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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Showcases Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design This SpringThis spring, a pair of exhibitions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will explore the passion for design traced through two preeminent collections of international metalwork and ceramics.
Reflecting the connoisseurship of leading interior architect Margot Grant Walsh, Designed by Architects: Metalwork from the Margo Grant Walsh Collection will feature pieces designed by prominent architects between the late 19th and early 21st centuries, and explore the links between the design of buildings and of smaller, practical objects.
The Scholar's Eye: Contemporary Ceramics from the Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection will showcase highlights from a recent MFAH acquisition, in a presentation that captures the vibrant range of ceramic art created from 1940 to the present by international ceramicists, including Jean-Pierre Laroque, Adrian Saxe, Peter Voulkos and Beatrice Wood, as well as visual artists such as Sir Anthony Caro, Lucio Fontana, and Claes Oldenburg.
Organized by Cindi Strauss, MFAH curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design, Designed by Architects will be on view from March 15 to August 3, 2008, and The Scholar's Eye will be on view from May 18 to September 1, 2008.
In April 2007, the MFAH acquired the modern and contemporary ceramics collection assembled by New York-based scholars and art dealers Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio.
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