Tour of “Modernism” Exhibit at the Corcoran
May 12, 2007
1:00 PM
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC
Tickets: $17
From the exhibition: Villa Savoye, Poissy, France by Le Corbusier, 1928; Paimio Chair by Alvar Aalto, 1930; and Peinture/Nature Morte by Patrick Henry Bruce, c. 1925-6
ADSW has arranged a second exclusive guided tour of the blockbuster exhibition entitled “Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939” at the Corcoran Gallery of Art .
Space on this tour is limited, and all registrations must be completed by April 30.
The $17 cost of the tour will cover your timed ticket admission to the exhibit and a tour fee.
Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939
“Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939” is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on the subject ever staged in America, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art will be the only American venue. The exhibit was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and presented there last year.
The exhibition explores the foundation and meaning of Modernism, and it contains some of the most seminal works of modern art, graphic and product design, and architecture produced in the first half of the 20th century. It traces the historic development of modern form through social, industrial, and political upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s. It investigates the role of the factory and mass production; the spiritual aspect of modern life; the period’s fascination with the healthy body and organic forms found in nature; and national identity.
With works from 17 countries, this is an exhaustive survey of important objects and images from many media and industries involved in shaping the twentieth century. Such a wide array demonstrates how Modernist philosophy affected nearly every area of life then, and how it continues to permeate our world today. Influences appear in designs of housing, furniture, domestic and manufacturing goods, theater and cinema, automobiles and military engineering, and even clothing and health care. The key Modern movements—such as the Bauhaus, the seminal German art school, Suprematism in Russia, the DeStijl Group in the Netherlands, and Purism in France—are explored in detail. The exhibition also reveals the spread of Modernism from its notable origins in Europe, to influential regions such as the United States, South Africa and South America.
There are over 350 objects and more than 50 film clips in “Modernism.” Among the key Modernist figures featured are artists Piet Mondrian, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Kasimir Malevich, Man Ray, Wassily Kandinsky and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy; architects Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Gropius; and designers Marcel Breuer, Gerrit Rietveld, Marianne Brandt and Alvar Aalto.
The Corcoran web site contains further details.
Order Tickets
Tickets: $17 (including timed ticket admission to the exhibit and a tour fee)
Reservations are required by April 30.
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Created April 21, 2007; Modified Sunday, April 22, 2007.