Bellagio Glass Ceiling Artist
In the late 1990s hotel owner steve wynn asked the artist to create a site specific installation in the lobby of his las vegas hotel the bellagio.
Bellagio glass ceiling artist. A well established artist long before steve wynn commissioned him to create a. Could say is a garden of poppies all made from glass. Inside bellagio dale chihuly s fiori di como composed of over 2 000 hand blown glass flowers covers 2 000 sq ft 190 m 2 of the lobby ceiling.
Bellagio hotel has so much to offer the public as far as sights on the strip. Shop for bellagio art from the world s greatest living artists. Our project turned out so well i installed it on my art room ceiling.
Steve wynn commissioned the artwork that spans 2 000 square feet on the ceiling and took two years to complete before it debuted when the bellagio opened in 1998. Chihuly is the artist who created fiori di como the glass sculpture that hangs from the ceiling in bellagio s lobby. Other artwork at the bellagio walk into the front lobby to see glass artist dale chihuly s fiori di como a stunning canopy of hand blown glass flowers in different colors.
Bellagio is home to cirque du soleil s aquatic production o. The main original tower of bellagio with 3 015 rooms has 36 floors and a height of 508 ft 151 m. Throughout dale chihuly s long career the artist has made objects out of blown glass ranging from small tabletop vessels to monumental installations.
Contemporary art glass blower chihuly created this work of art for steve wynn. Here is a group art project inspired by chihuly s ceiling installation at the bellagio in las vegas. If you aren t familiar with his work the bellagio glass ceiling will give you a crash course in dale chihuly.
His stunning installations are distinct delicate and organic in nature. Front door your eyes are brought to the ceiling of the lobby with what one. Go ã â the minute you walk through the.