Eltville
A stately knight enjoys his glass of local sparkling wine in Eltville (Rheingau).
June 8, 2006
June 7, 2006
Monemvasía Evening
The view from the mountain is spectacular and so are the riuns of the ancient upper town.
June 5, 2006
Chihuly: Arts & the Law
Strange Flower: Chilhuly in Miami, originally uploaded by laurenz
When I visited the Chihuly exposition in Miami’s Fairchild garden, I thought to myself: “no way that one man can do all this on his own”,
and it seems Chihuly has a number of other expositions going on at the same time.
It turns out that Chihuly has not blown glass for a long time, but is responsible for the artistic design.
Which brings us to an interesting law case, with Chihuly attempting to assert a copyright on “his” style of glass art and an assistant claiming co-authorship of several of the pieces.
Lots of interesting questions involved here: what makes these sculptures art? The technical perfection? The design, the context in which they are presented? Is it really possible to clearly define a “Chihuly style” that is different enough from other artisans’ work to be copyrighted?
Is “Chihuly” more of a brand name under which other artists’ works can be sold?
Or is glass blowing just a craft and not patentable at all? Especially since Chihuly himself imitates nature just like here in this object resembling a strange flower…
Many interesting questions - and here are some resources I found:
http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/01/can-you-copyright-nature/
http://www.copybites.com/2006/05/glass_artist_fi.html
http://theartlawblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/through-glass-darkly.html
http://madisonian.net/archives/2006/06/01/chihuly-glass-sculpture/
Regardless of the outcome of these law suits, I’ll vist the nexr Chihuly exposition that I come across…
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