For 6 months I have been going to the Desert Botanical Garden regularly. Now I want to share pictures of pieces in Chihuly in the Desert that I have taken at different times of day, through different seasons and light.
Dale Chihuly
Sol del Citron, 2014
Blown glass and steel
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona
This is a very large piece. It is very similar to Summer Sun, 2010, which is 15½ x 13 x 13' and 4.7 x 3.96 x 3.96 meters. It is made up of 1,483 of glass pieces. I saw Summer sun in Tennessee and England respectively.
Sol del Citron, in Spanish, is Sol of the yellow citrus fruit.
The most interesting thing I noticed about this piece as I was going through the pictures all together is that yellow looks very different depending on what day and month I was taking the pictures.
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It was so fun to see peoples reactions as they came up to this piece. It has such a wonderful desert backdrop and is stands out so much.
Sources:
BBC News- Glass sculptures invite reflection at Kew Gardens
Chihuly.com- Chihuly at Cheekwood
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Many times modern art is difficult to understand and completely abstract! Sol de citron is not one of them! I really think it tunes everyone's hearts to the same rhythm when they first see it. Even me who almost lives on the other side of the world and I can see it from the photos! Thanks for this experience I had through your post
Hi @giorgakis So glad you enjoyed this post. It was quite amazing in person and am glad I could bring some of that to you.
Wow. That's a stunning piece, and big too. Both I suppose. I imagine that they are quite something to see in person. So intricate.
Very cool!