Artist

Dan Dailey

born Philadelphia, PA 1947
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Photo by Russell Johnson. Courtesy Dan Dailey.
Also known as
  • Daniel Owen Dailey
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Dan Dailey became fascinated with what he considers the “magic” of glassblowing while at Philadelphia College of Art. He often incorporates other materials and will bend or penetrate the surface of the glass to play on its brittleness and solidity. Much of Dailey’s work is constructed from brightly colored plates of glass; this two-dimensional quality and the humor often found in his pieces recall Dailey’s early aspirations to be a cartoonist.

Works by this artist (6 items)

ADÁL, Un Momento Retardado, ca. 1973, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1, © 1973, ADAL
Un Momento Retardado
Artist
Dateca. 1973
gelatin silver print
Not on view
ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Adál Maldonado, 1994, lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.19.1, © 2012, ADÁL
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico…
Artist
Date1994
lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet
Not on view
ADÁL, El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico: Luciana Alexandra del Rio de la Serna, 1994, issued 2012, lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.19.2, © 2012, ADÁL
El Puerto Rican Passport, El Spirit Republic de Puerto Rico…
Artist
Date1994, issued 2012
lithography with photograph in staple-bound booklet
Not on view
ADÁL, West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards, Sideways and Out of Focus (La Maleta de Futriaco Martínez), 2002, suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor, single-channel digital video, color, sound; 12:51 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.20A-B, © 2002, ADÁL
West Side Story Upside Down, Backwards, Sideways and Out of…
Artist
Date2002
suitcase, flat-screen LCD monitor, single-channel digital video, color, sound; 12:51 minutes
Not on view

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      Doctor Paul and Elmerina Parkman, longtime supporters of the Renwick Gallery and collectors of contemporary craft, discuss their fascination with glass artist Dan Dailey. Parkman Coupe commemorates Doctor Parkman’s contribution to the first successful vaccine against rubella, or German measles and is a part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection.

      Exhibitions

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      Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
      November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
      Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.