Modernism show at the Corcoran

I checked out the new Modernism show at the Corcoran last night. Very well laid out and neat to see how Modernist design affects our daily lives even today, from chairs to teapots to clothing to architecture and so on. One of the featured chairs looked almost exactly like the ones around our dining table when I was a kid.

Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939 is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition on the subject ever staged in America, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art will be the only American venue. The exhibition explores the foundation and meaning of Modernism, and it contains some of the most seminal works of modern art, graphic and product design, and architecture produced in the first half of the 20th century. It traces the historic development of modern form through social, industrial, and political upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s. It investigates the role of the factory and mass production; the spiritual aspect of modern life; the period’s fascination with the healthy body and organic forms found in nature; and national identity.