Tag: Functional Objects

Against the Way Things Go at Gasser Grunnert

NEW YORK, NY.- Everyday, functional objects have been known to transcend utility and enter into heightened subjective relationships with their possessors. Passionate gestures of devotion have ensued with a woman recently marrying the Eiffel Tower and a…

Against the Way Things Go at Gasser Grunnert

NEW YORK, NY.- Everyday, functional objects have been known to transcend utility and enter into heightened subjective relationships with their possessors. Passionate gestures of devotion have ensued with a woman recently marrying the Eiffel Tower and a…

Exhibition Honoring Four Decades of Support from Collab Celebrates Modern and Contemporary Design

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Showcasing nearly 60 out of the hundreds of works of modern and contemporary design acquired through the generosity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s support group for Modern and Contemporary Design, Collab: Four Decades of Gi…

Exhibition Honoring Four Decades of Support from Collab Celebrates Modern and Contemporary Design

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Showcasing nearly 60 out of the hundreds of works of modern and contemporary design acquired through the generosity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s support group for Modern and Contemporary Design, Collab: Four Decades of Gi…

"Gauguin Maker of Myth" Sheds New Light on Artist and Career at National Gallery of Art

WASHINGTON, DC.- Paul Gauguin’s (1848–1903) sumptuous, colorful images of Brittany and the islands of the South Seas, some of the most beloved in modern art, are among 100 works by the artist in the first major exhibition of his career in the Unit…

Inverted, Upside-Down, Contorted: Mirror Images in New Exhibition at Phæno in Wolfsburg

WOLFSBURG.- Phæno is showing fascinating mirror images in its new exhibition. Mirrors are among the most familiar everyday objects we have, over which we no longer waste a second thought. Nevertheless, if we look a little closer, they are by no means …

Inverted, Upside-Down, Contorted: Mirror Images in New Exhibition at Phæno in Wolfsburg

WOLFSBURG.- Phæno is showing fascinating mirror images in its new exhibition. Mirrors are among the most familiar everyday objects we have, over which we no longer waste a second thought. Nevertheless, if we look a little closer, they are by no means …

"Pattern, Costume and Ornament" Explores the Meanings of Decoration in Contemporary African and African-American Art

BIRMINGHAM, AL.- “Pattern, Costume and Ornament” opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art on June 6 in the Bohourfoush Gallery. The works gathered in the exhibition were created by African and African-American artists and drawn from the Museum’…

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