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Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur.

Biography

Chihuly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington. Supported by his mother, after his brother, George, died in 1957 at a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack a year later, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound in 1959. A year later, he transferred to the University of Washington at Seattle, where in 1965 he received a bachelor of arts degree in interior design.[1]

In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of Wisconsin–Madison,[1] where he studied under Harvey Littleton. In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design.[1] In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington.[2]

In 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield.[1][3] His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye. After recovering, he continued to blow glass until he dislocated his shoulder in a 1979 bodysurfing accident.[3] No longer able to hold the glass blowing pipe, he hired others to do the work; Chihuly explained the change in a 2006 interview, saying "Once I stepped back, I liked the view" and pointing out that it allowed him to see the work from more perspectives and enabled him to anticipate problems faster.[1] Chihuly describes his role as "more choreographer than dancer, more supervisor than participant, more director than actor."[1] San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Erin Glass wrote that she "wonders at the vision of not just the artist Chihuly, but the wildly successful entrepreneur Chihuly whose estimated sales by 2004 was reported by The Seattle Times as $29 million."[4]

Chihuly and his team of artists were the subjects of the documentary Chihuly Over Venice; the program was the first HDTV program to be broadcast in the United States when it aired in November 1998.[citation needed] They were also featured in the documentary Chihuly in the Hotshop, syndicated to public television stations by American Public Television starting on November 1, 2008.[5]

About his work

Regina Hackett, as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer art critic, provided a chronology of his work during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s:[1]

  • 1975: Navajo Blanket Series, in which patterns of Navajo blankets were painted onto glass
  • 1977: Northwest Coast Basket Series, baskets inspired by Northwest coast Indian baskets he'd seen as a child
  • 1980: Seaform Series, transparent sculptures of thin glass, strengthened by ribbed strands of color
  • 1981: Macchia Series, featuring every color available in the studio
  • 1986: Persian Series, inspired by Middle East glass from the 12th- to 14th-century, featuring more restrained color and room-sized installations
  • 1988: Venetian Series, improvisations based on Italian Art Deco
  • 1989: Ikebana Series, glass flower arrangements inspired by Ikebana
  • 1990: Venetian Series returns, this time in a more eccentric form
  • 1991: Niijima Floats, six-foot spheres of intricate color inspired by Japanese glass fishing floats from the island of Niijima[6]
  • 1992: Chandeliers, starting modestly but by the middle of the decade involving a ton of glass orbs and shapes that in some works look like flowers, others like breasts, and still others like snakes

Chihuly has also produced a sizable volume of "Irish cylinders",[7] which are more modest in conception than his blown glass works.

For his exhibition in Jerusalem in 2000, in addition to the glass pieces, he had enormous blocks of transparent ice brought in from an Alaskan artesian well and formed a wall, echoing the stones of the nearby Citadel. Lights with color gels were set up behind them for illumination. Chihuly said the melting wall represented the "dissolution of barriers" between people.[8]

Galleries

Chihuly's largest permanent exhibit can be found at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Chihuly maintains two retail stores in partnership with MGM Mirage. One is located at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip,[9] the other at the MGM Grand Casino in Macau.[10] A number of other galleries also carry his pieces.In 1983 Chihuly returned to his native Pacific Northwest where he continued to develop his own work at the Pilchuck Glass School, which he had helped to found in 1971. Throughout the 1970s , influenced by the great glassblowing tradition of Murano, Chihuly experimented with the team approach to glassblowing. Working with a team of master glassblowers and assistants has enabled him to produce architectural glass art of a scale and quantity unimaginable working alone or with only one assistant.

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for a museum of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups.[11][12]

2006 lawsuit

In 2006, Chihuly filed a lawsuit against his former longtime employee, glassblower Bryan Rubino, and businessman Robert Kaindl, under accusations of copyright and trademark infringement. Kaindl's pieces used titles Chihuly used for his own works, such as Seaforms and Ikebana, as well as resembling the construction of Chihuly's pieces. Arguments made by legal experts stated influence on art style is not copyright infringement.[13][14]

Chihuly settled the lawsuit independently with Rubino initially,[15] and later Kaindl as well.[16]

Permanent collections

United States

In 2000, Chihuly's commission from the Victoria and Albert Museum for a 30-foot-high (9.1 m), blown-glass chandelier dominates the museum's main entrance.

