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The pioneering creator Dale Chihuly, who famously decorated the ceiling of Las Vegasā Bellagio casino with 1,800 square feet of handblown glass floral forms, is a consummate collector.
Chihuly adorned the canals and piazzas in mid-1990s Venice with the dancing rhythms of immense, brilliantly colored chandeliers. The artistās epic 1999-2000 exhibition in Jerusalemās fabled Old City enthralled more than one million visitors. He has transformed the footprint of public gardens in the United States and abroad with evanescent glass embellishments. But few know that Chihuly, who revolutionized the art of glass blowing, elevating perceptions of the medium from craft to fine art, obsessively accumulates peculiar objects of improbable breadth and scopeāfrom Pez dispensers to vintage accordions to midcentury refrigerators.
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I really don't know much about this art. I was kind of surprised that I recognized this guys name actually. It's kind of neat. Not neat enough for me to buy it but still.
Chihuly adorned the canals and piazzas in mid-1990s Venice with the dancing rhythms of immense, brilliantly colored chandeliers. The artistās epic 1999-2000 exhibition in Jerusalemās fabled Old City enthralled more than one million visitors. He has transformed the footprint of public gardens in the United States and abroad with evanescent glass embellishments. But few know that Chihuly, who revolutionized the art of glass blowing, elevating perceptions of the medium from craft to fine art, obsessively accumulates peculiar objects of improbable breadth and scopeāfrom Pez dispensers to vintage accordions to midcentury refrigerators.
The Unrivaled Legacy of Dale Chihuly
The pioneering glassmaker and octogenarian is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel documentary
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For "Chihuly Over Venice," the Artist Chose the Very Best Collaborators
Dale Chihuly and his collaborators on the landmark 1995-96 "Chihuly Over Venice" exhibit look back on the shared vision that guided their creation.
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I really don't know much about this art. I was kind of surprised that I recognized this guys name actually. It's kind of neat. Not neat enough for me to buy it but still.
