By Emilia Novak
In the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary art, glass—once relegated to the realm of craft or design—has risen to the forefront as a powerful medium of conceptual expression. No longer limited to the ornamental or utilitarian, glass is now shaping critical dialogues around transparency, fragility, reflection, and form. The works of artists like Ai Weiwei, Günther Uecker, and Javier Calleja exemplify this shift, each using glass in distinct, innovative ways that bridge the material’s historical significance with the language of contemporary art.
Glass as Concept: Ai Weiwei’s Transparent Politics
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mechanical Form 0046, Material Testing Machine, 2005
Photography
Gelatin Silver Print
EUR 12,250
Javacheff Christo
Texas Mastaba, Project For 500,000 Stacked Oil Drums, 1971
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
USD 1,550
David Hockney
A Bigger Book, Art Edition A, 'Untitled, 329', 2010
Limited Edition Print
Inkjet Print
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Elizabeth Peyton
Oscar And Bosie (for Parkett 53), 1998
Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
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Artist In Focus

Tom Wesselmann
Working across collage, sculpture and painting, Tom Wesselmann was a prominent artist of the Pop Art movement whose works often stylised the female form as well as capturing elements of American life and consumer culture. Wesselmann initially began as an illustrator of comic strips and men’s magazines but received acclaim in the art world for his Great American Nude series in which he depicts numerous patriotic scenes - such as portraits of founding fathers or a photograph of a typically America
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