[adsw-announce] Where In The World Is Clive Foss?
Programs (programs@adsw.org)
Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:32:31 -0500
Art Deco around the World
Monday, February 9, 2009
7 PM
Charles Sumner School
Gallery 3
1201 Seventeenth St., NW
Washington, DC
Members: $10
Nonmembers: $15
Georgetown University history professor Clive Foss has been fascinated
with Art Deco for many years, probably going back to his teenage years
when he read science fiction and collected old magazines from the 1930s
and 40s. Clive notes that their futuristic illustrations planted a seed
in his mind that germinated after a friend who teaches architectural
history showed him how to look at buildings and opened his eyes to the
world of architecture.
So, for the past 20 years or so, Clive has been scouting out Art Deco
(and Art Nouveau) buildings, admiring them, and taking photographs. The
result is a collection -- Foss doesn‘t describe it as an archive because
it‘s very far from being complete -- of several thousand slides and
digital images.
Foss says that there is so much material that he found it hard to make a
selection and know how to present it. He chose to look at different
types of buildings to show how adaptable and universal Art Deco was:
from government offices to radio stations, factories, stores, theatres,
hotels, and apartments to private houses -- and many others. Foss's
presentation will include quite a few examples from Cuba and China, but
many other countries will also be represented. The presentation will end
with a few of Foss's own favorites.
To see the complete announcement, visit the event page:
http://www.adsw.org/event/2009/CliveFoss/index.html
For more information about this event or to RSVP, send email to Karyn
Jarboe, kjarboe@adsw.org, or call 703-864-7070.
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