CHIHULY IN AUSTRALIA:
GLASS AND WORKS ON PAPER

In the catalog accompanying Dale Chihuly's first retrospective show to travel in Australia, essayist Geoffrey Edwards places the artist within the context of ancient Syrian and Egyptian glass dating to the dawn of the millennium. At the end of the 20th century, Edwards evokes the former's sensuous forms and the latter's rich color and patterning. In addition to illustrating in full-color the glass works and drawings in the exhibition, there are written descriptions of the various series Chihuly has created from the 1974 Soft Cylinders to the 1992 Pilchuck Stumps. Details of the artist's energetic drawings are reproduced full-scale as the end papers of the catalog designed by the award-winning graphic designer W. Joseph Gagnon. A brief chronology and listing of selected museum collections completes this succinct but comprehensive view of Chihuly's career through 1993.

1993 Softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
32 pages, 19 color reproductions
ISBN: 978-0-9608382-1-9