Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets
dal 16/2/2003 al 11/5/2003
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Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets
Hotel Wielemans Huis, Bruxelles
Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets, the first major exhibition to tell the story of the metal that sparked innovation in the design of furniture, jewelry, architecture, fashion, and consumer and industrial products, has begun a three-city European tour.
Carnegie Museum of Art's Aluminum by Design exhibition begins European tour
Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets, the first major
exhibition to tell the story of the metal that sparked innovation in the
design of furniture, jewelry, architecture, fashion, and consumer and
industrial products, has begun a three-city European tour. The exhibition,
made possible by Alcoa Foundation, showcases works by Jacques Le Chevalier,
Marc Newson, Paco Rabanne, Boris Bally and other world-renowned designers.
Aluminum by Design first opened in 2001at Carnegie Museum of Art, the
exhibition's organizing institution, and the European tour extends the run
of the show through 2003.
The exhibition's first stop in Europe is The Design Museum in London,
England, where it has been on view since October 18, 2002 and will remain
through January 19, 2003. Subsequently, Aluminum by Design will travel to
Brussels, Belgium, where it will be seen at the Hotel Wielemans, February
17-May 11, 2003, and finally to Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in
Paris, France, where it will be on view June 9-November 5, 2003.
The European tour comes after a successful run in the United States and
Canada where more than 200,000 people viewed the exhibition. In addition to
Carnegie Museum of Art, where it was on view October 28, 2000, through
February 11, 2001, North American venues for the exhibition have included
the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New
York, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal, The Wolfsonian/Florida
International University in Miami Beach, Florida, and the Cranbrook Art
Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Aluminum by Design, a fully illustrated book published by Carnegie Museum of
Art, Pittsburgh, and distributed internationally by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
New York, complements the exhibition. The 296-page book, which includes
250 color illustrations and 120 duotone illustrations of precious objets
d'art and icons of modern and contemporary design, tells the story of the
metal from its discovery in the 19th century, when its rarity made it more
precious than gold, to its current ubiquity and preeminence as a design
material.
Support
Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets is made possible by the generous
sponsorship of Alcoa Foundation. Significant support has also been provided
by Audi of America, Inc.
Additional major support has been provided by The Roy A. Hunt Foundation,
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Funding has also been provided by the Anne and George Clapp Charitable
Trust, The Grable Foundation, and Perfido Weiskopf Architects.
Bruxelles
Hotel Wielemans Huis