Last Saturday, Chris, Penelope and I ventured up to SF to see his exhibit at the De Young. I was hoping that we would leave earlier that day; instead, we left around 1:30, got to the city around 2:30, and drove to the Legion of Honor, because the Chihuly website gave directions there. THEN, when we made our way to the real De Young Museum, we met up with my friend Dan (who’s in the city for an internship), and waited until 5:00pm to get let in.
It was a long wait, but the payoff was spectacular. I was tickled when the museum security guy said that photography was allowed (sans flash)!! YAY. Chihuly’s work is just so yummy, the colors so juicy, you want to eat it all up. Photographing it all was just as good. My favorite two installations were of the vintage fishing boats and the final piece, I forget the name but it looks like the candy fields straight out of Willy Wonka. Here are some of the photographs I managed to take of the exhibit. If anyone reading this has a chance to go, PLEASE GO! It’s well worth the $15 ticket.
I thought it was SO cool how Chihuly made the glass look so much like woven baskets. From the last show I saw, this must be a new direction for him.
When we watched the video on how these were made, we noticed that the captions even included the cheap lounge background music. Chris, Dan and I had “Innocent sex kiss blows my mind” stuck in our heads for hours. Even as I write the song is plaguing me. We not only were tortured by the music, but also seeing the ridiculous lyrics. Blerg.
These forms are just magical for me.
I think this room was probably my favorite.
I couldn’t help but post so many photos in this post, and if you want to see more, visit my Picasa Album here.
And now for your listening/watching pleasure. . .
I absolutely love Dale Chihuly. That is so awesome that you got to see many of his creations. I have only seen his work in person at the Belagio in Las Vegas and at the Modern Art Museum in Salt Lake during the Olympics. Thanks for posting so many pictures. I love seeing his work.
I love Chihuly! There is an exhibit here in October at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens of his work. Did you know BYU has a glass blowing class now? I wish I would have taken it when I was there.
You should come up here so that we can go to the museum of glass together! Chihuly did the Bridge of Glass there!
The exhibit looks amazing! I wish I could go to SF right now to see it. The baskets looked like a completely different material. How fun that you get to live so close to such stunning art.
Hey love!!! I totally love the Chihuly photos! I totally miss my ceiling at the Bellagio! That was something outside my gallery that always brightened my day and made me smile! Did I ever tell you that the Bellagio approached me to manage their Chihuly store? It was tempting but the over all package wasn’t worth it. I totally miss my Art Gallery tho! Levi took me to the Dallas Museum of Art a few months back and I loved it! We got to see his favorite artist Gerald Murphy. If you all come down we’ll have to go there or the Modern Art Museum!
Love Ya!
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