<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blurring the Boundaries:</span></span><br />California Design and Contemporary Art<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Friday, February 24, 2012 | 7 pm</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">@ LACMA</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6916540061_5500b2a235_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6916540061_5500b2a235_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 698px; height: 698px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6916540165_57b7173404_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6916540165_57b7173404_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 463px;" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br />"Drawing on the legacy of mid-20th century California artists, the work of Palm Springs based </span><a href="http://jimisermann.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Isermann</span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> is informed by the<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" > projected optimism, </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >clean lines</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >, and new materials of Modernism."</span> </span><a href="http://maryboonegallery.com/exhibitions/2011-2012/Jim-Isermann/index.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- Mary Boone, New York, Oct 2011</span></a><br /><br /><br style="font-style: italic;"></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Looking forward to this upcoming discussion with 3 LA artists that are living in a beautiful blurred state. Friday night, as LACMA : </span><a href="http://www.lacma.org/event/california-design-panel" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blurring the Boundaries:</span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> California Design and Contemporary Art Friday, February 24, 2012 | 7 pm. See u there!</span><br /><br />"A lively panel discussion with influential contemporary artists <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jim Isermann</span></span>, <a href="http://www.jorgepardosculpture.com/"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jorge Pardo</span></span></a>, and <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pae White</span></span> explores the impact and legacy of mid-century California design on contemporary art and architecture. Moderated by Frances Anderton, host of DnA: Design and Architecture on 89.9 KCRW and Los Angeles editor of Dwell.<br /><br />This event is part of the symposium New Narratives for <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">“Living in a Modern Way”: California Design at Mid-century."</span></span><br /><br />"Chaired by California Design co-curators Wendy Kaplan and Bobbye Tigerman, this two-day symposium features internationally renowned scholars who examine the exhibition's themes by presenting detailed case studies and new narratives. The event also includes a session co-sponsored by the College Art Association that explores the interconnected networks of architecture and design in mid-century Los Angeles, with designers Gere Kavanaugh and Lou Danziger (whose work is included in the exhibition) and architect Ray Kappe. "<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.lacma.org/event/california-design-panel"><span style="font-style: italic;">go to <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LACMA </span></span>for more information.</span></a>

Blurring the Boundaries: California Design and Contemporary Art Friday, February 24, 2012 | 7 pm @ LACMA "Drawing on the legacy of mid...

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eames (three ways!)

<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Charles and Ray Eames inspired us to appreciate the world by honoring <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">“the uncommon beauty of common things.”</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Art resides in the quality of doing, <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">process is not magic." </span></span>-</span> Charles Eames<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6197697847_2bd9ec8d28_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6197697847_2bd9ec8d28_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 498px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Charles and Ray Eames take over Los Angeles!</span></span><br /><br /><br />1. Charles and Ray Eames' living room makes an interim home at<a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/californiadesign"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">LACMA</span></span></a> The midcentury legends' untouched living room is relocated and reassembled, piece by piece, at LACMA for the exhibition <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/californiadesign"><span style="font-weight: bold;">'<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">California Design, 1930-1965: Living In a Modern Way.' </span></span></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/24/home/la-hm-eames-lacma-20110924">read more here</a><br /><br />2. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Collecting Eames:</span><a href="http://www.jfchen.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=lmmZaW1mlJmf"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> The JF Chen Collection</span><br /></span></a><br />3. <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >"Eames Designs: The Guest Host Relationship</span> , at<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.aplusd.org/exhibitions-current"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);">A + D Museum</span></a></span></span>, Oct 1 - January 16, 2012 " Eames Designs : The Guest Host Relationship" This exhibit uses Eames words to focus on the lesser-known aspects of their lives, revealing their appreciation of the value of humble objects and useful tools. Their insights about the<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);"> simple pleasures of daily life</span></span> will be illustrated with objects and materials available during their lifetimes and contemporary examples from the world around us. From tumbleweed to strawberries, a bolt of cloth to a keg of nails, to elephants in India and the bread of Scandinavia, the whole world was their canvas." <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(text taken from A + D site)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--------------------</span>

eames (three ways!)

"Charles and Ray Eames inspired us to appreciate the world by honoring “the uncommon beauty of common things.” "Art resides in the...

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