CHIHULY PROJECTS [SIGNED]

by Dale Chihuly

Voluptuous shapes in luscious color, Dale Chihuly's large-scale glass sculptures are all about immediate sensory experience. It's likely no book could capture the intoxication of being in the presence of clusters of glass forms that look like undersea life or tropical forests, hanging overhead or rising up from the floor in fabulous splendor. Chihuly Projects offers 200 full-page photographs (in supersaturated color) of 34 installations the Seattle artist created over a 30-year span for public and private clients, plus chatty comments by the artist and members of his staff. A fine essay by the art writer Barbara Rose places Chihuly's work in the context of contemporary art and his own life. (An eye injury in the mid-'70s precipitated his shift from blowing individual tabletop glass pieces to becoming the director of a team effort.) But the photographs tend to flatten out Chihuly's generous shapes, and the real-world settings of the sculptures are often so busy visually that, seen from the fixed vantage point of a still photo, they compete distractingly with the art. Although some pieces are shown in different stages of completion, it's hard to grasp how any given project actually comes together from start to finish. THIS COPY HAND-SIGNED BY THE ARTIST DALE CHIHULY.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Dale Chihuly is considered one of the most innovative and iconic figures in contemporary art. Chihuly has been working with glass as an artistic medium for nearly fifty years, to increasing critical and popular acclaim. His solo exhibition venues have included the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the de Young Museums, San Francisco; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. His work is in the permanent collections of more than 200 museums worldwide.

Reviews

[Syntaxx · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciate that each plate includes the number of elements for the corresponding piece. This is the only book on Chihuly's work I've read so far that includes that specific detail.

[Alan Culler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chihuly is a nutcase.

[Kylie · Rating 5 out of 5]

what can i say- the man's my boss!