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International:
Museum
of Arts and Design - MAD Ball
Photos by Annie Watt, Courtesy of the Museum
of Arts and Design
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Barbara Tober,
Richard Dupont
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Museum of Arts and Design MAD Ball 2014
On Tuesday, November 11, the Museum of Arts
and Design hosted the 2014 MAD Ball at Pier Sixty. The
evening celebrated four influential creators and leaders in
the art, craft and design industries, whose work personifies
the Museum’s mission to explore and celebrate contemporary
making and skilled craftsmanship across all media. This
year's honorees included Michael Aram, artist and founder of
Michael Aram, Inc.; Artist Richard Dupont, in recognition of
his remarkable innovations in the arts and field of digital
design; Gallerist and collector Barry Friedman; and the
design house, Ligne Roset.
Just as spectacular as the many art and
design pieces available through the evening's silent and
live benefit auctions, were this year's Visionaries! awards.
The Museum commissioned artist Miriam Ellner, whose work was
featured in the recent exhibition NYC Makers: The MAD
Biennial, to create four hand-crafted pieces for the
honorees. Ellner's stunning sculptural creations, titled
"Light Catchers," were elegant gilded glass seed-like forms,
set in a bronze structure that moves to capture the changing
light where they are installed.
Accompanying notable guests such as MAD
Director Glenn Adamson, designer Reed Krakoff, gallerists
Tracy Williams, Cristina Grajales and Marc Benda, Kyle
DeWoody, Jerry and Simona Chazen, and Barbara Tober, were
photographer Benjamin Fredrickson; ceramicist Zack Davis,
and pastry chef Olivier Dessyn of Mille-Feuille Bakery, who
presented live demonstrations throughout the evening.
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Barry Friedman, Michael Aram, Glenn Adamson,
Richard Dupont, Antoine Roset
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Ron Labaco, Lowery Stokes Sims |
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Nanette L. Laitman, Stuart Lasdon |
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Donald Tober, Barbara Tober, Michael Aram |
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David Israel, Julie Hillman |
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Laura Taft Paulsen, Bill Paulsen |
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Christina Grajales, Mike De Paola, Bill
Taubman, Ellen Taubman |
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Richard Maidman, Gail Lowe Maidman |
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Martin Pomp,
Bryna Pomp
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ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) champions contemporary
makers across creative fields— presenting artists,
designers, and artisans who apply the highest level of
ingenuity and skill to their work. Since the Museum’s
founding in 1956 by philanthropist and visionary Aileen
Osborn Webb, MAD has celebrated all facets of making and the
creative processes by which materials are transformed, from
traditional techniques to cutting-edge technologies. Today,
the Museum’s curatorial program
builds upon a rich history of exhibitions that emphasize a
cross-disciplinary approach to art and design, and reveals
the workmanship behind the objects and environments that
shape our everyday lives. MAD provides an international
platform for practitioners who are influencing the direction
of cultural production and driving 21st century innovation, fostering a participatory setting for
visitors to have direct
encounters with skilled making and compelling works of art
and design.
www.MadMuseum.org
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