Showing posts with label living in a modern way. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living in a modern way. Show all posts
Blurring the Boundaries:
California Design and Contemporary Art
Friday, February 24, 2012 | 7 pm @ LACMA





"Drawing on the legacy of mid-20th century California artists, the work of Palm Springs based
Jim Isermann is informed by the projected optimism, clean lines, and new materials of Modernism." - Mary Boone, New York, Oct 2011



Looking forward to this upcoming discussion with 3 LA artists that are living in a beautiful blurred state. Friday night, as LACMA : Blurring the Boundaries: California Design and Contemporary Art Friday, February 24, 2012 | 7 pm. See u there!

"A lively panel discussion with influential contemporary artists Jim Isermann, Jorge Pardo, and Pae White explores the impact and legacy of mid-century California design on contemporary art and architecture. Moderated by Frances Anderton, host of DnA: Design and Architecture on 89.9 KCRW and Los Angeles editor of Dwell.

This event is part of the symposium New Narratives for “Living in a Modern Way”: California Design at Mid-century."

"Chaired by California Design co-curators Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman, this two-day symposium features internationally renowned scholars who examine the exhibition's themes by presenting detailed case studies and new narratives. The event also includes a session co-sponsored by the College Art Association that explores the interconnected networks of architecture and design in mid-century Los Angeles, with designers Gere Kavanaugh and Lou Danziger (whose work is included in the exhibition) and architect Ray Kappe. "


go to LACMA for more information.

eames (three ways!)



"Charles and Ray Eames inspired us to appreciate the world by honoring
“the uncommon beauty of common things.”


"Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic." - Charles Eames




Charles and Ray Eames take over Los Angeles!



1. Charles and Ray Eames' living room makes an interim home at LACMA The midcentury legends' untouched living room is relocated and reassembled, piece by piece, at LACMA for the exhibition 'California Design, 1930-1965: Living In a Modern Way.'
read more here

2. Collecting Eames: The JF Chen Collection

3. "Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship , at A + D Museum, Oct 1 - January 16, 2012 " Eames Designs : The Guest Host Relationship" This exhibit uses Eames words to focus on the lesser-known aspects of their lives, revealing their appreciation of the value of humble objects and useful tools. Their insights about the simple pleasures of daily life will be illustrated with objects and materials available during their lifetimes and contemporary examples from the world around us. From tumbleweed to strawberries, a bolt of cloth to a keg of nails, to elephants in India and the bread of Scandinavia, the whole world was their canvas." (text taken from A + D site)






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