Collaboration: Perspectives on the Modernist Interior

The course is offered in conjunction with the exhibition Interior Propositions opening this fall at MoMA, an exploration of modernist interiors. Spanning three decades from the 1920s to 1950s, and highlighting recent major acquisitions of design by Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, and Lina Bo Bardi, this exhibition presents a series of interior ‘propositions’ drawn from the museum’s collection. Through evoking a series of innovative domestic spaces, exhibition displays, and retail environments, the aim of Interior Propositions is to explore the complex collaborative partnerships and processes that have shaped the modernist interior. Attention is focused on the networks—professional, commercial, institutional, and personal—through which revolutionary new tendencies in modern interiors were promoted, and their critical/popular reception. 3 credits.