“Drawing is the most delicate link to memory; it is intuition, it is breath, a pathway between ourselves and our world.” So says glass artist Maurizio Donzelli. When I read his artist’s statement, I was surprised by the philosophical underpinnings of his work. And then I realized he was not a product of the American education system. Donzelli likes to explore the edge between perception, reality and representation. Schopenhauer, anyone? Ultimately, he feels, no one can know the world with exactitude (apparently, he hasn’t been to my parents’ church) and his works touch on just that impossibility. Okay. Fair enough. At the end of the day, though, his work is just plain fun. Who cares about the rest? Take a look at this artist’s work, which will be on permanent display at the Hotel Murano. In a phrase? Beguilingly childlike.

Josh

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