Chihuly

Mr. Shankly · **Posted:** Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:16 pm

GO SEE IT! It was sooooo awesome! http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/chihuly

Let me know if you do see it and what you thought of it. The ceiling was definitely my favorite.

eta: A few photos that I took:

Quarantined · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:11 am

I really liked it, I kept thinking it was all kind of grotesquely beautiful, if that makes sense. All the strange forms and the little details like bumps and ridges on the polyps. I thought his preliminary drawings were really cool as well.

gato · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:43 am

I caught it last Mon and it was awesome!

My favorite parts were the boat Ikebana and Mille Fiori (the 2nd picture above).

Desdemona · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:29 am

Agreed. His stuff is like the surreally beautiful love-child of Hieronymus Bosch and Dr Seuss!

Mr. Shankly · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:00 am

Yes! My friend and I kept commenting about how much it reminded us of Dr. Seuss, especially the Ikebana boat. I also loved the fact that a lot of it reminded me of the ocean, I still can't get over that ceiling! Did everyone else notice the cherubs in the ceiling?

gato · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:03 pm

I thought the cherubs were creepy, but then I tend to think cherubs are creepy in any setting.

I've never made the connection to Bosch in his work, but now that you mention it, there's definitely some connection there.

chatter710 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:20 pm

I want to go!

DarthCupcake · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:58 pm

I shall have to put that onto my to-do list for next week. Get me out of the damn house.

vegetalion · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:28 am

Mr. Shankly wrote:

I also loved the fact that a lot of it reminded me of the ocean, I still can't get over that ceiling! Did everyone else notice the cherubs in the ceiling?

And the squids! The ceiling was full of sea-related things; we had fun finding the different sizes of cherubs and cephalopods.

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

b.vicious · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:28 pm

vegetalion wrote:

Mr. Shankly wrote:

I also loved the fact that a lot of it reminded me of the ocean, I still can't get over that ceiling! Did everyone else notice the cherubs in the ceiling?

And the squids! The ceiling was full of sea-related things; we had fun finding the different sizes of cherubs and cephalopods.

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

I would mind rain less with that umbrella!

Mr. Shankly · **Posted:** Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:25 pm

vegetalion wrote:

Mr. Shankly wrote:

I also loved the fact that a lot of it reminded me of the ocean, I still can't get over that ceiling! Did everyone else notice the cherubs in the ceiling?

And the squids! The ceiling was full of sea-related things; we had fun finding the different sizes of cherubs and cephalopods.

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

It was extremely tempting to not buy one of those umbrellas but I did buy one of the book/DVD combos for a friend of mine.

I loved how almost everything reminded me of the ocean! The first picture that I posted reminds me of coral.

I would definitely go back and see this again.

vegetalion · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:47 pm

b.vicious wrote:

vegetalion wrote:

Mr. Shankly wrote:

I also loved the fact that a lot of it reminded me of the ocean, I still can't get over that ceiling! Did everyone else notice the cherubs in the ceiling?

And the squids! The ceiling was full of sea-related things; we had fun finding the different sizes of cherubs and cephalopods.

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

I would mind rain less with that umbrella!

I know, right? I'd be like, "Ugh, what a gross rainy day, better get out my umbrella--Oh! The world is so beautiful!"

VeganFoodRocks · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:24 pm

the umbrella is gorgeous! I need to go check this out!

Desdemona · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 5:36 pm

vegetalion wrote:

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

Me, too! I was short on cash the day we went, and have had non-buyer's remorse ever since. I want to take my sister, and this time, that umbrella is going to be mine! (And then I have to be really, really careful not to leave it somewhere, because I have a mind like a sieve.)

vegetalion · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:48 am

Desdemona wrote:

vegetalion wrote:

I LOVED this exhibit. I want to go back to 1.) see it again and 2.) buy one of the Chihuly umbrellas.

Me, too! I was short on cash the day we went, and have had non-buyer's remorse ever since. I want to take my sister, and this time, that umbrella is going to be mine! (And then I have to be really, really careful not to leave it somewhere, because I have a mind like a sieve.)

They AND their website were sold out when I went! Now they're back in stock, but I want to go back to the exhibit anyway, so I'm not ordering online.

I've never owned a nice umbrella before; I worry about the same thing.

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