Art Talk: Mille Fiori

For 6 months I have been going to the Desert Botanical Garden regularly. Now I want to share pictures of pieces from Chihuly in the Desert that I took in the gallery.

Dale Chihuly
Gilded Fiori, 2021
8 x 14½ x 9'(2.43m x 4.41m x 2.74m)
Blown Glass
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Mille Fiori (Italian for "a thousand flowers) demonstrates Chihuly's penchant for organic, free-flowing forms that evoke the natural world. Chihulys affinity is rooted in his early childhood memories. His mother kept an immaculate garden where Chihuly often immersed himself in the beautiful, natural forms of rhododendrons and azaleas, a continued source of inspiration for his world and the Fiori series.

This is a very impressive piece with the purples, gold, breens and black glass set against the black walls.

It is also very interesting to have the glass under the sculpture giving it more dimension and variety.

One of my favorite things about Chihuly's art is that I can look at it over and over and see and discover new things each time.

Other Chihuly in the Desert installations

Art Talk: Fiori Boat
Art Talk: Blue Birch Reeds and Scorpion Tails
Art Talk: Opal and Amber Tower
Art Talk: Lime and Lava Red Tower
Art Talk: Neodymium Reeds
Art talk: Sol del Citron
Art Talk: Red Reeds
Art Talk: Desert Fiori
Art Talk: Aqua Blue and Amber Chandelier
Art Talk: Sonoran Neon
Art Talk: Paintbrushes

Art Talk Series Highlights

2022
Theme: Artists
Art Talk: Yoyoi Kusama
Art Talk: Heloise Crista
Art Talk: Chihuly on Paper
Art Talk: Etel Adnan
Art Talk: Vasily Kandinsky

Other
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