'Modern in the Making' Makes the Speed Museum

Commonly associated with the antique, the Speed Art Museum goes modern with its Modern in the Making: Design 1900–2000, which runs through April 3, 2011. For Modern in the Making, the Speed has assembled examples of 20th century design in furniture, silver, ceramics and more for an exhibition that explores everything from French Art Deco to the Bauhaus to the mid-century Modern and Post-Modern movements.

Modern in the Making traces the “modern” from its French Art Deco roots. It follows the way Modern design, in its various incarnations, changed furniture, kitchenware and the way people lived in an industrialized society. Modern in the Making also explores how new materials, particularly plastic, made the new, clean designs possible.

The exhibition includes some objects on display for the very first time.

Pieces by Americans Michael Graves, Belle Kogan and Russel Wright; Hungarian George Farkas, Swede Bruno Mathsson, German Günter Beltzig, Bohemian Adolf Hegenbarth, Belgian Louis Randourm will be on view, as will examples from the Société Céramique Masstricht of the Netherlands and others.

The exhibition is free.

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