Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tibrocity: Design and Undesign by Tibor Kalman
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Former Benetton magazine design honcho Tibor Kalman prepared this retrospective shortly before his untimely death in 1999. 'Tiborocity' features Kalman's ideas and projects in a setting designed to evoke a mythical 'village', divided into nine sites that serve as metaphors for the themes that influenced his work - including a classroom, a prison cell and a museum of practical ideas. Some 200 works, selected by the designer, encapsulate his lasting contribution to film, video and industrial design.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
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England's Manchester City Art Gallery, renowned for its stunning collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, has loaned a good few of its Victorian beauties to this prestigious gallery on the 42nd floor of the Yasuda insurance building. Paintings on display include Dante Gabriel Rossetti's images of Elizabeth Siddal, the wavy-haired red-head who obsessed him before he subsequently married, buried and then exhumed her to retrieve some poetry - that he'd placed in her coffin - for publication.
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