MARLBOROUGH GALLERY PRESENTS A DALE CHILHULY EXHIBITION

MARLBOROUGH GALLERY PRESENTS AN IMPORTANT EXHIBITION OF NEW YORK BY RENOWNED SCULPTOR AND GLASS ARTIST DALE CHILHULY WILL OPEN AT MALBOROUGH CHELSEA ON 16.SEPTEMBER AND CONTINUE THROUGH 16.OCTOBER. CALLED THE 'GREATEST LIVING MASTER OF THE ANCIENT MEDIUM OF GLASS', THIS WILL BE CHILHULY'S FIRST GALLERY EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK SINCE 2006. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS FIRST CHOW AT MARLBOROUGH CHELSEA, CHILHULY WILL CREATE A SPECTACULAR SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATION ENTITLED CHELSEA PERSIANS FEATURING OVER ONE HUNDRED PERSIAN BLOWN GLASS ELEMENTS WHICH ARE OPEN, DISC LIKE FORMS WITH STRIATIONS (CALLED 'BODY WRAPS'). THE PERSIAN GLASS ELEMENTS ARE MOUNTED ON CURVILINEAR STAINLESS STEEL ARMATURES THAT DRAMATICALLY MOVE ACROSS THE WALLS, CEILINGS AND COLUMNS OF THE GALLERY. THE NEW ENVIRONMENTALLY-SCALED WORK FUNDAMENTALLY ALTERS THE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE THROUGH THE USE OF LIGHT, COLOUR, LINE AND GESTURE. IN ADDITION TO CHELSEA PERSIANS, CHILHULY WILL EXHIBIT A GROUP OF SILVERED SCULPTURES THAT CONTINUE HIS EXPLORATION OF GLASS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH LIGHT AND REFLECTION. THE WORKS, SPECIFICALLY SILVERED VENETIAN WITH GOLD AMBER HORNS AND SILVERED VENETIAN WITH TRIO OF HORNS ARE ESSAYS IN LIGHT AND, ACCORDING TO THE ARTIST, WERE INSPIRED BY HIS SERIES GRANDE VENETIANS EXECUTED IN 2009. HE HAS ALSO APPLIED THE TECHNIQUE TO A SERIES OF JERUSALEM CYLINDERS, ALSO IN THE SHOW, TO GREAT EFFECT. CONCURRENT WITH MARLBOROUGH'S EXHIBITION, CHILHULY'S WORK CAN BE SEEN IN NUMEROUS SOLO SHOWS AT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING AT THE FREDERICK MEIJER GARDEN AND SCULPTURE PARK IN GRAND RAPIDS THROUGH 30.SEPTEMBER AND THE CHEEKWOOD GARDENS AND THE FRIST CENTER FOR THE ARTS, BOTH IN NASHVILLE, ON VIEW THROUGH 2.JANUARY.2011.