Checking out the Chihuly Exhibit and the Dali Museum

Alec and I had planned to check out two of the art museums by ourselves while my husband took our oldest son deep sea fishing but we could not get the day and time to mesh.  So my husband took a morning to go with Alec and I to the museums and we had a great time.

By far our favorite was the Chihuly exhibit.  There were some truly amazing works of art; we just could not get over all the work that must have gone into making these huge blown glass sculptures.















Can you see all the textures? Amazing isn't it?


We were a bit less impressed with the Dali museum, mostly because we are not huge fans of surrealism; the school of art the Dali mostly founded and adhered to.  We did find many of his optical illusion paintings on display and all agreed that whether or not we enjoyed his style of work he did have amazing talent.

Pictures were not allowed in the museum (and in fact I was not even able to bring my mini backpack purse in with me) so I only have two pictures of the actual building; which in itself is a work of art!


Comments

  1. Kym ThorpeOctober 18, 2017 at 9:55 AM

    I love the Chihuly exhibit!! We saw a much smaller scale exhibit in Columbus at Christmas and it was gorgeous.

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    1. Mother of 3October 18, 2017 at 8:51 PM

      We LOVED it! We kept saying how amazing everything was... and there was so much more that I hadn't even photographed.

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  2. Camie MadsenOctober 19, 2017 at 12:03 PM

    What a fascinating exhibit!

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  3. ElyseOctober 24, 2017 at 8:53 AM

    Beautiful! I love his work... we are lucky to have a restaurant in town with one of his chandeliers. I might not love the food but its so lovely to sit under!

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    1. Mother of 3October 24, 2017 at 1:58 PM

      It really is amazing; I just love blown or stained glass art of any kind but his large statement pieces are just mind boggling.

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  4. Sarah StockleyOctober 24, 2017 at 11:14 AM

    I remember doing a whole project on Dali at college, I love all of the colours. Sarah #ExplorerKids

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  5. MandyOctober 24, 2017 at 11:23 AM

    What a fabulous exhibition the colours are amazing! Mandy #ExplorerKids

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    1. Mother of 3October 24, 2017 at 1:59 PM

      It was unbelievable to see all the details up close and I often remarked on how he used his colors with little flecks here or whole little stripes there...

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  6. Lisa PomerantzOctober 24, 2017 at 8:01 PM

    I saw an exhibit similar in Seattle. Beautiful. That you can do these things with glass! The colors are stunning! #explorerkids

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    1. Mother of 3October 25, 2017 at 6:37 AM

      It's amazing to think they can sculpt glass like this... I often wonder how many fires/ tries they need to get the finished piece. I'm sure some of them have got to shatter..

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  7. Helen MillerOctober 26, 2017 at 1:15 PM

    It looks amazing but I would not trust my 21 month old anywhere near those lovely sculptures x
    #Explorerkids

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    1. Mother of 3October 27, 2017 at 6:33 AM

      Oh yes, that would be scary. As it was I kept reminding my 11 year old not to get to close!

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  8. Ethan.n.EvelynOctober 27, 2017 at 10:32 AM

    This is Amazing Art work. I went to the Dali Museum in Spain once when my school - aloooog time ago. I love all these glass blow - it's really weird but wonderful. Thanks for linking up with us on #ExlplorerKids.

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    1. Mother of 3October 28, 2017 at 7:23 AM

      It is definitely a bit weird but totally wonderful!

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