Art deco

[blinker]

If you're in or near Boston, the Art Deco exhibit at the MFA is worth a visit. It's not necessarily a cultural must-see like their major exhibits of great painters, but it's a lot of fun. They included paintings, jewelry, furniture, classic examples of art deco industrial design and textiles, a Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass window, and a lot of other neat stuff. One thing that I particularly liked was how the last room in the exhibit included a whole bunch of pieces inspired by New York City.

After the exhibit, a whole bunch of us went back to Dean and FJ's place to hang out and try some homemade ice cream from their new ice cream maker. For people who've only been making ice cream for a week or so, they're doing a very good job of it.

In other news, our new living room furniture arrived on Thursday and it looks great when the cats aren't sleeping on it. As soon as we get a coffee table, the living room will be fantastic and we'll be able to have our long-delayed housewarming party.

I start work tomorrow. I'm very excited and a little bit nervous that I am going to be introduced to too many people and it'll be impossible to remember their names. Still, I think it's going to be good.

Comments

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

So I guess you gave up on keeping them off the furniture?

[red-frog.livejournal.com]

Cats, as I'm sure you know, are of the opinion that any furniture is enhanced by a cat sleeping on it. That includes computer monitors if they can balance.

[missdimple.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Art Deco tip. zz and I are huge fans. It lets me know what he and I will be doing during a future date. :)

Hmmm sounds like

[chiefted]

The exhibit that was at the Legion of Honor out here in SF.

Did they have the design mode for Rockefeller Center?
That and the dresses were wonderful (guess thats the girl side in me, liked the dresses more than the car)

[stevenredux.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the new gig and thanks again for the interview.

[unzeugmatic.livejournal.com]

I saw what must have been this exhibit at the V & A when I was in London last year, although it couldn't have been identical -- the London exhibit included the actual glass-brick entryway to the Savoy Hotel, which was donated to the museum when the hotel was torn down (early 60s?) and had been in storage since. I'd be surprised if they shipped that overseas. Did this exhibit include a film clip of Josephine Baker?

I was quite familiar with the later mass-produced deco stuff (I have an apartment full of it), but what enthralled me about the exhibit I saw was the furniture from the early days of the movement -- luxurious streamlined stuff made of things like sharkskin.