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March 14, 2006
Dale Chihuly
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It appears that the Dale Chihuly traveling road show is coming to the New York Botanical Garden. The Washington State based glass sculptor, in the words of his web site, "deserves credit for establishing the blown glass form as an accepted vehicle for installation and environmental art." Recently he has worked with several botanical gardens to create elaborate installation pieces within the gardens. Chihuly's colorful, complex, multipart sculpture is strongly influenced by natural forms and works particularly well in the context of tropical or exotic gardens. There have been Chihuly installations at Kew, in Chicago, and in Atlanta. Right now his work is being featured at the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida.
There is a lot of Dale Chihuly at the Fairchild. Some of it works, expecially the writhing forms in the tropical pavilions, and the huge glass spikes in the dry desert displays. Some of it doesn't--a series of turquoise ice cubes floating in a pond. According to the Chihuly web site, the installation at NYBG is scheduled for June 24th to October 29th, 2006. We can't wait to see what's in store for that venerable institution in the Bronx.
Link: www.Chihuly.com
Posted by gardenguidenyc at March 14, 2006 04:05 PM