Esoteric Survey

The Good Making of Good Things: Craft Horizons Magazine 1941–1979 During its nearly 40 years in print, Craft Horizons documented the craft movement as it happened. This exhibition pairs works from ASU Art Museum’s collection that were made by artists featured in the magazine with articles, reviews and letters from readers to illustrate the essential role Craft Horizons played in the development of craft in the United States from 1941–1979. This exhibition is curated by the 2017 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellows Elizabeth Essner, Lily Kane and Meaghan Roddy and was originally organized by the Center for Craft. It is supported by the Windgate Charitable Foundation as part of the Windgate Contemporary Craft Initiative at ASU Art Museum.  That was the official description above. The real scoop is that  Meaghan,  one of the curators, is a good friend and I've been very excited to see this exhibition. So much so, that I jumped the gun a little and saw it befo...

Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia at   The Berkeley Art Museum .  The exhibition explores the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on art, architecture, and design. J.B. Blunk and Lenore Tawney The sign should have read Reform. The Landing/Reform has long been championing Blunk for over a decade and featured Tawney in an exhibition last year. Gorilla Graphics and Kamikaze Design, 1970 The 50s modernists failed at creating a utopia with the  Le Corbusier approach , so the hippies went small. Ettore Sottsass architectural concepts from the early 70s The Post-Modernist attempt at utopia took the hamster tube approach. So much cuter than the rat race. It reminds me of L. Frances Smith Elementary School (1969) by John M. Johnson.