views spring 2010 02 Letter from the Director welcome Dear Friends, Board of Trustees LEWIS KRUGER Chairman JEROME A. CHAZEN This past fall it was with great excitement that we celebrated our Chairman Emeritus BARBARA TOBER one year anniversary. To mark the occasion we hosted the PAPERBALL, Chairman Emerita JACK VIVINETTO which married the themes of a traditional first anniversary gift and Treasurer HOLLY HOTCHNER our exhibition Slash: Paper Under the Knife, which takes the pulse on a Director traditional technique and material. Hundreds of guests came out for StanlEY S. ARKIN AmbaSSADOR a night of dinner and dancing. As we move into our second full year DIEGO E. ARRIA Kay BUckSbaUM at 2 Columbus Circle, we continue our commitment to bringing you CECIly CARSon TZILI ChaRNEY vibrant exhibitions and programs that explore how art, craft, and Holly Hotchner Nanette L. Laitman Director SImona ChazEN design intersect in the visual arts today. MIchELE CohEN Dan DaILEY ERIC DobkIN For visitors and members alike, MAD is unique among New York MARCIA DoctER City cultural institutions. We celebrate living artists in our exhibi- LISA ElSon C. VIRGINIA FIELDS tions and offer access to artists working daily in our Open Studios. CARolEE FRIEDlanDER KRIS FUchS These bring artists and visitors together in a new way, providing a SEth GlIckEnhaUS SanDRA B. GRotta behind-the-scenes view into art-making. As they work on new pieces, CHRIS HackER EDWIN B. HathaWay artists demonstrate techniques in a variety of mediums. Visitors are LINDA JohnSon encouraged to ask questions about the materials and artistic pro- Ann KAPlan J. JEffREY KAUffman cess, making a connection to finished objects in the galleries while FRED KLEISNER NanEttE LAItman learning that museum-going can be a participatory, engaging experi- JEffREY ManochERIan BARbaRA KARP ShUSTER ence. Be sure to drop by the 6th floor on your next visit. RUth SIEGEL Alan SIEGEL This spring we’re delighted to present an exciting line-up of exhibi- KlaRA SIlvERSTEIN WIllIam S. TAUbman tions. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey features the artist’s SUzannE TIck MILES YOUNG monumental ceramic figures, bricolage sculptures, paintings, and works on paper. Portable Treasuries: Silver Jewelry from the Nadler Honorary SUzannE G. ElSon Collection is drawn from one of the most comprehensive holdings of JanE KORman Jack LEnoR LARSEN ethnic and contemporary jewelry in the country. Portions of the col- JEannIE LEVItt Nancy MARKS lection have been generously donated to MAD by collectors Daniel AVIva RobINSon and Serga Nadler. Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and AlfRED R. ShanDS, III David Lieberman Collection, an extraordinary display of the range of Ex-Officio HonoRablE MIchaEL R. BloombERG basket making today, also represents a major gift to the collection. HonoRablE CHRISTINE C. QUInn Dead or Alive features works by international contemporary artists HonoRablE Scott M. StRINGER who use organic materials to create engaging and inspiring objects and installations. The exhibition will highlight the creative pro- cesses that repurpose natural material, transforming the ordinary and overlooked into the extraordinary and memorable. Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle presents a selection of metal bikes, handcrafted by builders from the United States and abroad, in the MADProjects gallery. It was with great fanfare that our design restaurant, ROBERT, opened in December. More is revealed about this wonderful new addition to the MAD experience on page 16. PHO T O: WI Special recognition is due to Board of Trustees ll IAM RAGOZZI member Nanette L. Laitman for her extraor- dinarily generous endowment gift of $5 million, N O © PA tr and for taking the lead to establish the I C K McM “Laitman Society: Securing the Future.” The U ll A N CO. endowment fund is a special and enduring commitment to the future of the Museum, Nanette L. Laitman and Holly Hotchner our operations, and the field of contemporary arts, studio craft, and design. The “Laitman Society: Securing the Future” provides an important opportunity for our patrons to make legacy gifts and bequests in support of the Museum’s continued growth. On behalf of everyone here at MAD, we thank you for your continued support. I hope to see you at our museum soon. Holly Hotchner FSC LOGO Nanette L. Laitman Director museum of arts and design contents The Museum of Arts and Design, in and Charitable Foundation; the Laurie addition to major financial assistance M. Tisch Illumination Fund; the 02 from its Board of Trustees, receives Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation; welcome operating funds from many dedicated private and anonymous donors; and supporters. Major support for the the Museum’s corporate members. Museum’s exhibitions, outreach Ongoing support is provided by the 04 programs, and general operations is William Randolph Hearst Endowment provided by public funds from the Fund for Education and Outreach a year of firsts Institute of Museum and Library Programs. MADlab: Arts Access is made Services, an independent federal possible by the Fondation d’entreprise 05 agency that grows and sustains a Hermès, with additional support