Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass

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Arguably the most famous glass artist since Louis Comfort Tiffany, Dale Chihuly has been credited with elevating blown glass from delicate decorative object to groundbreaking fine art. Chihuly’s “Blanket Cylinders,” “Seaforms,” “Persians” and chandeliers are exhibited and collected all over the world, and many volumes have been devoted to his bold, complex, fiercely colorful work. Little documented, then again, though an important to an understanding of his art, is the role played by physical space in his overall aesthetic–installation spaces, work spaces, but also spaces for living and for housing his extensive personal collections. Chihuly: Through the Looking Glass specializes in the artist’s pieces and installations with regards to the spaces that generate, shape and surround them. The text, a mix of critical exegesis and Chihuly’s own remark (much of it solicited specifically for this book), provides a new entrée into the work, mind, and creative process of one of The usa’s most critically and popularly acclaimed artists.
One of the few up to date artists who is in reality a household name, Dale Chihuly (born 1941) studied interior design and architecture before beginning to experiment with glassblowing. After receiving degrees in sculpture and ceramics, Chihuly worked with master glass craftsmen in Murano, Venice. On returning to america, Chihuly established the glass program at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1968 and cofounded the Pilchuck Glass School in 1971. In 1979, after losing an eye, Chihuly ceased to blow glass himself, though he maintains a firm hold on the artistic direction of his studio.

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