Charles and Ray Eames Legacy Celebrated in Gorgeous New Art Show

Monday, April 11, 2016

Charles and Ray Eames Legacy Celebrated in Gorgeous New Art Show

Midcentury modern design by Charles and Ray Eases are the subject of a fabulous new exhibit at the Nucleus art gallery in Los Angeles. To celebrate the Eames' far-ranging influence on everything from architecture and furniture to graphic design and film, the gallery commissioned more than 20 artists to develop work inspired by the pair. As you can see in the sample of exhibited pieces below, Nucleus chose artists whose styles tap into the Eames ethos of clean lines, bold colors, functionality, and simplicity. They include modernist dollhouse master Judson Beaumont and printmaker Chris Turnham, whose silkscreens of L.A.'s modernist icons were featured in another Nucleus show last spring. Take a closer look.

Courtesy Curbed. Read all at: www.curbed.com/2016/3/21/11277604/midcentury-modern-design-charles-ray-eames

Eamesiana is a project by Andrea Terranova and Raffaela Cardia, italian trends scouts on contemporary design.

"The Eameses created the future we're still living"

metropolismag.com

Charles Eames (1907–78) and Ray Eames (1912–88) gave shape to America's twentieth century. Their lives and work represented the US's defining movements: the West Coast's coming-of-age, the economy's shift from making goods to producing information, and the global expansion of American culture. The Eameses embraced the era's visionary concept of modern design as an agent of social change, elevating it to a national agenda. Their evolution from furniture designers to cultural ambassadors demonstrated their boundless talents and the overlap of their interests with those of their country. In a rare era of shared objectives, the Eameses partnered with the governments (US, India) and the country's top businesses to lead the charge to modernize postwar America.