Tobias Zielony is one of the artists who represent Germany at the Venice Art Biennale 2015. His installation for the German Pavilion is titled “The Citizen” and framed in the „invisible glass” – Artglass™ by Groglass®.

Official info text: Tobias Zielony’s series The Citizen is concerned with one of today’s most important political questions—the presence of ‘the other’, embodied by African refugees. Although the migration movements of our time are often reduced to the tragedies that occur at the external frontiers of the ‘fortress Europe’, Zielony’s view is directed towards the self portrayal of these people, their personal stories, their entitlement to be taken seriously as political subjects in Germany. They protest against the restrictions placed on their freedom of movement, against the prohibition to work or to study. Zielony highlights this new self-confidence in his photographs, which he presents in large wall pieces reminiscent of the layout of the pages in a newspaper—the only thing missing is the text columns between the photographs. The empty spaces point towards the ruptures in the biographies of the individuals, along with all the details that are left out of public media debates. In return, Zielony has asked African authors and journalists to comment on his photographs. The results, in the form of newspaper articles, are on display in large showcases at the centre of the room. The other pages of these newspapers highlight the political and social reality of Africa, in quite a different way to the perspective from which it is seen in Europe. Copies of newspapers containing information provided by the people portrayed in Zielony’s photographs are available for visitors to take home.

I`m very impressed and grateful for Groglass® support, because Artglass™ ensures not only the truest image clarity, but also the highest UV protection for my installation,

says T.Zielony

Photos: Manuel Reinartz

Summer sunshine makes us happier and we think that it`s important to delight people around us, therefore Groglass® continues to support children with visual impairments from preschool “Liepiņa” in Liepāja.
This time children will receive furniture – several wardrobe lockers and wardrobe closet. The new and practical wardrobe will improve the environment in the kindergarten and motivate children to work independently, will help to educate and give them the necessary life skills.
Groglass® team is pleased to support children with visual impairments – to do some good work what is really important and that makes people happier. Below you can see the paintings from children and we all together wish you Happy Solstice!

The EuroNanoForum 2015 (#ENF2015) is the biggest European networking conference focusing on nanotechnology and materials. It is a unique meeting point for scientists, industrialists and policy makers.

The main theme of the event is “Nanotechnology for European competitiveness” and it brings together about 1200 participants from 50 countries.

As part of the Nanotech Europe exhibition, the Latvian Saiets (Latvian Gathering) event is demonstrating outstanding practices by Latvian research and innovative businesses including premium quality anti-reflective glass made by Groglass®, what is delivered to more than 40 countries for various industries: high-end electronic displays,  lighting fixtures, picture framing, luxury architectural solutions and other applications.

The event is organised under the auspices of the Latvian presidency of the European Union (#eu2015lv), in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, and has received funding from the European Union.

The EuroNanoForum 2015 takes place from10th-12th of June 2015, in Riga, Latvia. For more information about the conference please visit: http://euronanoforum2015.eu/

We are honored to inform that this morning company Groglass® Latvija was visited by the Prime Minister of Latvia Ms Laimdota Straujuma and the board of Latvijas Tirdzniecibas Rupniecibas Kamera (Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry – LCCI). The guests were warmly welcomed, taken on excursion to the factory where they had great possibility to see the manufacturing process of the „invisible” glass as well as they heard many interesting facts about the history, development and success of company Groglass®.
The LCCI Board meeting also was held in Groglass® premises.
It was great pleasure to welcome guests and to hear so many positive words about company Groglass®!

Photos: Toms Norde

Art Brussels (http://www.artbrussels.com/) is a fair, which has been established 33 years ago and has a strong focus on international contemporary art. The fair has been expanded over the years and now boasting 200 galleries from all around the world. Latvia was represented at the SOLO section – Alma Gallery (Riga) showed works by Andris Eglītis, one of the artists representing Latvia (together with Katrīna Neiburga) at the Venice Biennale 2015. Eglītis’ series of photographs “Possible Place” were made with his family heritage collodion plate studio-camera and framed with the “invisible” Artglass™ by Groglass®, highlighting the beauty of each framed artwork, which are all unique in their poetic and delicate way, and at the same time dark appeal.

“We had a challenge to retain and accentuate all the delicate nuances of the photos. We have used Artglass™ before, when we framed especially valuable artworks. For us it is the best choice for picture framing, because it has improved transmission and it protects the artworks against the damaging UV rays. We are proud that this premium quality glass is manufactured in Latvia and we are grateful for support from the Groglass® team”, comments Astrīda Riņķe – the founder and sole director of Alma Gallery.

Company Groglass® is honoured to support young and talented artists and wishes Andris Eglītis success and new achievements.

Related article: http://www.groglass.com/news/artworks-framed-in-artglass-in-art-brussels-2015

2014.gada 20.maijā GroGlass® parakstīja līgumu ar Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūru par projekta „Stikla ķīmiskās pārklāšanas līnijas izveide” īstenošanu. Projekts tiks īstenots līdz 2015.gada 15.septembrim GroGlass® jaunajā struktūrvienībā – Granīta iela 26, Rumbula, Stopiņu novads.
2014.gada 27.jūnijā tika uzstādīts informatīvais stends.
2015.gada martā tika pabeigta līnijas galveno iekārtu uzstādīšana un ir sākti to testi dažādos ražošanas režīmos.

Welcome to American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo 2015 – the largest gathering of museum professionals. The exhibition is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, USA from the 27th – 29th of April. Groglass® team is looking forward to meet you in booth #814.

We would like to thank the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia for financial support and cooperation provided for participation in the exhibition MuseumExpo 2015.

Projekts „SIA GroGlass dalība starptautiskajā izstādē MuseumExpo” 27.04.-29.04.2015 tiek īstenots ar Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūras atbalstu.