Coy Howard: Part I – From Hand to Mouse, From Furniture to Architecture
SCI-ARC Gallery
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
coordinates: 34.044134,-118.232836
duration: October 8th, 2010 – November 7th, 2010
designer: Coy Howard
info:
A two-part exhibition by SCI-Arc long-time faculty member Coy Howard will be presented in the SCI-Arc Gallery this fall, with Part I – From Hand to Mouse, From Furniture to Architecture opening on October 8 and continuing on view through November 7, 2010.
From Hand to Mouse, From Furniture to Architecture addresses the act of seeing and the resultant sense of wonder. The exhibition comprises 50 images of three of Howard’s speculative architectural projects and a selection of furniture designs that investigate formal inventiveness and individual artistic vision. Each image aims to seduce the viewer to relish the act of seeing, which is heightened as viewers engage with the work by first moving a sheer curtain behind which the images are mounted.
In this exhibition Howard, who positions himself as an apostle of opposites and mystery, proposes a new and innovative architecture. Present in these images is a hint of a built future made rich with new materials and technologies, yet full of deep memories and poignant desires.
Part I of Coy Howard’s exhibition was generously funded by a gift from Max Palevsky.
About Coy Howard
Coy Howard, the principal of Coy Howard & Company, is an award-winning designer with a broad spectrum of interests and accomplishments. His furniture is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Denver Art Museum. Examples of his graphic design work are in the collections of several international museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has advised such major institutions as the Getty Center, Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His work has been published widely, and his awards include Progressive Architecture (PA) citations, 1977 and 1980; Architectural Record House, 1988; Woodworkers Institute of America Award, 1986; and Western Art Directors Club, 1980. In 1999, his work was part of an exhibition at the Galleri ROM in Oslo. His Palevsky Residence and Ashley Residence, as well as designs for furniture, were published in Coy Howard: Enough About Me (1995). He holds a B.Arch from the University of Texas and an M.Arch from UCLA. He has directed the Environmental Arts program at Otis College of Art and Design and the undergraduate program at SCI-Arc, where he is currently a faculty member.
-from website
more info:
http://www.sciarc.edu/exhibition.php?id=1830
full set of images on flickr…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonshigeta/sets/72157625124478758/
all images shot with a Canon EOS 5D MKII
