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.