For 6 months I have been going to the Desert Botanical Garden regularly. Now I want to share pictures of pieces in Chihuly in the Desert that I have taken at different times of day, through different seasons and light.
Dale Chihuly
Paintbrushes, 2021
blown glass
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
What I find very interesting is that it says Paintbrushes, 2021 on the plaque in front of the sculpture. I also saw Paintbrushes at the Kew Gardens in 2019. I have wondered and many of the people that I took to the garden asked me about what happens to the pieces after the show? I don't know. It would seem that he remade the Paintbrushes for this exhibition.
Kew Gardens, London, 2019
Phoenix, Arizona, 2022
These were a bit hard to photograph. They were placed in a semi enclosed place and in different sections within this space.
I did get some good light a few times!
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This one is wonderful. It shows the glass and the desert environment so beautifully together.
I really like that Chihuly is innovative, like with Sonoran Neon and yet uses the same idea if it will suit the place he is showing it.
Chihuly in the Desert installations
Art Talk: Fiori Boat
Art Talk: Blue Birch Reeds and Scorpion Tails
Art Talk: Opal and Amber Tower
Art Talk: Lime and Lava Red Tower
Art Talk: Neodymium Reeds
Art talk: Sol del Citron
Art Talk: Red Reeds
Art Talk: Desert Fiori
Art Talk: Aqua Blue and Amber Chandelier
Art Talk: Sonoran Neon
Art Talk Series Highlights
2022
Theme: Artists
Art Talk: Yoyoi Kusama
Art Talk: Heloise Crista
Art Talk: Chihuly on Paper
Art Talk: Etel Adnan
Art Talk: Vasily Kandinsky
Other
Art Talk: Stained Glass Windows at the National Cathedral
ICM at the DBG
Art Talk: 2021 Posts
Art Talk: 2020 Posts
Art Talk: 2019 Posts
Art Talk: 2018 Posts
Those are neat. They remind me of some firey looking tulips I saw once. They're the same colors. So these are re-made for different shows and not just transported around to different locations?
That is my conclusion that it must have been remade, or it would have said 2018, for the 2019 show? The Opal and Amber tower is a 2018 piece and Sol del Citron 2014.
Yes, maybe like this tulip.
Yeah that could be.
That tulips is close but this is actually the one that I was thinking. The colors are spot on at least.
Yes. those are the colors. Beautiful.