Batman 1998

Lino Tagliapietra, born in 1934, made this piece, titled Batman, and it strikes me as a study in rhythm. The way these blue and orange lines of glass converge and diverge; it's almost musical, don't you think? Looking closely, I'm drawn to the texture, the way the light plays on the surface, emphasizing the ridges and grooves. It's as though Tagliapietra wasn't just shaping glass, but also sculpting light and shadow. I think about the physical act of creating something like this, the heat, the tools, the sheer force needed to manipulate such material. And yet, there's also a delicacy, a sense of precision in each line. It’s almost like he's captured a moment of movement, freezing it in time. There's something about this piece that reminds me of Eva Hesse, that constant experimentation with new materials and the combination of the organic and the geometric. Ultimately, it's a piece that celebrates process. It embraces ambiguity, inviting us to see something different each time we look at it.