from “Nation of Learners;” Manhattan HSBC Bank USA, N.A. The Museum’s current exhibitions Borough President Scott M. Stringer; Cultural Collective was launched with the National Endowment for the funds from the New York Community 06 – 07 Arts; City Council Speaker Christine Trust. Programming in the Museum’s C. Quinn, Councilmembers Gale A. Open Studios is made possible in part upcoming exhibitions & Brewer and James G. Van Bremer, and by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation. the New York City Council; Mayor new acquisitions Michael R. Bloomberg, Commissioner Important funds for the Museum’s Kate D. Levin, and the New York City ongoing operations are provided by 08 Department of Cultural Affairs; and the Museum’s members and Acorn the New York State Council on the Hill Foundation, Inc.; AG Foundation; curatorial perspective Arts, a State Agency. Frances Alexander Foundation; Almax Mannequins and Display The Museum’s Thursday evening Items; American Express; Adrian 09 Pay-What-You-Wish program is and Jesse Archbold Fund; The Arkin underwritten by the Newman’s Own Family Foundation; Bloomberg; BNP in the studio: artist profile Foundation. Paribas; The Brown Foundation; Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum 10 Current and upcoming exhibitions Family Foundation; Carnegie are supported by American Express; Corporation of New York; The Carson inside MAD: open studios The Angelica Berrie Foundation; the Family Charitable Trust; The Chazen Consulate General of The Netherlands Foundation; Michele and Martin 11 in New York; The Craft Research Cohen; The Herbert and Junia Doan Fund, a project of the Center for Foundation; Marcia and Alan Docter; inside MAD artslife & Craft, Creativity and Design at the Lisa Orange Elson and Harry Elson; University of North Carolina; Farrow Elizabeth Arden; The Este¯ e Lauder family day & Ball; Susan Steinhauser and Companies Inc.; The Ferriday Fund Daniel Greenberg; The Murray and Charitable Trust; First Republic Bank; 12 – 13 Helen Gruber Fund; HSBC Bank USA, Carolee Friedlander; Kris Fuchs; N.A.; The Henry Luce Foundation, The Glickenhaus Foundation; events, paperball & metalball Inc.; The Karma Foundation; Kate’s Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Sandra and Paperie; The Mondriaan Foundation, Louis Grotta; The Irving Harris Amsterdam; the National Endowment Foundation; Edwin B. Hathaway; 14 – 15 for the Arts; Swarovski; the Windgate William Talbott Hillman Foundation; membership & discount program Charitable Foundation; and the Inner Jacquet Droz; Lois U. and Dirk Circle and Collectors Circle, the Jecklin; Linda E. Johnson; JPMorgan Museum’s leadership support groups. Chase; The J.M. Kaplan Fund; F.M. 16 MADprojects exhibitions are made Kirby Foundation, Inc.; The Jane and possible in part by the Newman’s Own Leonard Korman Family Foundation; partners ROBERT/supporters Foundation and the Museum’s Design The William and Mildred Lasdon Council. The Abraaj Capital Art Prize is Foundation; The Levitt Foundation; made possible through the support Lion Brand Yarn; Liz Claiborne, Inc.; of Abraaj Capital. The ongoing Art Maharam; Material ConneXion; Encounters installation project is made Maya Romanoff; Merrill Lynch & Co., possible by Benjamin Moore & Co. Inc.; MMPI; The Ambrose Monell Foundation; Nelson Air; New York Acquisitions to the Museum’s permanent City Department of Cultural Affairs; collection are made possible in part New York State Council on the Arts, through the generosity of the Board a State Agency; Newman’s Own; of Trustees; private and anonymous Northern Trust; Oldcastle Glass; The donors; and the Museum’s Collections Peco Foundation; Pratt Institute; The Committee. The restoration of Robert Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Family Arneson’s Alice House Wall was made Support Foundation; Joel M. Rosenthal; possible by a generous grant from The Evelyn Sharp Foundation; Barbara The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. Karp Shuster; The Franz W. Sichel Foundation; The Ruth and Jerome Siegel The Charles Bronfman International Foundation; Klara and Larry Silverstein; Curatorship Program, focusing on Steelcase, Inc.; Sugar Foods Corporation; contemporary global developments Suzanne Tick, Inc.; Swarovski; The in art, craft, and design, has been Taubman Company; Tiffany & Co.; generously funded by The Andrea Barbara and Donald Tober Foundation; and Charles Bronfman Fund. and many other generous private and anonymous donors. The Museum’s educational programs are supported by the Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust; Chubb; The Museum’s print design portfolio The Glickenhaus Foundation; New is made possible in part through the York City Councilmember Jessica S. generosity of Trustee Chris Hacker and Lappin; the New York City Department the design teams at Johnson & Johnson of Cultural Affairs; The New York and StudioCase. Community Trust; The New York Times Company Foundation, Inc.; MADviews is made possible Manhattan Borough President Scott M. through the generosity of Stringer; The Seth Sprague Educational the Liman Foundation. Maker Unknown Miao Neckpiece, Guizhou Province, China, 19th–20th century Silver 16 7⁄8 x 19 x ½ in.