Chihuly’s Surreal Playground

Posted on September 12, 2008 
Filed Under Art

Have you ever daydreamed about what it might be like to sail down Willy Wonka’s chocolate river? Did you ever imagine taking a stroll through one of Dr. Suess’s candy-colored landscapes? These just might be the types of journeys that Dale Chihuly intends to take us on.

San Francisco’s de Young museum brings back the work of the visionary glass sculptor in an awe-inspiring new exhibit. A master manipulator of the medium, Chihuly uses glass in ways that defy our imaginations. This opulent collection proudly showcases some of the pieces for which he is most well-known (the dramatic chandelier series) as well as earlier work that hasn’t been viewed in the US since 1972. Somebody pinch me. I think I just saw an Oompa-Loompa.

The de Young is located at 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Chihuly at the de Young, through September 28.

—Michael

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