Pedro Friedeberg- Tarot Kindergarten

MAIA Contemporary

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Pedro Friedeberg- Tarot Kindergarten

MAIA Contemporary

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For Glasstress 2019 Edition, Pedro Friedeberg created the piece "Tarot Kindergarten," a surrealist glass deck presenting the 22 Major Arcana cards. Beautifully handmade silver mirrors imprinted in bright colors made of mineral pigments, including gold, rose gold, cobalt, and copper. This series embodies Friedeberg's characteristic style of surreal playfulness, presenting his unique interpretation of the main archetypes of every tarot reading: The Fool, The Magician, The Emperor...
Pedro Friedeberg created the piece "Tarot Kindergarten," a surrealist glass deck presenting the 22 Major Arcana cards. Beautifully handmade silver mirrors imprinted in bright colors made of mineral pigments ( gold, rose gold, cobalt, and copper).
Glasstress is a project by Adriano Berengo to further his mission of marrying contemporary art and glass. Artists of all disciplines, from sculptors to musicians, have been invited to collaborate with the maestros to create glass art. Ai Wei Wei, Sarah Lucas, Pharrell Williams, Jimmie Durham, and Tracey Emin are some of the artists who have participated in this unique project. Launched in 2009 as an official collateral event of the Biennale di Venezia, today it is the world's leading showcase of this collaboration of craft and creativity, forging a new trajectory for glass and a new path for contemporary artists. Since 2014, Glasstress has been made possible through the support of Fondazione Berengo. During the 2015 Venice Biennale of Art, Glasstress was a joint project of Fondazione Berengo and The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2019, to celebrate 10 years of Glasstress and 30 years of Berengo Studio, the exhibition returned to its historical roots on the island of Murano. An old abandoned glass furnace was an evocative exhibition space for striking new works and installations by returning artists Ai Weiwei, Tony Cragg, Sarah Lucas, and Thomas Schüte, as well as first-time participants Prune Norry, José Parla, Xavier Veilhan, Francisco Toledo, and Pedro Friedeberg amongst others. Glasstress has also been presented in prominent museums and institutions worldwide including the Makslas Muzejs "Rigas Birža" in Riga, Millesgården Museum in Stockholm, the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York, the Beirut Exhibition Center (BEC) in Beirut, the London College of Fashion and The Wallace Collection in London, the Ptuj City Gallery in Ptuj, Slovenia. For Glasstress 2019 Edition, Pedro Friedeberg created the piece "Tarot Kindergarten," a surrealist glass deck presenting the 22 Major arcana cards. Beautifully handmade silver mirrors imprinted in bright colors made of mineral pigments, including gold, rose gold, cobalt, and copper. Tarot Kindergarten 22 Major Arcana represents universal human experiences and life's karmic and spiritual lessons, depicting the various stages we encounter as we search for greater meaning and understanding. This incredible rare series embodies Friedeberg's characteristic style of surreal playfulness, presenting his unique interpretation of the main archetypes of every tarot reading: The Fool, The Magician, The High Priestess, The Emperor… 5 edition, still each one is unique as every piece is handcrafted.