Design Loves Art
source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-design23-2009sep23,0,3336730.story
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"Design Loves Art. Say what?
For some L.A. art dealers, the contemporary art program opening Thursday at the Pacific Design Center is rent-free space in a different part of town. For those who have lost galleries to the recession, it's a chance to go public again.
For artists, it's an opportunity to do something big or be seen by a new audience at the enormous Melrose Avenue building known as the Blue Whale.
And for the PDC -- which started the whole thing as part of its new fine arts mission -- the six-month project is an attempt to forge connections between art and design while filling empty spaces intended for the interior design trade.
"There are always vacancies in the building," says Helen Varola, director and curator of the art project. And the economic downturn hasn't helped. "But we didn't want to just fill up vacant spaces. We wanted to create a dynamic between the design world and the art world. This is about creating community and keeping a spirit alive. The tide will turn again. We just have to be optimistic and think up new things."..." More @ link
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very interesting development, and timely
For some L.A. art dealers, the contemporary art program opening Thursday at the Pacific Design Center is rent-free space in a different part of town. For those who have lost galleries to the recession, it's a chance to go public again.
For artists, it's an opportunity to do something big or be seen by a new audience at the enormous Melrose Avenue building known as the Blue Whale.
And for the PDC -- which started the whole thing as part of its new fine arts mission -- the six-month project is an attempt to forge connections between art and design while filling empty spaces intended for the interior design trade.
"There are always vacancies in the building," says Helen Varola, director and curator of the art project. And the economic downturn hasn't helped. "But we didn't want to just fill up vacant spaces. We wanted to create a dynamic between the design world and the art world. This is about creating community and keeping a spirit alive. The tide will turn again. We just have to be optimistic and think up new things."..." More @ link
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very interesting development, and timely
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Holy cow! What a melange of visual offerings ~!
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here's some info about the exhibit in the photo:
"Perk," the opening show at See Line Gallery, brings a thrift shop aesthetic to the PDC. Artist Bari Ziperstein has filled much of the glass-walled showroom with gaudily glazed ceramic sculptures, cast from kitschy figurines and furnishings, including mirrors and table lamps. In a separate room at the rear, her dazzling environment of mirrors, photo murals and an oversize chandelier was inspired by the cluttered storage space of a lamp vendor at the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
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