Esoteric Survey

California Cool: Mid-century Modernism on the Central Coast  opened last Friday at the Museum of Ventura County. Here are just a few pics. I'll do a more in-depth post later.  Ceramic sculpture by Santa Barbara-based artist Michael Arntz, on loan from The Landing .  Mosaic by Evelyn Ackerman , collection of Laura Ackerman.  Not only did the Ackermans have a long history collaborating with Central Coast-based companies Panelcarve and Forms + Surfaces, Evelyn designed a mural in Santa Barbara (below). Sea, Land, and Sky (1957) by Evelyn,  for a Louis Mazzeti office building on Victoria Street in Santa Barbara. Screen salvaged from a Rodney Walker house in Ojai that was the victim of an insensitive remodel. The screen is from the collection of Eric Huff. Architecture is a major component of the exhibition. The opening was a sell out.  California Cool: Mid-century Modernism on the Central Coast California Cool looks at ...

Ken Nack / Michael Arntz Santa Barbara: 1960s - 1980s September 22 - November 3, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday September 22, 4-8pm More information at The Landing Monumental Arntz From the Creative Directors of Daft Punk, JF Chen presents Hervet Manufacturier, a limited edition collection of furniture created by cousins Cedric and Nico Hervet. Each piece is an edition of 12, and made in France, the two Hervet cousins design furniture under meticulous respect for the traditional techniques of carpentry.

LAMA  preview for the May 18th Auction Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture hanging out with a few works by John Altoon Custom designed Billy Haines furniture from a Samuel Marx-designed residence in the Holmbly Hills area of Los Angeles. I bet the  fancy pants  crowd is  salivating over this stuff.   Easy to say for a guy who had lots of money and taste. Henry P. Glass file cabinet and Alexander Girard ottoman-with original fabric! Dan Johnson desk for Hayden Hall, in nice original condition with lots of patina and Eames VKG Eames Sofa Compact with Girard fabric and some 670/671s Johnson, Knoll, Grossman and Baughman The crafty corner with a lot of Nakashima and Maloof. The craft continues: Maloof, Tuttle, Ackerman, Nakashima and a monster Michael Arntz mountain pot. John Smith This Dominic Di Mare weaving is one of my favorite things in the sale. It comes from the estate of Edurah Moore...

Michael Arntz ceramic head Eames splint Howard McNab and Don Savage for Peter Pepper Products Alvin Lustig / New Directions : New Classics   #27

Pair of smallish plaques at the flea.  They wanted $6K with the threat  that if they didn't sell they would be sending them to auction.  OK, so flea market first, then auction...bozos Monumental Garden Pot at LAMA in 2008 - Sold for $12K "Monument to Hetch Hetchy" California Design 11