The New York School of Interior Design presents Collecting Design, a 10-part seminar series headed by Daniella Ohad Smith that will examine the history and current state of 20th century design, with a specific interest in collecting and aspects of the marketplace. Periods covered will include Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, Modernism, Mid-Century, Postwar, and American Studio. Dr.
In HIDDEN HEROES: The Genius of Everyday Things, the M.I.T Museum focuses on commonplace objects whose ubiquity and reliability have obscured their importance in the day-to-day life of the 21st century.Objects such as the tea bag, dowel, lightbulb, and zipper are highlighted here to demonstrate their on-going conceptual and economic importance.
A REPUTATION FOR INNOVATION: Eero Saarinen This retrospective exhibition explores highlights of Eero Saarinen's architectural career, including such stellar projects as the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis MO, and Dulles Airport in Washington DC.
Charlotte Perriand was an influential designer and architect whose career intersected with many of the greatest French designers and architects of the 20th Century, and whose work is today admired and emulated internationally. From her early work with Le Corbusier and Jean Jeanerret, through collaborations with Ferdinand Leger and Jean Prouve, and years of war-imposed exile in Indochina, Perriand's remarkable spirit and dedication to new ideas and materials is a life-long testament to the power of the creative force. Indeed, her 1998 autobigraphy is titled Une Vie de Creation.
Hungarian-born Paul Laszlo studied in Vienna, Paris, and Berlin, then opened his design office in Stuttgart prior to WW2. He emigrated to the USA in 1936, famously buying a car on landing in New York and promptly driving cross-country to Los Angeles, where he quickly set himself up in Beverly Hills designing modern houses and interiors. He enjoyed rapid success, in part due to his European references and cosmopolitan style, and his client list soon included such luminaries as Cary Grant and Barbara Hutton, Billy Wilder, Barry Goldwater, and the Vanderbilt family.
The Norton Museum of Art presents The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League 1936-1951, an exhibition of over 170 works by members of the influential group founded on the conviction that photography could motivate social change. The show includes works by Berenice Abbott, Aaron Siskind, Weegee, and other artists who contributed to the group's publications, exhibits, and educational programs during its' brief incarnation.
American architects Charles Sumner Greene (1868-1957) and his brother Henry Mather Greene ((1870-1954) were born in post-Civil War Ohio, where they received their first technical training in wood- and metalworking at the Cincinatti Technical Institute. They were enrolled for further study at MIT in Cambridge MA, then a typical Beaux Arts school. After spending several years in apprenticeships at various Boston architectural firms, the brothers relocated to Pasadena CA in 1893 in order to be with their family.
Roberto Matta (1911-2002), the famous Chilean artist, is mainly remembered for his role as a leading member of Surrealism as well as an inspiration for the later Abstract Expressionist movement. Following his arrival in Paris in 1933, Matta found work in the architecture office of Corbusier, and soon became friendly with figures now regarded as among the most influential and avant-garde figures in the Paris (and international) art world.
Ernest Race (1913-1964) is acknowledged as the most original and influential 20th century British furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer. A leading figure in the Contemporary movement, Race and his fellows were more interested in the user's needs than in austerity, more organic and playful than rational and mechanical. While rigourously emphasizing new materials and function, many of these designs seem to reflect a post-war exuberance.
Grete Jalk (1920-2006) is remembered most notably for her mastery of classic Danish forms. Her designs were expressed in clean, simple lines that offered useful comfort efficiently produced by modern manufacture. Initially a liberal arts student, she studied at the Design School for Women 1940-43, then the Danish Design School in 1946 (returning as faculty 1950-60), and with Kaare Klint at the Royal Academy Furniture School.
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