For my current project, I decided to look into the artwork of Dale Chihuly. When researching the artist, I found this book: The Art of Dale Chihuly. The book visually tells the story of Chihuly’s artwork. Each page has full- scale photographs of his work, which are all photographed against a black background. This background further enhances the vivid colours of glass. The book itself is made from good quality, glossy paper which, further enhances the artwork due to each photographs having a “sheen”.

I further expanded my research on Chihuly by looking at his website. The website has different sections about his life, exhibitions and his work. I particularly like his installation pieces. In my opinion, some of his most successful images of his work have been photographed against a dark background, which further explores and exposes the colours Chihuly has used. I felt confident that his website would not include any biases or non-truthful accounts of Chihuly’s life and work.

Following research through different sources, I found an article based on Chihuly and his artwork. I chose an article written by an American newspaper, The New York Times. I chose this newspaper article as it includes interviews with Jeffery Banks, a former colleague of Chihuly. The article seemed non-bias as it includes conversations with someone who knows Chihuly and how he creates his artwork.

Bibliography

• Burgard, T. A. (2008). The Art of Dale Chihuly. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
• Installations. (2017). Retrieved November 1, 2017, from www.chihuly.com: https://www.chihuly.com/work/installations
• Johnson, K. (2017, August 21). Who Is Really Making ‘Chihuly Art’? Retrieved November 11, 2017, from www.nytimes.com: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/arts/design/chihuly-glass-bipolar-court-moi.html