Fiori Boat
Fiori Boat
Artist
Dale Chihuly
(born 1941)
Date2016
MediumBlown glass and metal boat
Dimensions73 in. × 22ft. 6 in. × 139 in. (185.4 × 685.8 × 353.1 cm)
Boat: 16 1/2 in. × 18ft. 1/2 in. × 48 in. (41.9 × 549.9 × 121.9 cm)
Boat: 16 1/2 in. × 18ft. 1/2 in. × 48 in. (41.9 × 549.9 × 121.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2019.10
Accession number
2019.10
On View
On viewLabel TextDale Chihuly filled a steel boat – finished to appear like wood – with various, brilliantly colored blown glass forms. The idea for his Boat series arose in 1995 when the artist floated newly blown glass downstream on a river in Finland, and local teenagers retrieved them in rowboats. This experience inspired Chihuly to make a boat installation, like this one, which includes elements from his Fiori (“flowers”) series. Typically, the Fiori groupings are comprised of different shapes in vibrant colors that are inspired by natural forms.
Dale Chihuly llenó un bote de acero —que lleva un acabado para parecer madera— con varias formas de vidrio de intensos colores. La idea de su serie de botes surgió cuando el artista hizo flotar piezas de vidrio río abajo en Finlandia y los adolescentes del lugar las recogieron en botes a remo. Aquello inspiró al artista a crear instalaciones con botes como esta, que incluye piezas de vidrio de su serie Fiori (“flores”). Típicamente, los grupos de fiori se componen de muchas formas distintas de colores vibrantes que tienen por objetivo imitar las formas naturales.
