Biennale Vase

Alfredo Barbini was an Italian glassmaker whose practice centered on the technical mastery and formal innovation of Murano glassblowing in the postwar period. Working with molten glass and traditional furnace techniques, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of sculptural forms that combined modernist abstraction with the material's inherent fluidity and translucence. His work represents a defining moment in twentieth-century Italian glass design, bridging craft tradition and contemporary artistic ambition.

Murano