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Promises of Paradise
| August 08, 2008
Link: Harn Museum Show Schedule
| August 08, 2008
The Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville FL will host a design show — Promises of Paradise — running October 11, 2008 until January 25, 2009. The focus is mid-century modern design with an emphasis on Florida. Something they call Tropical Modernism or Miami Modernism.
Pictured is an end table by designer George Farkas produced in 1949. The show includes furniture, fashion items, interior reconstructions, photographs, printed ephemera and architectural renderings. Featured architects and designers include: Morris Lapidus, George Farkas, Alfred Browning Parker, Kenneth Treister, Igor Polevitzky, Frederick Rank.
Link: Harn Museum Show Schedule
Tags: harn museum, modernism
Topic: Exhibitions

