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Dale Chihuly is the most famous and influential artist working in glass today. For more than four decades, he has been the leading figure in this unique art form, fusing traditional craft with fine art, fabrication with the natural environment. Now, in his first major San Francisco exhibition, Chihuly displays a vast array of artworks from many of his signature series (including the Baskets, Seaforms, Persians, Venetians, and more) at both the de Young and Legion of Honor museums. A career-spanning biographical essay by curator Timothy Anglin Burgard and stunning color photography of the works will captivate Chihuly's myriad fansboth new and old.
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The Art of Dale Chihuly is published on the occasion of a major exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. It traces the evolution of the artist's extraordinary career, from his groundbreaking role as an American installation artist working with unconventional materials such as neon and ice, through his cofounding of the influential Pilchuck Glass School north of Seattle, to his current role as an artist of international stature.The original essay by Timothy Anglin Burgard expands the discussion of Chihuly's work beyond the postwar American studio glass movement to larger art historical and cultural contexts, describing not only its technical and aesthetic innovations but also its significant content. Important aspects of Chihuly's art and career are examined in depth, and his contributions to art history are documented.
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