Dale Chihuly
Turned blown glass into monumental installation art, freeing the medium from tabletop craft into architectural spectacle.
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Dale Chihuly is an American glass artist. He is well known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture".
He blew glass into writhing chandeliers the size of rooms and dragged a fusty craft into the world of ambitious installation — garish to some, unforgettable to all.
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Turned blown glass into monumental installation art, freeing the medium from tabletop craft into architectural spectacle.
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