We can always count on The Museum of Modern Art for an inspiring and informative afternoon, but we’re especially anticipating its next big exhibition, “How Should we Live? Propositions for the Modern Interior.” The showcase will focus on midcentury modernist architecture, interior design, retail spaces, exhibition displays and spacial juxtaposition, along with the greater forces (politics, society, technology) that played a role in shaping and defining the style of the era.
More than 200 items will be on display, ranging from textiles and wallpaper, to entire rooms recreated from notable designer’s own homes. The MoMa has been collecting iconic furnishings, decor, and textiles under its Department of Architecture and Design since the 1930s; the exhibit was culled from this collection by lead and assistant curators Juliet Kinchin and Luke Baker.
Perhaps one of the most notable facets of the exhibit will be its focus on some of the era’s most iconic design partnerships, for example Charlotte Perriand’s study bedroom from the Maison du Brésil and Lilly Reich, Le Corbusier’s kitchen from the Unité d’Habitation, and Mies van der Rohe’s Velvet and Silk Café, along with collaborations between Aino and Alvar Aalto, Ray and Charles Eames, Florence Knoll and Herbert Matter, and Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier.
Coinciding member gallery talks will also take place throughout the exhibit duration.
“How Should We Live: Propositions for the Modern Interior” opens on October 1st and runs through April 23, 2017, and takes place in the Third Floor exhibition galleries. For more information on the show, visit the MoMA website here.