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ARCHITECTURE+DESIGN MUSEUM LOS ANGELES, CA | 2010 1,300 DESIGN MAGAZINES DATING BACK TO THE 1960’S FORM A SITE SPECIFIC OCCUPIABLE STRUCTURE FOR "COME IN!", A GROUP SHOW AT THE A+D MUSEUM. MAGAZINES DRAPED OVER CABLE ALTERNATE WITH ACRYLIC MIRRORS THAT ARE REFLECTIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT TRANSPARENT FROM WITHIN, FROM THE DARKENED INTERIOR, THE OCCUPANT IS ENGULFED IN BACK COVERS ADVERTISING CARS, WATCHES AND BOOZE AND IS ABLE TO OBSERVE OTHER PEOPLE AND PIECES IN THE GALLERY. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE MAGAZINE-CLAD STRUCTURE IS SEEN AS AN OBJECT TAILORED TO THE GALLERY SPACE. 1,300 COVERS PROMOTE HALF A CENTURY OF ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND DESIGN. THE MAGAZINES ARE MEMORIALIZED IN A BIBLIOGRAPHY AT THE ENTRANCE. |
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