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Published 22. 3. 2024
Anna Martinková part of the New Acquisitions 2023 exhibition
20. 1.–14. 4. 2024
Glasmuseum Lette, Letter Berg 38, 48653 Coesfeld, Germany
The Kropenka (Holy Water Font) object, created by Anna Martinková, a student of the UMPRUM Glass Studio, became part of the Ernsting Foundation glass collection in the Glasmuseum Lette in Germany. On the occasion of the inclusion of new glass works in the depository, it is on display at the 2023 New Acquisitions exhibition.
"We also discovered award-winning works: at the renowned Handwerk Gallery Munich, we saw, among other things, the work of a very young, extremely talented artist from the Czech Republic, Anna Martinkova. She was born in 2001 in Prague and is currently studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague. The clear yet unusual geometry of her design language has caught our attention: she recently won the "Czech International Student Design 2023 - Outstanding Student Design Award" for her work "Holy Water Font". It is made from kiln-cast glass, that is later cut and polished and represents, as the name emphasizes, a holy water font. Its shape is atypical, however, as it follows the unusual floor plan of the Baroque-Gothic Chapel of St. Anne in Panenské Břežany, in the Czech Republic. With this work, Anna Martinková not only pays tribute to the distinctive architecture of Czech Baroque Gothic but also deftly navigates the boundary between fine and applied art." (glasmuseum-lette.de)
Founder Lilly Ernsting (1930-2023) built up a private collection of glass objects over nearly 50 years. In 1996, a glass museum was opened, which presents contemporary European glass in regular short-term exhibitions.