2/?/09 The Chihuly Exhibit
Weather - Another beautiful day, 75 and blue sky.
We read that there was a Chihuly glass exhibit at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens and we decided that we'd better go and check it out. I'd have to say that we're not real impressed with Chihuly's work but we visited the Botanical Gardens last year and if the glass exhibit flopped we knew the gardens would be nice to see again.
Dale Chihuly was born in the state of Washington and has quite a biography including studying glass on a Fulbright scholarship in Venice, losing an eye in an automobile accident, and injuring a shoulder in a bodysurfing accident. One of his works was commissioned by the University of Akron and is on display in front of the Polymer Science building. It may be the only work of his that is not glass. More on Chihuly at the site below.
I have always thought that his work is kind of monotonous but "The Nature of Glass" exhibit was impressive with a number of different forms and the quantity on display. Also amazing was that it was so exposed to the visitors considering that a small bowl in the gift shop was selling for $6,000.
A few of the works below. Click on image to enlarge.
A real cactus starting to bloom below -
A nice exhibit all in all.
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