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Nakashima: The Early Years
comments (0) October 5th, 2009 in blogs
Stephen Scott, associate editor
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Long Chair, 1951. Black walnut with cotton webbing and sea grass.
Photo: by Michael J. Joniec, courtesy of Moderne Gallery
I'm looking forward to my next trip to Philadephia, and I hope it comes soon. Here's why:
"Early Furniture by George Nakashima, 1936-1956 - The Architect Designs" opens Friday (Oct. 9) and runs through Dec. 24 at Moderne Gallery, 111 N. Third St. in Philadelphia.
With 65 pieces on display, the exhibit traces Nakashima's early development as a furniture designer and maker, beginning with work he designed while working as an architect in the 1930s. Also on display will be furniture from his first commission, along with early post-war work, completed after his release from an internment camp for Japanese Americans.
Moderne director and Nakashima scholar Robert Aibel says the exhibit will offer a look at some rarely seen pieces. He also hopes viewers will get a broader understanding of how Nakashima's influential ideas - among them the primacy of wood's natural beauty, the use of slabs, live edges and sapwood - evolved.
The exhibit will also mark the debut of a new furniture line by Mira Nakashima, including several desks and tables produced from recently discovered drawings by her father. Several of those drawings will also be on display.
See you there!
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