Collecting Eames: A Getty Pacific Standard Time Exhibition
from Daniel Ostroff, editor of AN EAMES ANTHOLOGY: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes and Speeches by Charles and Ray Eames, from Yale University Press
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Daniel Ostroff leads the members of the Society of Architectural Historians/Southern California Chapter, through one of the two Charles and Ray Eames exhibitions he curated for The Getty/Pacific Standard Time.
This video was produced, directed and edited by Chris Rutkowski.
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Text courtesy of the Society of Architectural Historians: "Curator Daniel Ostroff will give SAH/SCC a behind-the-scenes look at "Collecting Eames: The JF Chen Collection." We'll have the pleasure of seeing and learning about the largest and most diverse Eames collection in the United States-450 pieces, as Joel Chen welcomes us to the gallery prior to opening to the public for the day. This unprecedented collection stems from the earliest furniture example-a 1939 Eames-Saarinen chair for the Kleinhans Music Hall-to the latest, a Vitra-made Eames La Chaise of the 1990s. The collection includes rare posters, toys, graphics, and exceptional examples of "signed" Eames work throughout the long career of Charles and Ray Eames. A companion book is also available."
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"The exhibition design includes a time-line of chairs as well as furniture vignettes. Of interest to SAH/SCC members familiar with our "Modern Patrons" series, is a suite of furniture that had belonged to one family who used the pieces for 55 consecutive years in six different homes."
"This vast collection was formed by JF Chen's generous contribution to Eames scholarship. Chen commissioned 6,000 photographs, documenting every aspect of these important designs, and donated the photographs to the Eames Office for the new website, eamesdesigns.com, a virtual encyclopedia of all things Eames."
"In this exhibition, Ostroff offers new perspectives on Eames connoisseurship and scholarship through a intricate study of this rare and significant collection."
"He is working on a new book, AN EAMES ANTHOLOGY: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes and Speeches by Charles and Ray Eames, to be published by Yale University Press."
Ostroff is also a film producer, with ten movies to his credit.
Eames Behind-the-Scenes: Saturday, December 17, 2011; 10AM; JF Chen, 941 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles.
Please be sure to visit www.eamesoffice.com/ the home of all of the JF Chen photos and the blog www.eamesoffice.com/blog-categ... and the official Eames Office store shop.eamesoffice.com/