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MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN OPENS NEW HOME
AT COLUMBUS CIRCLE WITH FREE WEEKEND TO
PUBLIC
Saturday, September 27,
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Free Admission to the Public
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The
Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) opens its
new building at 2 Columbus Circle,
inaugurating its space with four major
exhibitions: Second Lives: Remixing the
Ordinary; Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry;
Permanently MAD: Revealing the Collection
and Forward Thinking: Building the MAD
Collection. The public opening is
Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September
28, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Admission is free.
For information, contact 212.299.7777 or log
on to
www.madmuseum.org.
For the Museum's opening, artist Jason
Hackenwerth has created large wearable
sculptures, known as Megamites, that will be
featured in front of the Museum throughout
the day. Created from latex balloons with a
sophisticated construction technique, the
artist and other performers wearing these
sculptures will showcase the works with
animated demonstrative performances.
The opening of the new Museum of Arts and
Design, designed by Brad Cloepfil of Allied
Works, marks the completion of a renewed
Columbus Circle, reintegrating the building
into the life of the city. The
54,000-square-foot building offers triple
the space of MAD's previous facility,
allowing the Museum to dedicate galleries to
its growing permanent collection for the
first time and to host an expanded program
of exhibitions that will examine the
craftsmanship, materials and processes of
contemporary artists and designers from
around the world.
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In its new special exhibition galleries
on the fourth and fifth floors, MAD
presents Second Lives: Remixing the
Ordinary, a special thematic
exhibition showcasing 51 artists from
around the world who re-purpose and
transform mass-produced objects into
extraordinary works of art.
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On view in The Tiffany & Co. Foundation
Jewelry Gallery on the second floor,
Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry
features over 130 works of modern and
contemporary jewelry from 1948 through
the present, drawn from the Museum's
collection of nearly 500 modern and
contemporary designs.
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Presented in the permanent collection
galleries on the third floor,
Permanently MAD: Revealing the
Collection marks the first time in
the institution's history that its most
significant holdings will be on
comprehensive view.
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Forward Thinking: Building the MAD
Collection showcases outstanding
gifts by many of the Museum's loyal
friends and supporters, significantly
enriching its collection and ensuring
that it will continue to grow in breath,
depth, and quality now and in the
future.
To list
an upcoming event please contact
joyce@blacktiemagazine.com |
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