Dale Chihuly – Utterly Breathtaking
I went to the Musée des Beaux-Arts (aka the Montreal Museum of Fine Art) today to see the Dale Chihuly show, Utterly Breathtaking. It was pretty impressive (breathtaking even). To be honest, the idea of going to see an exhibition of hand-blown glass art made me expect some yawneriffic decorative ho-hummery but boy, was I wrong. More like strange visions of distant worlds, represented in light and colour.
Without blathering on at great length, here are a few photos I took of the many pieces at the show to blow your mind a little in advance. It’s worth noting that the hanging pieces are quite monumental – roughly 25 feet tall or so – and for hand-blown glass, that’s an impressive technical feat, straight-up eye-candy appeal aside. It runs until October 27 so if you happen to be in Montreal I strongly recommend that you haul yourself down to the Musée des Beaux-Arts and check it out for yourself.
To see more of Dale Chihuly’s work, you can check out his website.
Dear Mr. Chihuly my name is Derek and I am doing an art project on your work the Persian Sea life Ceiling and would like to ask you a few questions. If you get the chance to address these questions i would be greatly appreciative.
Why did you name the Persian Sealife Ceiling like you did and not just under the sea or something?
What was your main goal that made you want to create the Persian Sealife Ceiling?
How did you get started blowing glass into sea life creatures? What inspired you to start doing this type of work?
Have you ever scuba dived in the ocean before?
Thank you so much.
While I’d be surprised if Dale Chihuly reads this blog, I do appreciate your interest. You might have more luck addressing your questions to http://www.chihuly.com/.