Local “Crafting Modernism” Connections
MAG is excited to be the only tour venue for Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design, organized by the Museum of Art and Design in New York City. And we’re delighted that four works from MAG’s own permanent collection are included in the show, which opens to the public on February 26:
Wendell Castle, Music Rack (1964)
Albert Paley, Fibula 112 (1973)
Isamu Noguchi, Calligraphics (1957)
Byron Wilson, Necklace (1956)
Castle and Paley have long been associated with the School for American Crafts (SAC) at Rochester Institute of Technology. The exhibition features three other artists who taught at SAC: Hans Christensen, Ronald Hayes Pearson, and Jack Prip. Several of their students at SAC earned a place in the show as well: Vincent Ferrini, Ronald Senungetuk, Olaf Skoogfors, Robert J. King, Lorna Pearson, and Ruth Radakovich. The latter also taught at MAG’s Creative Workshop. She is represented in Crafting Modernism by a spectacular and slightly dangerous Cocktail Ring (1969), guaranteed to draw envious stares and possibly blood!
Ruth Radakovich, Cocktail Ring (1956). Collection of the Museum of Arts and Design.
Written by:
Marie Via
Director of Exhibitions
Posted: February 9th, 2012 under Education, Exhibitions.
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