Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
On display at the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)
through Sunday, January 31, 2010
1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10029
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is the first retrospective of this architect's career, which was one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial in the history of 20th-century architecture. From the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport (picture above) and the St. Louis Gateway Arch to the Pedestal Chair for Knoll Associates, Saarinen (1910-1961) created some of the most potent expressions of American identity after World War II. Featuring sketches, working drawings, models, photographs, furnishings, films, and other ephemera, the exhibition examines the architect's career from the 1930s through the early 1960s.
ASSA ABLOY is the global sponsor of Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future.
“scholarly and thoroughly researched... long overdue...”
—The New Criterion
“the curves and glossy surfaces are as seductive as ever... ”
—The New York Times
“profoundly moving... ”
—The Wall Street Journal
The Future at Home: American Furniture, 1940-1955
On display at MCNY through Monday, February 8, 2010
The Future at Home: American Furniture
Presented in conjunction with Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, this selection of furniture, textiles, and print materials demonstrates the height of the modern movement in American home design. Characterized by simple forms using industrial materials, it was championed by well-known figures such as Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames along with many lesser-known designers.
The aesthetic they created in the 1940s and 1950s drew on prewar European modernism and rose to become a defining element of American design at mid- 20th century.
