Chihuly Taos Pueblo

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“The Taos Pueblo Exhibition is the beginning of an exploration of the wonders of glass art. We started this trail of beauty with a guide, Dale Chihuly, who made this art his life,” say the leaders of the Taos Pueblo. Dale Chihuly made his first shuttle to the Southwest in 1974. A year later, he was once deeply suffering from a museum number of Navajo Blankets and started to experiment with simple, cylindrical forms, which became the Navajo Blanket Cylinders. Boasting ingeniously applied patterns of colourful glass threads, the series became crucial milestone from which his art evolved. The obvious influence of this early series is visible in the Soft Cylinders, more irregularly shaped and elaborately decorated than their predecessors. In any other opportune encounter, Chihuly happened upon a pile of old Northwest Coast Indian hand-woven baskets that inspired him toward one among his most recognisable and innovative glass series, the Baskets. Thin-walled and nested inside each and every other, the Basket series exemplifies Chihuly’s signature organic, free-form style. This vellum-covered book tells the visual story of Chihuly’s Native American influences, coming full circle with the Taos Pueblo Exhibition. Includes the inspiring essay, ‘Dale Chihuly and the Indian Connection’ by Lloyd Kiva New, President of the Institute of American Indian Arts.

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