The Curated Object

Exhibitions Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Great Age of American Automobiles. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. The Curated Object

The Great Age of American Automobiles
February 3 - June 23, 2008

The American automobile has long been an emblem of personality and an icon of fantasy. This exhibition focuses on the height of American automobile design as it flourished in the decades following WWII, when cars became not just vehicles of transportation but vehicles of the imagination. One hundred skillfully and elegantly rendered works, including images of cars actually produced, exotic concept cars, advertising artwork, and sculpted car models, will be displayed alongside a select group of classic vintage automobiles as well as Detroit’s latest concept cars.

For more information please visit: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
-Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Fort Lauderdale, FL. The High Style of Dorothy Draper. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. The Curated Object

The High Style of Dorothy Draper
February 3 - June 23, 2008

Once in a while there comes along a woman, so absolutely certain in her sense of style, that it makes every other person around her invisible by comparison. The High Style of Dorothy Draper examines the life and career of one of America’s best known interior designers, whose outsized personality, extravagant designs and down-to-earth business sense combined to make her one of the most interesting celebrities, influential tastemakers and powerful design magnates of the mid-twentieth century. This retrospective features rarely seen drawings, sample books, vintage photographs, furnishings, and products from some of her most famous projects, including the Carlyle, Drake and Greenbrier. Items are displayed in galleries that evoke “The Draper Touch," a theatrical amalgam of baroque ornamentation, over-scaled stripes, cabbage rose prints, black-and-white checked floors and high-voltage color.

For more information please visit: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
-Joanne Molina

Exhibitions Fort Lauderdale, FL. Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. The Curated Object

Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions
November 30, 2007-March 31, 2008

In June 2005, nearly two dozen internationally known furniture makers from North America and Canada came together at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, to draw inspiration from one another and from classic pieces of antique Chinese furniture. After this workshop, they returned to their studios and created the stellar works included in this exhibition, which explores the creative power of cross-cultural exchange. Organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. More...

For more information please visit: Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
-Joanne Molina