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Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)
Pergola Ceiling, 1999
Blown, tooled, and applied glass
96 x 96 x 24 inches
Cafesjian Art Trust Museum, 2022.0382.1. © Chihuly Studio
I first thought of this song once I saw the piece because of how both the song and artwork makes me think of summer. The colors of the artwork gives me summer vibes, and some of the shapes. When I looked closer at it, I noticed that some of the glass pieces looked like seashells, and when I looked at the paper to the piece, the artist wrote that he makes his work based off nature and sea life.
—Chloe Hedman
The piece also made me feel very attracted to it because of the colors and designs, which made me think of the second song, “Christina” by Mirrar, since the song is about attraction and desire. The designs on the pieces made it more pulling, honestly making me not want to look away, admiring it with finding new things almost every second.
—Chloe Hedman
I also thought of the song “Something” by the Beatles because the song is about wanting a specific person, which I thought of when I saw the artwork, wanting to work on it than any other one. In the song, the lyrics "Something in her style that shows me" resemble how I was attracted to the designs. I loved to look at designs on the glass pieces and the glass pieces themselves, it was just really interesting how it looks.
When I first looked at this piece as well, the spiral-like designs that repeat on most of the glass pieces made me think of a trippy song; one that pulls you into it. I didn't pick a song like it though because I couldn't find one that represented it good enough, but when I looked at the songs I chose, I did realize that the attraction I felt in the artwork was like love in songs. I like how the songs linked up in my head before I even realized, making me think how much love the artist put into the pieces and the meaning of it.
—Chloe Hedman
This song reminds me of summer and the warm weather and beautiful scenery of nature. It makes me go to a distinct memory in my mind from when I was younger and I was in the woods by myself, and it was a nice warm day, but not too hot a day, and I was looking for random cool stuff, and I found a stick. Then, I looked to the side of me, and there were five deer in the woods with me, and we just sat there for a bit before they all ran off, slowly hopping away. I just watched, enjoying the silence and peacefulness of childhood when it was simpler times, even though it really wasn't, it was just more comfortable. It's something I was used to, and in a way this piece of artwork made me see I could be more than what I thought I was, and I'll forever be glad I took that first step out of the life I knew because that's when I knew I could do more than I thought with the cards I’ve been dealt.
—Dakota Marlow