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By Mark Westall • 14 April 2025
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The Museum of Brands to present a new exhibition opening end of May, Glass Renewed: Hannah Gibson & the History of Glass.
This new exhibition presents artworks by internationally recognised, award-winning glass artist Hannah Gibson, alongside outstanding glass objects from the Robert Opie collection. Highlights include an ancient glass vessel, Victorian Codd bottles and a contemporary rarity: an exclusive limited edition Johnnie Walker Blue Label Ultra.
Glass Renewed brings together spectacular contemporary artworks and historic glass to explore the materiality and sustainability of glass. Alongside Hannah Gibson’s series Recycling Narratives: Whispering Sweet Nothings, exhibited for the first time in its entirety, will be selections from the Robert Opie glass collection. The display will delve into the history of glass making, the beauty of glass, and the future of its production.
Recycling Narratives: Whispering Sweet Nothings explores materiality, sustainability, and the hidden narratives within everyday objects. Central to Hannah’s practice is the innovative use of recycled glass and found materials – from televisions and Jägermeister bottles to car windscreens. While the form of the glass is transformed into enchanting sculptures, she strives to retain and honour as much of the original material as possible, allowing its past life to remain present in the final work.
Glass Renewed: Hannah Gibson & the History of Glass, 30th May 2025 – 17th August 2025
The Museum of Brands
Mark Westall
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