Dale
Chihuly's Persians
echo distant and exciting cultures, history stretching back
to ancient times, and a fascination with spontaneous form
and bold color. Of this series, museum curator Tina Oldknow
says, "Chihuly's early Persians hint at glass's
distant past: the small, dense, and rare core-formed vessels
that first appeared in Egypt about 1,500 BC and in Mesopotamia
(Iraq) around 1,300 BC."
Dragonfly
Persian is at once both archetypal
and daring, both modern and ancient. A single orange piece
flaring open from a ball foot is rimmed with a royal blue
lip wrap. Dark blue and black flecks together with a warm
brown body wrap and an iridescent shimmer highlight the
back of the piece.
Handblown
and measuring approximately nine inches across, the 2007
Portland Press Studio Edition Dragonfly Persian
is signed by Chihuly. A Plexiglas display vitrine is included,
as is the hardcover book Chihuly Persians. With
sixty color photographs and an essay by curator of modern
glass at the Corning Museum Tina Oldknow, the book provides
an overview and history of the Persian series.
Intredpid
and alluring,
Dragonfly Persian
presents an exotic
addition to the Persians. |
