LACMA (Venue Partner)
5905 Wilshire Blvd
323.857.6000
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Julius Shulman (1910–2009), photographer, Pierre Koenig, architect, Stahl House (Case Study House #22), Los Angeles, 1960 © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library, Research Library at the Getty Rese
- When
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Oct 1, 2011 – June 3
Mondays–Tuesdays (noon–8pm)
Thursdays (noon–8pm)
Fridays (noon–9pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (11am–8pm)
- Where
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Directions: LACMA is located on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Curson avenues—midway between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. From the Santa Monica Freeway (10), take Fairfax Avenue north 2 miles to Wilshire Boulevard.
- Price
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$10 - 15
- Links
“Five years in the making, Living in a Modern Way vividly illustrates how California designers of the midcentury helped shape the aesthetic sensibilities of the rest of the United States. "The California Look" became influential as it exemplified optimism, modernity, and hope. Explore how homes designed by the likes of Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra dramatically diverged from homes of the past, with their open plans and indoor/outdoor style of living. The centerpiece of the show, a meticulous recreation of Charles and Ray Eames' Pacific Palisades living room, is filled with over 1800 of their beloved belongings. This lively representation of midcentury living differs from the typical stark, ultra-sleek homes beloved by so many midcentury modern aficionados. Hundreds of other beautifully designed objects are on display, including Van-Keppel Green patio furniture, pottery, surfboards, fashions by Rudi Gernreich, and every Eames chair produced between 1939 and 1998. The show is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980.”
Karin E. Baker, Flavorpill
This exhibition is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. With more than 300 objects—furniture, ceramics, metalwork, fashion and textiles, and industrial and graphic design—the exhibition examines the state’s role in shaping the material culture of the entire country. Organized into four thematic areas, the exhibition aims to elucidate the 1951 quote from émigré Greta Magnusson Grossman that California design “is not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions…It has developed out of our own preferences for living in a modern way."
