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San Francisco Chronicle art critic, Kenneth Baker, doesn’t hold back in his review of “Chihuly at the de Young,” the de Young Museum’s exhibition of Dale Chihuly’s glassworks. He caps off his views on the empty, non-intellectual nature of Chihuly’s work with the statement: “The history of art is a history of ideas, not just of valuable property. Chihuly has no place in it, and the de Young disserves its public by pretending that he does.” In short, it’s not art. A craft perhaps, but not art. It’s just pretty glass. Angry readers blasted him with email, though a few did agree with his criticism.

Written by ltao

July 28th, 2008 at 2:13 am

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