About this podcast
For years, the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung has been collecting, preserving, and researching glass in the context of contemporary art. What began in December 2000 as a vision—to sustainably strengthen the neglected, overlooked, or even unique and special aspects of art and science—has now become one of the most significant collections of contemporary glass in art worldwide.

The anniversary exhibition Future Horizons: Glass in Contemporary Art brings together sculptures and installations by around 50 international artists. The third season of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung podcast takes you on a journey through this art collection and the fascinating world of working with glass in contemporary art. Each episode features artists from the exhibition or experts who work with glass in contemporary art.


Description
Der Bruch ist die Sünde (The break is the sin) – these words are written in gold lettering on a blue glass head depicting the artist Erwin Eisch himself. With its crack, the break at the ear, this work challenges everything we expect from perfect glass.
Erwin Eisch was the man who brought the international studio glass movement to Germany. In this episode, we tell the story of a legendary encounter in August 1962: when Harvey Littleton, the “father of the studio glass movement,” meets Erwin Eisch in the Bavarian Forest, it marks the beginning of an artistic revolution. Glass becomes art instead of craft, its function deliberately sabotaged.

We talk to Sven Hauschke, director of the art collections at Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass, about:

● Eisch's portrait head series
● His student days in Munich
● The historic encounter with Harvey Littleton in 1962
● The role of Gretel Eisch as an artist and the invisible force behind the works
● The significance of religion and spirituality in his work
● The Bild-Werk summer academies in Frauenau

Exhibition: Future Horizons – until May 2026 in the BlackBox and BlackBox FirstFloor of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung in Parkstadt-Schwabing, Munich (https://atstiftung.de/aktuell/)

Further links

● Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung: https://atstiftung.de/
● Publications:
About Glass. Contemporary Sculpture and Installations: https://atstiftung.de/produkt/about-glass-contemporary-sculpture-and-installations/
● Bild-Werk Frauenau: https://www.bildwerkfrauenau.de/

The podcast is also available wherever podcasts are available.