Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941), “Turquoise Reeds and Blue Marlins”, 2015, Blown glass, © Dale Chihuly / Chihuly Studio, Photo by Gary Marshall, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va. |
Virginia
Sanat Festivali-Virginia Senfoni Orkestrası’nın sahnelediği Bartók’s
Bluebeard’s Castle (Béla Bartók tarafından yazılan opera) kapsamında düzenlenen
“Chihuly Bahçe’de” isimli sergi, Amerika’nın Virginia Eyaleti, Norfolk
şehrindeki Chrysler Sanat Müzesi’nin bahçesinde 11 Nisan’da açıldı. 7 Haziran
2015 tarihine kadar gezilebilecek Chihuly’nin bu özel dış mekan enstalasyonu, Norfolk’un
doğal ve deniz güzelliklerine övgü niteliğinde.
Sanatçının,
yüzlerce enerjik “Reeds and Marlins (Sazlıklar ve Kılıçbalıkları)” gün ışığında
müzenin büyük meşe ağacına ev sahipliği yapan havuzlu bahçesinde parlayacak.
Geceleri ise, özel olarak aydınlatılan enstalasyonun mavi camları daha dramatik
bir etki ışık yayıyor. Enstalasyon sabah 10.00, akşam 21.00 saatleri arasında
görülebilir.
BRILLIANT BLUE GLASS ARTWORKS SPRING
FROM MEMORIAL GARDEN
DURING CHIHULY IN THE GARDEN AT THE
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART
NORFOLK,
Virginia – The scintillating splendor of Dale Chihuly’s artistry comes alive
with Chihuly in the Garden at the Chrysler Museum of Art. This special outdoor
installation, which opens April 11 in the Museum’s Memorial Garden, pays
tribute to Norfolk’s natural and nautical beauty. Outdoor exhibition
complements Virginia Arts Festival-Virginia Symphony production of Bartók’s
Bluebeard’s Castle, featuring theatrical sets by the renowned artist.
A
hundred of the artist’s vibrant glass Reeds and Marlins will shine in the
sunlight from within the Museum’s waterfront garden, with its grand live oak,
sparkling central fountain, and tranquil waterfront view. Nighttime
illumination will show the blue works in glass in a different, more dramatic
light. Memorial Garden will be open to the public daily from 10 a.m. until 9
p.m.
“Museums
rarely have opportunities to show glass outside the confines of the galleries,
so it is with great excitement that we bring you the genius of Dale Chihuly’s
artwork in our Memorial Garden,” said Diane C. Wright, Carolyn and Richard Barry
Curator of Glass.
Chihuly
in the Garden, organized in cooperation with Chihuly Studio in Seattle, will be
on view at the Chrysler Museum through Harborfest weekend, ending Sunday, June
7. Admission is free.
The
exhibition is part of a collaborative Chihuly celebration between three premier
arts organizations based in Norfolk. Works by the artist also will be featured
on the stage as Virginia Arts Festival, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and
the Chrysler present Béla Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Chihuly designed six
beautiful sculptures specifically for the moody musical drama in 2009. These
breathtaking sets, 14 feet tall, convey the psychological and emotional drama
of this operatic tale. This one-act spectacle of sight and sound comes to
Chrysler Hall on April 18 and 19. Tickets are available for purchase at
www.vafest.org.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dale
Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and
elevating the perception of the glass medium from the realm of craft to fine
art. He is renowned for his ambitious architectural installations around the
world, in historic cities, museums, and gardens. Chihuly’s work is included in
more than 200 museum collections worldwide including the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Corning Museum of Glass.
The
Chrysler Museum’s extensive glass collection includes one of Chihuly’s
acclaimed Venetian series sculptures, a 1990 collaboration with master Italian
glassblower Lino Tagliapietra. Chihuly’s work also served as a keystone
exhibition in 1999’s Art of Glass, a celebration of glass art across the
Hampton Roads region.
ABOUT THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART
The
recently expanded Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia, is one of
America’s most distinguished mid-sized art museums, with a nationally
recognized collection of more than 30,000 objects, including one of the great
glass collections in America. The core of this collection was given to the
Museum by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands
of objects from his private collection to the Museum in 1971. In the years
since Chrysler’s death in 1988, the Museum has dramatically extended its campus
and developed new ties with the Norfolk community. It has rapidly growing
collections, especially in the fields of contemporary glass, American art, and
photography.
In
2011, the Chrysler opened a full-service glass studio with a 560-pound capacity
furnace, a full hot shop, a flameworking studio, nine annealing ovens, and a
coldworking shop. In addition, the Chrysler administers two Federal-period
historic houses in downtown Norfolk: the Moses Myers House and the
Willoughby-Baylor House.
The
Chrysler Museum of Art, One Memorial Place, Norfolk, and its Perry Glass Studio
at 745 Duke St., are open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Historic Houses on E. Freemason Street are open
weekends. Admission is free. For more information on exhibitions, events, and
programs, visit www.chrysler.org