Comments on: Chihuly vs. Fairchild

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:18:30 +0000

I think that “Chihuly versus Mehretu” sounds like a godzilla-style Japanese flick.

By: Dr. Wagner

Dr. Wagner — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 22:11:36 +0000

Yeah, some things are best left to stories and legends. Those mixes never quite made it, but I can’t hear Hootie and the Blowfish without thinking of those mixes.

By: Hud

Hud — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:36:17 +0000

I had to look her up. It would be neat to see a “Chihuly versus Mehretu” exhibit/post/discussion though I worry that it might end up kind of like Big Time’s old REM versus Jon Spencer Blues Explosion mix dubs that he would make.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:13:24 +0000

He only made one piece specifically for the Fairchild exhibition; all the rest are older and have indeed been recycled.

Oh, P.S., when I called out to my husband about your Chihuly at Fairchild post he checked it out and said “all I see is a post about Chihuly!”, and we were both really confused for a while before he realized that he had thought I said “Julie Mehretu”.

By: Wah

Wah — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:20:30 +0000

I am not positive, but I think the glass ornaments scattered accross the lake are older pieces as well. He did a “piece” where he floated those, or some very similar pieces, down a section of river.

http://www.portlandpress.net/chihrivofgla.html a little googling and it seems that is the origin of the canoe as well, some Finnish river . . .