Achilles-Stiftung (Glasmuseum)

With the works of Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, the Glass Museum presents two outstanding artistic personalities and pioneers of Czech glass sculpture.Through their innovative approach, Libenský and Brychtová established a new perception of glass as a sculptural material, which they established at the highest level with their diverse works. In 1958, they were the first artists to present cast glass sculptures at the Expo in Brussels. Since then, glass has increasingly been recognized not only as functional glassware or decorative handicraft, but as a fully-fledged medium of fine art.Brychtová experimented early on with melting glass in molds and transferred Libenský's two-dimensional designs into three-dimensional form using clay models. This resulted in sculptural works that redefined light, structure, and materiality. Libenský and Brychtová focused on geometric shapes and optical effects. Light became a central design element: it penetrates the glass bodies and, through negative modeling, creates different color intensities and spatial depth.Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are among the most visionary personalities in modern glass art – pioneers who fundamentally changed the global understanding of this medium and whose collaboration produced works that significantly contributed to the development of modern glass aesthetics.