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Artist of the moment……Dan Dailey (glass)

Dan Dailey makes awesome artwork using glass as his medium. Dan Dailey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 1947. For his artistic education Dailey attended the Philadelphia College of Art and the Rhode Island School of Design.

Dailey founded the glass program at the Massachusetts College of Art.

Dailey has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

You may be thinking of that other famous glass artist whose name you can’t remember and wears an eye patch. Dale Chihuly. Dan Dailey was the first graduate student Dale Chihuly had whilst a teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design.

In this clip an interview with Dan Dailey:

Dan Dailey is part of many collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

What an outstanding glass artist!

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Artist of the moment…….Anne Chu

Anne Chu is an American artist born in New York City in the year 1959.  Chu works in a variety of mediums including sculpture and printmaking. For her artistic education Chu attended the Philadelphia College of Art earning a bachelors of fine arts degree. Chu also earned an MFA from Columbia University located in New York City.

Price range information: Works range from $10,000 to $50,000.

First solo exhibition took place in 1991.

Has shown her work at several locales abroad including the Saatchi Gallery.

Her sculptures include a wide variety of mixed media. The work in the gallery, the sculpture of a person wearing a robe the 2nd from the bottom, includes wood, rope, fabric, cardboard, and a metal armature.

Anne Chu has won a John Guggenheim Fellowship.

Below a brief clip about a book Anne Chu recently produced:

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