithuania, 1990).
He has been awarded the First Prize of the Ministry of Romanian Industry, the prize for Glass Design (1988), the Silver Medal, the Interfaith Institute Prize, Philadelphia, the US (1992), First Prize, the National Prize for Glass Design, Romania (1993), the Prize for the Arts of fire by the Artitst Union (2003 and 2004), the National Sculpture Award Constantin Brâncuşi“, Târgu Jiu, România, the Prize of the International Academy Mihai Eminescu for Arts 2009.
His works are to be found in the Glass and Ceramics Museum in Bucharest, the Arts Museum in Targu Jiu, the Arts Museum,. Craiova, the Glass Museum in Prague, the Slarske Novy-Bor Museum in Prague, Museumskla a buzuterie, Iablonecand Nison (Czech Republic), Ebeltoft (Denmark), Branitz Museum, Cottbus (Germany), Glass Museum Coburg (Germany), as well as private collections.
Critics define Mihai Topescu’s art as „a constant dynamics between Christianity and laity. The originality of his works resides in an extraordinary blend between secular and symbolism, articulated in a well grounded cultural dimension“.
At his turn, Mihai Ţopescu says: „I have seen the light of day on the same realm and under the sign of the great Constantin Brâncuşi, 80 years later. I live and create in the sacred space of my home town Târgu Jiu. Its spirit has guided me all my life, but has not influenced my art. I can only be grateful Brancusi did not discover glass as a means of expression“. The exhibition can be visited between November 11th 2010 and January 11th 2011, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9.30 to 5 pm, entrance fee 5 lei.
Sponsor: Apa Nova - Veolia Apa.
Partener: Konica Minolta.
The artist is a graduate of the Plastic Arts Institute Ion Andreescu in Cluj Napoca, Glass section, 1981 class, professor Cornel Ailincăi and Mircea Spătaru. In 1985, Mihai Topescu has studied in Vienna. He is a member of the Plastic Artists Union in Targu Jiu, member of the Arad branch and since 2000 a member of the Centro Studio-Vetro Murano in Venice.
Between 1982 and 2004 Mihai Topescu has participated in group exhibitions and organised personal exhibitions in Romania (Bucharest, Arad, Craiova, Târgu Jiu, Bacău), Denmark (Ebeltoft), Czech Republic (Novy-Bor), Japan (Kanazawa), Belgium (Brussels) Germany (Köln), Holland (Tubbergen).
Additionally, the artist has participated in a series of international symposiums on glass techniques in Novy-Bor (Czech Republic, 1985 and 1988), Libenau-Cottbus (Germany, 1990) and Vilnius (Lithuania, 1990).
He has been awarded the First Prize of the Ministry of Romanian Industry, the prize for Glass Design (1988), the Silver Medal, the Interfaith Institute Prize, Philadelphia, the US (1992), First Prize, the National Prize for Glass Design, Romania (1993), the Prize for the Arts of fire by the Artitst Union (2003 and 2004), the National Sculpture Award Constantin Brâncuşi“, Târgu Jiu, România, the Prize of the International Academy Mihai Eminescu for Arts 2009.
His works are to be found in the Glass and Ceramics Museum in Bucharest, the Arts Museum in Targu Jiu, the Arts Museum,. Craiova, the Glass Museum in Prague, the Slarske Novy-Bor Museum in Prague, Museumskla a buzuterie, Iablonecand Nison (Czech Republic), Ebeltoft (Denmark), Branitz Museum, Cottbus (Germany), Glass Museum Coburg (Germany), as well as private collections.
Critics define Mihai Topescu’s art as „a constant dynamics between Christianity and laity. The originality of his works resides in an extraordinary blend between secular and symbolism, articulated in a well grounded cultural dimension“.
At his turn, Mihai Ţopescu says: „I have seen the light of day on the same realm and under the sign of the great Constantin Brâncuşi, 80 years later. I live and create in the sacred space of my home town Târgu Jiu. Its spirit has guided me all my life, but has not influenced my art. I can only be grateful Brancusi did not discover glass as a means of expression“. The exhibition can be visited between November 11th 2010 and January 11th 2011, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9.30 to 5 pm, entrance fee 5 lei.
Sponsor: Apa Nova - Veolia Apa.
Partener: Konica Minolta.
