FALL BULLETIN 2012 views MUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN Daniel Brush BLUE STEEL GOLD LIGHT Dear Friends, I am delighted to offer you a preview of our autumn exhibition program, one of the most exciting and provocative since our opening on Columbus Circle four years ago. Each exhibition reflects a facet of the MAD vision: the exploration of the creative intersections of art, craft, and design, the synergy between materials and process, and the celebration of exceptional craftsmanship around the globe. A portrait of the extraordinary artist and polymath Daniel Brush appears on the cover of this issue of MADviews. Daniel Brush: Blue Steel Gold Light is the first holistic overview of Brush’s four-decade career. Working in meditative isolation in the midst of Manhattan, and mostly seen by private patrons, Brush’s work has been, until this exhibition, virtually Holly Hotchner off the radar screen of popular visual culture. From his intricate, large-scale ink drawings Nanette L. Laitman Director on paper to objets de vertu of turned ivory and gold granulation to tablets and sculpture carved in the intractable medium of industrial steel, this exhibition offers an intimate glimpse into the life of an artist whose work defies easy categorization and underscores Board of Trustees MAD’s commitment to discover and present the work of under-recognized talent. As a LEWIS KRUGER long time admirer of Daniel and his work, I am proud that MAD will unveil his astonishing Chairman and wide-ranging oeuvre to the public. JEROME A. CHAZEN Chairman Emeritus BARBARA TOBER MAD will open the fall season with the world premiere of Doris Duke’s Shangri La: Chairman Emerita Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art. The exhibition presents a selection of important FRED KLEISNER Treasurer Islamic artworks from the spectacular Honolulu home of philanthropist and art collec- LINDA E. JOHNSON tor Doris Duke, as well as new works by six important contemporary artists of Islamic Secretary background who were recently in residence there. Organized on the centenary of Duke’s HOLLY HOTCHNER Director birth, Doris Duke’s Shangri La features objects from her personal collection that have never been seen outside her storied Hawaiian getaway. To illuminate what guest curators Donald DIEGO ARRIA Albrecht and Thomas Mellins call the “inventive synthesis” of architecture, landscape, and CECILY CARSON SIMONA CHAZEN Islamic art that Duke orchestrated (and which continues after her death through the artist MICHELE COHEN residency program), the exhibition displays a wealth of archival materials that record the ERIC DOBKIN conception of the house and gardens. Also on view are stunning, newly commissioned MARCIA DOCTER photographs of Shangri La by the noted architectural photographer Tim Street-Porter. This C. VIRGINIA FIELDS exhibition is an opportunity for MAD to show contemporary works inspired by a historic CAROLEE FRIEDLANDER environment, and the creative interactions between artists and patrons that have driven KRIS FUCHS innovation and excellence in the arts. SETH GLIckENHAUS SANDRA B. GROTTA In November, we present Celebrating 50 Years of Contemporary Glass as part of our year-long EDWIN B. HATHAWAY celebration of the 50th anniversary of the studio glass movement in America. This exhibi- LISA HERBERT tion will bring together the achievements by artists in one of the most demanding and MICHAEL JESSELSON versatile materials—glass—and reveals the complex and specialized techniques needed ANN KAPLAN J. JEffREY KAUffmAN to bring about these remarkable and diverse works. The exhibition includes masterworks FRED KLEISNER from MAD’s permanent collection, promised gifts and loans from collectors across the NANETTE L. LAITMAN United States, and new directional installations and design projects. ERIC J. LEE JEffREY MANOCHERIAN MAD’s most unusual offering will be The Art of Scent, opening in mid-November, and ROBERT LEE MORRIS another first in the world of museum exhibitions. MAD has always promoted a vision KARIM RASHID that ignores artificial boundaries and hierarchies in the arts. In this one, MAD breaks new KAMBIZ SHAHBAZI ground by investigating smell as an artistic medium and as a vehicle for independent artis- BARBARA KARP SHUSTER tic creation. Conceived by Chandler Burr, MAD’s Curator of Olfactory Art, the exhibition will KLARA SILVERSTEIN directly engage our guests’ sense of smell directly with an amazing and memorable instal- ANGELA SUN lation fashioned by the internationally acclaimed architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro. WILLIAM S. TAUBMAN The Art of Scent promises to be a landmark exhibition that illuminates how a new category MILES YOUNG of artist transforms materials to create unique works of olfactory art. Honorary KAY BUckSBAUM Looking to the future and the ways by which new technologies are