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Ethereal White Persian Pond, 2018, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, installed 2021
Poetic, experimental forms
Chihuly’s Persians are a celebration of wild symmetry and swirling patterns of color. First exhibited in 1986 as part of his exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre in Paris, the dramatic forms are presented on pedestals and in compositions mounted on walls, and suspended from ceilings in the form of Chandeliers and Towers.
Grand Stairwell Installation, 2018, 23 x 64½ x 2'
Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Glasshouse Sculpture, 2012, 27 x 100 x 23'
Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle
Persian Ceiling, 2012, 25 x 15'
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, installed 2016
Persian Window, 2019, 15 x 14½ x 1½'
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Columbus, Ohio
Cloud Forest Persians, 2018, 35 x 8 x 7'
Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, installed 2021
Three Graces Tower, 2016, 84 x 96 x 96"
Atlanta Botanical Garden
“The Persians started out as a search for forms. We worked for a year on doing only experimental Persians...we made a thousand or more.”
–Chihuly
Creating a wall of color
Chihuly began using glass elements originally meant for Chandeliers to create Sconces in 1997, and has since revisited the concept, assembling clusters of the forms to create sweeping and dynamic wall installations.
Topaz Verdigris Persian Wall, 2017, 38 x 76"
Topaz and Aqua Persian Sconce Wall (detail), 2016, 66 x 78 x 16"
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