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If you ever been to Las Vegas you’ve seen the dancing fountains in front of the Bellagio Hotel, which never fail to stop the throngs of people in their tracks to pause and admire the beauty, the engineering solution and the aesthetical impact of uniquely presented water, lights and music, so it affects all senses.
But did you go inside the hotel? Have you seen the stunning design of the glass ceiling in the lobby? In the daylight streaming sun rays transform the ceiling to even more beautiful, eerily fairy tale- like creation. The imagination and the delivery of this incredible artwork belongs to Dale Chihuly. If you walk straight through the lobby to the covered courtyard, you’ll see the more of his work and a store, where his smaller pieces can be bought.
Interesting thing, there aren’t many photographs I’ve seen, that deliver a true impact or make justice to the beauty, the colors and the lightness of the design of his glass sculptures. It’s one of those phenomenons, which you have to see to truly appreciate it.
Now, that said, I’d like to inform you about the upcoming exhibition in the de Young Museum.
“The full exhibition is at the de Young Museum from June 14–September 28, 2008, but two site-specific works will be installed outside of both the de Young and the Legion of Honor starting in April. At the de Young, a Saffron Neon Tower will be installed in the Pool of Enchantment on the building’s east side. A 15-foot diameter yellow orb called Yellow Sun will be installed at the Legion of Honor in the Court of Honor.”
Source: www.famsf.org
The exhibition includes eleven galleries of works, made in the course of the last 40 years and is accompanied by a catalogue written by curator Timothy Anglin Burgard.
Please, mark your calendar and plan to visit this exhibition. Even if you are not into art, you’ll be glad you went.
Meanwhile, here are a few sites to visit for more info.
Chihuly’s Biography. Wikipedia.
and Artist’s website www.chihuly.com/
June 17th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
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