Lilla Tabasso
Born in Milan, 1973 and lives in Milan
Lilla Tabasso (Milan, 1973), biologist and designer, lives and works in Milan.
After studying Biology at the University of Milan, she began working with Murano glass, discovering the ancient and noble art of lampworking. His artistic experimentation focuses on his passion for nature, combined with great technical skill.
Tabasso’s work therefore focuses on floral themes. His works are characterised by an incredible realism that draws from nature an infinite palette of colours, clear shades and also – fundamental for the artist – mutations and imperfections: dry branches, wilted flowers and withered leaves. These mainly refer to the concept of ‘Vanitas’, which has always been used in Art History to symbolise the transience of earthly life and the inexorable passing of time.When considering the work of Lilla Tabasso, it is impossible not to mention the work of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, father and son, Bohemian glass masters who lived between 1800 and 1900. For the Harvard Botanical Museum, they created the Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants: more than 4000 glass floral specimens of extraordinary verisimilitude.
Lilla Tabasso actively and continuously collaborates with the Caterina Tognon contemporary glass gallery in Venice.
Lilla Tabasso’s work tends towards the same concept of hyperrealism, infused with the intention of expressing an emotion linked to a very precise moment of suspension in which the beauty of full blossoming blends harmoniously with the equal beauty conferred by passing time.