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bY iVan bassi). glass - as somehow CeramiCs - is one oF those
PartiCular materials that - PartlY – was able to esCaPe From
the indiFFerenCe that most oF ContemPorarY art has ProFessed
against materials. For its natural malleableness, transParenCY,
and CaPaCitY to sPontaneouslY reaCt with the enVironments,
glass has ProVoKed a PartiCular attention among manY artists,
an attention sometimes Clandestine or FreelY and PoetiCallY
exPerimental (in the sense oF the PossibilitY oF “sPeaKing”
beYond an established a Priori Code, grammar or ProCess).
substantiallY, glass is one oF those materials that allow artists
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