Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis creates a visually mesmerizing exhibition playing with glass and its material capabilities in No Fear of Glass. Currently exhibited at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Sabine sought to create pieces in response to a request made to Mies during the construction of his 1929 German Pavilion. 

According to a press statement from the exhibition, Mies was asked to "not use too much glass." For this special exhibition, Marcelis uses the material in ways that push its materiality and structural composition. Marcelis creates two large, curved, chaise, glass lounge pieces with tints of vibrantly fading color. A single glass sheet is inserted into solid travertine pieces that support the glass in place. In addition to the lounge pieces, the pavilion is filled with chrome columns, a mirrored-glass column, and a curved glass fountain located outside. 

The work exhibits a serene and almost graceful use of material and placement. According to Ippolito Pestellini, parter at OMA/AMO, "She [Marcelis] has looked at the Barcelona Pavilion's materials–glass, travertine, and chrome–with intelligence, to design a series of new pieces that seem to emerge from the architecture itself. No Fear of Glass is not just a solo show, it is a hymn to the infinite liberating possibilities that modernism still has to offer..."

The exhibition remains open until January 12, 2020.