In 2014 at Villa Necchi Campiglio, Jean Blanchart, a fine art dealer and an expert on applied arts, after the 2013 exhibition devoted to ceramic art, proposes the new exhibition “The art of glass in Italy today ” (27th November to 6th January, 2015).
As with the previous edition, virtuous pieces are scattered naturally in the halls of the villa, mixed with historical furnishings, in a scene of daily authenticity. Not a staging, but an original hybridisation between historical pieces and contemporary creations. Among the works on display, all of fine workmanship, standing out for its originality, lined up on a shelf in the dining room on the ground floor, the flowering heads of Hugh Findletar. The original artist, a photographer by profession, at the inauguration of the exhibition, jokingly defined himself a florist, has created, in collaboration with the Zanetti glassworks of Murano, the silhouettes of human busts in blown polychrome glass with hollow heads, useable as flower pots. Real characters with a name (Tess, Chris, Tyron, Agnes and Hugh) all featuring lush hairstyles consisting of imaginative bouquets created by the photographer Hugh, an occasional florist, who also reveals unexpected qualities as a glazier.