Archive for the ‘Design’ tag
“Cash for your Warhol”
Coming to NYC this weekend is an exhibition that includes my pal Geoff “Cash for your Warhol” Hargadon. Inspired by the “Cash for Your House” signs seen in neighborhoods hit by the recession, Geoff had the same Texas company that produces the “Cash for Your House” signs create “Cash for Your Warhol” signs and posted them around Boston and NYC. NOTE: The inset photo, taken by Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum, hits close to home as the president of Brandeis announced last January that the school would dissolve the museum and sell off its collection.
The service is explained in more detail at the website: http://www.cashforyourwarhol.com/
Featured in a show that opens 11.5 at Elizabeth Art Space, NY, NY
I’ll take a foot, please.
Bread has long been an art form but this takes it one teensy bit further.
Bauhaus Movement: Who you know and who you…
Margarete Heyman: Modern Ceramic Plate (Bauhaus Art + Design School)
I was reading about Margarete Heymann in the New York Times yesterday. She is considered one of the “forgotten” women of the Bauhaus movement despite being a very talented, prolific, and active member of the movement. Heymann’s obscurity is due in part to the patriarchy of arts at the time, world war, economics, and well – really bad geographical choices. However, I immediately recognized her work and the influence it has had on ceramics and pottery to modern kitchen gadgetry (Alessi – for example). As a tinkerer in flea markets and antique shops, I’ve seen the generations of mass produced work (now collectible) that stand as a tribute to her style and influence. So, I figured I’d try to ”unforget” her to some folks if I could…
From the Times article…”“It’s a tragic story,” said Anja Baumhoff, a lecturer in art and design history at Loughborough University in England. “She was an exceptional woman, who refused to live by the rules. Her work was original, functional, very, very beautiful and remarkably advanced for its time.” The reasons for her obscurity tell us as much about why some people are cast as winners — and others as losers — in design history, as about the Bauhaus and Ms. Heymann herself.” Read the full article at the link below and google image search away…you won’t be disappointed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/arts/02iht-design02.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=nytimesarts.
