Dale Chihuly (American, b.1941)
Radiant Persian pair, 2000
Mixed Media Sculpture Edition, hand blown glass
Approx: 8 х 11 х 10 in. (20.32 x 27.94 x 25.4 cm.)
Signed, Signed and dated
Print/Casting Year 2003
Edition Portland press

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The pieces allude to romance, mystery, an ancient world and its survival in the present, notes art historian Robert Hobbs of Dale Chihuly’s Persian series. Chihuly, on a search for new form, developed a series that conjures images of the East, recognizable by their writhing forms and contrasting ribbons of color. Often grouped into arrangements of more than one element, the Persians are caches of exotic visions.

The graceful undulating profile of Radiant Persian Pair induces an illusion of flexibility. Bright yellow warms each element, while fine dark lines wind around the form. Black lip wraps contrast the yellow bodies, and the two elements just kiss, back-to-back. For Chihuly, each Persian grouping represents an environment, and no matter how big or small, these environments remain conceptually linked to each other through their relationship to the space they inhabit, explains museum curator Tina Oldknow. — Portland Press