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[Times photo: Lara Cerri]
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With Cranberry Red Persian Wall behind him, glass artist Dale Chihuly takes in the popular exhibit of his work. Chihuly lost an eye to a car accident in 1976.
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After a phenomenal 19-week run, "Chihuly Across Florida: Masterworks in Glass'' has closed at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. An estimated 150,000 visitors toured the exhibition of massive glass sculptures and installations, including several thousand school children. Even though the work has been sent back to Chihuly's Seattle studio, you can continue to visit the show at this website.
Dale Chihuly, the most famous glass artist in the world, brought his extravagant, flamboyant sculptures and installations to the Museum of Fine Arts. The galleries and gardens were filled with examples of Chihuly's most celebrated work including the monumental sculptures built from hundreds of pieces of individually blown glass.
From the pages of the Times:
May 28, 2004
Among Chihuly exhibit fans, Chihuly
By LENNIE BENNETT
The normally reclusive artist stops at the Museum of Fine Arts to check out the great public response to his show of glassworks.
February 21, 2004
Glass exhibit's success may shatter expectations
By LENNIE BENNETT
The sturdy stream of visitors to view Dale Chihuly's works at St. Petersburg's Museum of Fine Arts could become a rarity - the exhibit that makes a profit.
January 15, 2004
Splendor in the glass
By LENNIE BENNETT
The debate over whether Dale Chihuly is craftsman or artist is academic. It's the spectacle that counts.
January 15, 2004
More art glass at local galleries
By Times Staff Writer
The Arts Center, St. Petersburg - "Glass: A View Within," curated by Duncan McClellan, new work by nine international glass artists. Also "Beyond Glass: Paintings by Jack Barrett. " (727) 822-7872.
January 15, 2004
Fiery demonstration
By LENNIE BENNETT
At the Arts Center in St. Petersburg, onlookers can watch a glass artist at work in the hot shop.
January 11, 2004
Formed in fire
By LENNIE BENNETT
Sand and potash turned molten. Science calls it glass. Like no one else, Dale Chihuly makes it art.
January 7, 2004
For art exhibit, these are the breaks
By MARY JANE PARK
When Chihuly glass artworks break, as some are expected to, they meet their end in complete annihilation.
January 4, 2004
Handled with care
By LENNIE BENNETT
From 500 foam-lined cardboard boxes, thousands of individually blown pieces of glass are being assembled into a precedent-setting Dale Chihuly exhibit at St. Petersburg's Museum of Fine Art.
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