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9781922027672

Chihuly in the Botanic Garden

Dale Chihuly

Artist Dale Chihuly has always been captivated by colour and light. Glass became his medium of choice 'as it transmits light in a special way'. And then he took glass in directions many thought impossible.

As Chihuly's work scaled up and made its way outside, botanical settings became a favoured location. Chihuly has installed his monumental sculptures in public gardens since 2001, but this is the first time he has brought one of his stunning garden exhibitions to Australia.

Sprawling over 50 hectares, Adelaide Botanic Garden has provided an oasis of green and tranquillity in the heart of our city for over 180 years. Hosted over seven months, Chihuly in the Botanic Garden entices audiences to glimpse our Garden through a new lens to watch how these glass sculptures transform with shifting light and as the foliage changes with the seasons.

This catalogue captures Chihuly's 24 installations located throughout the Garden's grounds, glasshouses and lakes in glorious colour. A series of articles explore what enticed this phenomenal artist to Adelaide, his impact on our thriving local glass scene, and how Nature has shaped Chihuly's practice and led him down a garden path.

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Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School for Design (RISD), where he later established the glass program and taught for more than a decade.

In 1968, after receiving a Fulbright Fellowship, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice. There he observed the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he works today. In 1971, Chihuly co-founded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. With this international glass centre, Chihuly has led the avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art.

His work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide. He has been the recipient of many awards, including two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (USA) and thirteen honorary doctorates.

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ISBN   9781922027672
CATEGORIES: ,
IMAGES   Full colour throughout
PAGE COUNT   96
DIMENSIONS   303 x 230 mm