NYAB Event - Dale Chihuly Exhibition

Dale Chihuly Exhibition

Marlborough (Midtown)

[Image: Dale Chihuly "Sapphire Neon with Burned Logs and Neodymium Reeds" (detail), (2015)]

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The Directors of Marlborough Gallery present an exhibition of new work by artist, Dale Chihuly.

A 50-year journey exploring color and light crescendos with Chihuly at Marlborough, which will display a new series of work titled Rotolo. In these works, glass is handled in an aggressively physical manner resulting in the most technically challenging pieces that the artist has produced. Chihuly remarks, “Working on my new series, Rotolo, rekindled my excitement for working with clear glass. I was really amazed by the complexity and brilliance of the form, which started from a simple coil.”

With a background in architecture, Chihuly has always been interested in space and light. Working within the architecture of the gallery, Chihuly will present smaller sculptural works from his established series along with large-scale installations. At the center of the gallery will be Sapphire Neon with Burned Logs and Neodymium Reeds. This piece is the result of work produced with and in nature since the 1970s; a period marked by his initial experimentation with neon as a medium. Chihuly states, “I use glass, plastic and neon…a lot of different materials. I am fascinated with putting these materials together – transparent materials – materials that have to do with light… The magic is in the light.” The Reeds came out of a multi-week project during the longest days of the year in Nuutajärvi, Finland, in 1995.