The Eredità Cromatica (Chromatic Legacy) collection transforms the artist’s father’s secret drawings into glass sculptures. A dialogue between generations where sketches inspired by the 20th-century avant-garde come to life in the fire of Murano. A tribute of love that transmutes the silence of paper into the eternal voice of glass.
WOMAN IN A GREEN DRESS. This is the piece that breaks the ice: the moment the drawing left the folder to challenge the fire. The face is divided, much like memories: one side in shadow and one in light, held together by a yellow, almost mocking smile. The green base is a tangle of black marks, just like those sketches made by instinct in a well-used notebook.
Born in Murano in 1963, Mario Furlan grew up in continuous contact with the world of Artistic Glass of Murano Island, as his father Walter was a renowned Master Glassmaker.
After graduating from the Venice State Institute of Art, Mario then enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice from which he graduated with honors.