Canada

England

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Exhibitions

  • Chihuly's The Sun was on temporary display until January 2006 at Kew Gardens, London, England. The piece is 13 feet (4 m) high
    Chihuly's The Sun was on temporary display until January 2006 at Kew Gardens, London, England. The piece is 13 feet (4 m) high
  • Dale Chihuly glass art at the exhibition of his work in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2005
    Dale Chihuly glass art at the exhibition of his work in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2005
  • Chandelier at the Tower of David
    Chandelier at the Tower of David

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Chihuly victimized by his own success?, an April 17, 2006 article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  2. ^ About the Pilchuck Glass School from their website
  3. ^ a b Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions... About Dale Chihuly, a February 2006 article from The Stranger
  4. ^ Glass, Erin (22 April 2010), "'Chihuly' a site-specific explosion of art at Salk", The San Diego Union-Tribune, retrieved 2010-07-24
  5. ^ Chihuly Over Venice from Chihuly's Portland Press website
  6. ^ Niijima Chihuly.com from Chihuly's website
  7. ^ photo from lakeview-museum.org
  8. ^ Cohen, Jay (October 4, 1999). "Cooling a hotbed of unrest in Mideast?". Deseret News. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  9. ^ List of stores from the Bellagio hotel/casino website
  10. ^ Press release by MGM Macau mentioning Chihuly shop (search for "Chihuly retail")
  11. ^ Heffter, Emily (10 June 2010), "Chihuly glass museum proposed at Seattle Center where Fun Forest stood", Seattle Times
  12. ^ Heffter, Emily (10 June 2010), "In a second attempt to sell the city and the public on a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit at Seattle Center", Seattle Times
  13. ^ Glass warfare from the website of the St. Petersburg Times
  14. ^ The Seattle Times: Local News: Glass artist Chihuly's lawsuit tests limits of copyrighting art, a 2005 article from The Seattle Times;
  15. ^ Sheila Farr and Susan Kelleher (August 15, 2006). "Artists Chihuly, Rubino settle claims; suit against entrepreneur unresolved". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
  16. ^ Chihuly, rival glass artist settle dispute a 2006 article from The Seattle Times
  17. ^ San Jose Museum of Art | Sculptures
  18. ^ Chihuly at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
  19. ^ Delaware Art Museum
  20. ^ The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
  21. ^ Wichitaartmuseum.org
  22. ^ Artsmia.org: viewer
  23. ^ Dale Chihuly
  24. ^ Chihuly – Borgata Hotel + Casino, Atlantic City
  25. ^ FPconservatory.org
  26. ^ PG: Chihuly works will become permanent fixtures at Phipps, July 10, 2008
  27. ^ National Liberty Museum
  28. ^ a b Reading Public Museum
  29. ^ SLCO.org
  30. ^ Chihuly at the Frank Russel Bldg
  31. ^ Chihuly City Centre Installation
  32. ^ Chihuly Washington State Convention Center Installation
  33. ^ Chihuly – Union Station
  34. ^ Dale Chihuly
  35. ^ Chihuly – Icicle Creek
  36. ^ Chihuly – The News Tribune
  37. ^ Chihuly
  38. ^ Bizjournals.com
  39. ^ Chihuly – Hilton Lac-Leamy, Hull, Quebec
  40. ^ Dale Chihuly
  41. ^ Chihuly at the V&A
  42. ^ Chihuly.com

Bibliography

  • Chihuly Over Venice by William Warmus and Dana Self. Seattle: Portland Press, 1996.
  • Chihuly by Donald Kuspit. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
  • The Essential Dale Chihuly by William Warmus. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000.
  • Dale Chihuly:365 Days. Margaret L. Kaplan, Editor. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2008.
  • Chihuly Drawing, illustrated by Chihuly, with an essay by Nathan Kernan. Portland Press, 2003, ISBN 1-57684-019-0
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