Jewelry of Ideas Takes Center Stage At The Cooper Hewitt
Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts From The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, offers a broad overview of the radical shifts of the studio design movement from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The gift of 150 represent a diverse and adventurous contemporary collection of abstract, non-objective pieces ranging from bracelets, […]
A Walk in the Woods: Sandra Muss’s Installation Portals At The Kreeger Museum
The natural world often inspires artists by opening up experiences to conceptualize and perceive nature allowing them to respond in new ways. Their intervention alters the formal structure of the environment where a blurring of the boundaries between art and nature becomes the norm. While some on-site installations disrupt – one need only to look […]
Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design at the Jewish Museum
A prominent figure in Art Décor Design during the 1920s and 1930s, French architect and designer Pierre Chareau’s furnishings, light fixtures, and customized interiors for an affluent clientele were considered the epitome of elegance and style. His architectural masterpiece, Maison de Verre (the Glass House), the first glass and steel house in Paris was a […]
Jean Dubuffet’s “Art Brut” Drawings at the Morgan
The French painter and sculptor Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) was a relentless innovator who pushed the boundaries of the conventional. His radical experimentations with form and material led to the founding of “Art Brut” or outsider art produced by the untrained and untutored. Although Dubuffet had a long and prolific career across France and the United […]
Rashid Johnson: Fly Away at Hauser & Wirth
Rashid Johnson, a young promising artist from Chicago, made an auspicious debut in the exhibition “Freestyle” (2001), a show that formally established the genre referred to as post-black art. Conceived by Curator/Director Thelma Golden, Johnson pushed the boundaries of American art and what it means to be black in the post civil rights era. African […]