Mirror and Window: Handmade Stained Glass Workshop

2024.06.01 Saturday 14:00

Location

MACA Art Center

Instructors:Tete, Junjun

For the current exhibition, “An Atlas of the Difficult World,” the MACA is thrilled to host a handmade stained glass workshop led by Tete, founder of ARTstainedglass, and her instructor assistant, Junjun. Inspired by the oblong shape and mosaic techniques of Wu Tsang’s artwork Untitled (Window #3), ARTstainedglass has designed an accessory mounted with stained glass mirror specifically for the workshop participants. With a singular and unique design, this piece exemplifies the harmonious blend of visual aesthetics and practicality. Under the instructors' guidance, participants will design and handcraft their own stained glass pieces, using their artistic intuition and imagination to explore endless combinations of colors and shapes. They will also learn glass polishing, copper foiling, and mounting techniques, feeling the warmth of a handcrafted glass product taking shape in their hands.

MACA Art Center is a non-profit contemporary art institution housed in a standalone building of minimalistic industrial style and futuristic design in Beijing's 798 Art District, a major hub for arts and culture in the city. Through forward-looking and experimental content, MACA aims to enable communication traversing disciplinary boundaries while forging international dialogues grounded in the specificities of a Chinese perspective. Our programmatic scope, which spans exhibitions, research initiatives, pan-performance practices, and alternative communal engagement, signals a commitment to exploring ideas outside established epistemic frameworks. MACA seeks to position itself as a new institutional mode, proposing an alternative coordinate within the topology of Chinese contemporary art. Through art, we address our radically transforming times.