Several woven baskets from Northwest Indian cultures will also be featured in the exhibition. The exhibition will continue through Sept. 16.
Admission is free.
I was struck by the grace of their slumped, sagging forms. I wanted to capture this grace in glass. During his 30-year career, Chihuly has virtually reinvented the art of glass blowing. Although glass blowing has long been considered a craft rather than an art, Chihuly's unique explorations of sea forms, icicles, flowers and other themes have passed into the realms of art. Critics maintain he has gone well beyond the goal of achieving technical perfection into the realm of creating expressively powerful objects.