
Glass artist Dale Chihuly visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his Gardens of Glass. This event took place on June 19, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series. Dale Chihuly is most frequently lauded for revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement by expanding its original premise of the solitary artist working in a studio environment to encompass the notion of collaborative teams and a division of labor within the creative process. However, Chihuly's contribution extends well beyond the boundaries both of this movement and even the field of glass: his achievements have influenced contemporary art in general. Chihuly's practice of using teams has led to the development of complex, multipart sculptures of dramatic beauty that place him in the leadership role of moving blown glass out of the confines of the small, precious object and into the realm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. In fact, Chihuly deserves credit for establishing the blown glass form as an accepted vehicle for installation and environmental art beginning in the late twentieth century and continuing today.

An installation by glass artist Dale Chihuly at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, 2006. Response to a friend's question about what art is in my eyes: To me, almost anything can be art. On one side is the artist's intention. On the other is the way I see it. There doesn't even have to be an artist. Or I become the artist by seeing it as art. Either one can set art into motion. The accompanying film is a meeting of the two. The artist is Dale Chihuly. The film is how I saw it.

On May 30, the Dale Chihuly installation team began installing the Orange Hornet Chandelier, the third Chihuly chandelier in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center collection. Two days later, all 384 pieces, ranging in length from 6 inches to 3 feet, were hung. The entire chandelier measures nine feet tall, weighs just over 1,200 pounds and resides permanently on the first floor of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Lot 47: Pilchuck co-founder Dale Chihuly created this stunning glass piece that measures 10" x 8" and is called "Tabac Basket With Drawing Shards And Oxblood Body Wrap." It's signed by the artist and worth $25,000. Since 1971, Pilchuck Glass School has been the primary force in the evolution of glass as a means of artistic expression and this auction continues that proud tradition, featuring over 70 items by established and emerging glass artists including Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, Dante Marioni and others. You won't want to miss the auction action on Oct. 30, 2008. The auction will be televised live online (beginning at 10 pm/9c) by the Auction Network (auctionnetwork.com).

my video of dale chihuly's fantastical blown glass art, which he cleverly integrated into the lovely fairchild tropical botanical gardens in miami. the brilliantly colored, hand-blown glass sculptures actually look like they are a part of the natural surroundings. i organized the parts of the exhibit that i filmed into 10 exhibit areas, with names of the major pieces and series. enjoy 6 minutes of serene, beautiful art.

Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/dsva/ Diamonstein interviews American craftspeople Dale Chihuly, Sam Maloof, John McQueen, Sandi Fox, and Jack Lenor Larsen on their work.
