radically transforming SUZANNE G. ELSON the creative process, MAD will present Out of Hand: Materializing the Post-Digital World JANE KORMAN in 2013. This exhibition is the first comprehensive overview of art, design, fashion, JAck LENOR LARSEN architecture, landscape design, and performance art that is arising from the revolutionary JEANNE LEVITT methods of computer-assisted manufacture known as digital fabrication. NANCY MARKS AvIVA ROBINSON Coming in 2014 will be another first, with the opening of Global Latin America. This survey ALFRED R. SHANDS, III of Latin American art, architecture, design, and craft of the past five years will be the second installment of our Global Makers’ Initiative, which launched with the pioneering Ex-Officio and critically acclaimed Global Africa Project. Excited about what we may discover about the HONORABLE MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG ways Latin American artists and designers are contributing new models for local, regional, HONORABLE and national identities and economies, the Ford Foundation has presented us with a very CHRISTINE C. QUINN generous grant to move forward with this initiative, for which we are very grateful. HONORABLE ScOTT M. STRINGER Come to MAD often and explore with all of your senses. MARISA BARTOLUccI Holly Hotchner EDITOR Nanette L. Laitman, Director LINDA FLORIO DESIGNER CARNELIA GARCIA AssISTANT EDITOR 2 museum of arts and design The Museum of Arts and Design, in addition New York City Council; City Council Speaker to major financial assistance from its Board Christine C. Quinn, Councilmembers Gale 4 of Trustees, receives operating funds from A. Brewer, Jessica S. Lappin, and James G. last chance, on view, upcoming many dedicated supporters. Major support Van Bramer, and the Manhattan Delegation for the Museum’s exhibitions, educational and of the Council; the Chazen Foundation; The outreach programs, and general operations Glickenhaus Foundation; the Charles and Joan 5 is provided by public funds from the National Gross Family Foundation; the William and new acquisitions Endowment for the Arts; the New York Mildred Lasdon Foundation; The New York State Council on the Arts with the support Community Trust; Newman’s Own Foundation; of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable 6 – 10 York State Legislature; Mayor Michael R. Foundation; Patricia Tarr and the 2wice curatorial perspectives Bloomberg, Commissioner Kate D. Levin, and Foundation; the Barbara and Donald Tober the New York City Department of Cultural Foundation; private and anonymous donors; Affairs, in partnership with the New York and the Museum’s corporate members. 11 City Council; City Council Speaker Christine MADlab: Arts Access was initiated with funds C. Quinn, Councilmembers Gale A. Brewer, from the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, in the studio: sebastian errazuriz Jessica S. Lappin, and James G. Van Bramer, with additional support from the Keith Haring and the Manhattan Delegation of the Council; Foundation. MADlab: Arts Reach is made 12 – 15 and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. possible by the New York Community Trust. Stringer. inside MAD Important funds for the Museum’s ongoing The Museum’s Thursday evening Pay-What- operations are provided by the Museum’s You-Wish program is underwritten by the members and Acorn Hill Foundation, Inc.; AG 16 – 19 Newman’s Own Foundation. On Friday Foundation; Frances Alexander Foundation; MAD happenings evenings, the KLM Fridays program is American Express; Adrian and Jessie Archbold underwritten by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Charitable Trust; The Arkin Family Foundation; Maria and The Honorable Diego E. Arria; 20 – 21 Current and upcoming exhibitions are Benjamin Moore & Co.; Bloomberg; BNP MAD members supported by Harvey Allen; the Art Alliance Paribas; the Brown Foundation; George Bouri; for Contemporary Glass; Bloomberg LP; Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Family Chanel, Inc.; Christie’s; the Consulate Foundation; Carnegie Corporation of New 22 – 31 General of the Netherlands; Diptyque; the York; The Carson Family Charitable Trust; supporters Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; Fiona The Chazen Foundation; Chilewich Sultan Druckenmiller; The Estˉee Lauder Companies LLC; Michele and Martin Cohen; The Herbert Inc.; Harvey Fein; the Ford Foundation; Elliot and Junia Doan Foundation; the Dobkin Friman; Katherine Golas; Guerlain; Hermès Family Foundation; Marcia and Alan Docter; USA; International Flavors and Fragrances, Renaud Dutreil; Elizabeth Arden; The Estˉee Inc.; Ari Kazumi; KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; Lauder Companies Inc.; The Ferriday Fund Beverly Mezzei; Tomoko Miyokawa; Larry Charitable Trust; The Honorable C. Virginia and Madeline Mohr; Procter & Gamble Fields; Carolee