Chihuly at Kew: Reflections on nature

Description

Chihuly at Kew: Reflections on Nature is a celebration of the work of iconic artist Dale Chihuly, who once again is exhibiting his luminous artworks in Kew's spectacular landscape, featuring pieces never seen before in the UK. The book showcases these utterly unique artworks across one of London's most spectacular landscapes, in a perfect marriage of art, science, and nature. Stunning photography depicts the dazzling art installations situated across the Gardens, set within the landscape as well as in glasshouses and in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Highlights include the Drawings and Rotolo series, some of the most technically challenging work that Chihuly has ever created, as well as Seaforms, undulating forms that conjure underwater life. A specially designed sculpture suspended from the ceiling of the newly restored Temperate House provides one of the moss stunning features of the exhibition and book. An introductory essay by Tim Richardson accompanies the artworks, along with artist's chronology and biography.

Dale Chihuly is an American artist noted for revolutionising the studio glass movement and elevating perceptions of the glass medium. Tim Richardson is an internationally respected landscape critic. He is a former landscape editor at Wallpaper, gardens editor at Country Life and founding editor of New Eden magazine. He is a contributing author on Chihuly Garden Installations (Abrams Books, 2011) and is the author of several books on gardens, including Great Gardens of America (Frances Lincoln, 2009), Avant Gardeners (Thames and Hudson, 2009), and The Arcadian Friends (Bantam, 2007).

"This celebration of Chihuly's creations depicts his stunning designs across Kew's spectacular landscape."-- "Bookseller"