Sunset Boat (2006)
Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object
Halcyon Gallery - February to June 2014
Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object sees the American artist respond to the interior architecture of the building – transforming the New Bond Street gallery space with his distinctive hand-blown glass sculptures.
Chihuly was born 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, and was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating, he enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin continuing his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he later established the glass program and taught for more than a decade.
In 1968, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice on a Fulbright scholarship. There he observed the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he works today. In 1971, Chihuly cofounded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. With this international glass center, Chihuly is regarded as a pioneer in the development of glass as a fine art.
[The Glass Magazine website]
Sunset Boat (2006)
Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object
Halcyon Gallery - February to June 2014
Dale Chihuly: Beyond the Object sees the American artist respond to the interior architecture of the building – transforming the New Bond Street gallery space with his distinctive hand-blown glass sculptures.
Chihuly was born 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, and was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating, he enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin continuing his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he later established the glass program and taught for more than a decade.
In 1968, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice on a Fulbright scholarship. There he observed the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he works today. In 1971, Chihuly cofounded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. With this international glass center, Chihuly is regarded as a pioneer in the development of glass as a fine art.
[The Glass Magazine website]