In last autumn’s exhibition in Kyoto 2018, Laura’s work was displayed together with kimonos and obi sashes in a traditional Japanese building, where it harmonized beautifully with the tatami matsand painted folding screens.
Despite being glass, the light that passes through it is softened, as if it had passed through shōji screens.
Her aesthetics are more Japanese than the Japanese themselves, her works unassuming and subtle.
They allow us to realize that the moon seen from Venice and the moon seen from Kyoto are one and the same.
NY Ippodo Director, Shoko Aono
1955 Born as the granddaughter of Benini, the master of glass, in Murano, Venice, Italy
1977 Graduated from School of Visual Arts in New York
1977-1985 Worked as a designer for a jewelry production company in Murano, Venice
1985 Held solo exhibitions in various parts of Europe
2005 Designed bottles for Japanese perfume maker KENZO
2014 Solo exhibition at Ginza Ippodo. It became a topic in the homage "Tokyo-ga" of movie director Yasujiro Ozu