#albert paley

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'portal gates, 1974' in the art of albert paley: iron, bronze, steel - edward lucie-smith (1996)

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Albert Paley: Bed (1981) forged and fabricated steel, brass, bronze

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Albert Paley's Portal Gates

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portal gates, albert paley, steel, brass, copper, and bronze, 230.5 x 182.9 x 10.3 cm, 1974, held in the smithsonian collection

"Paley was a highly successful jeweler in 1974 when he entered the Renwick Gallery's national competition to design decorative doors for its shop. Little did he know how winning the competition would transform his career. His Portal Gates instantly became an icon for the museum and led to numerous commissions, propelling his practice toward monumental architectural ironwork. Paley's metalwork pays homage to European art nouveau and American abstract expressionism."

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Dead Blogging 'Glass Lifeforms 2021' at Fuller Craft Museum

Dead Blogging ‘Glass Lifeforms 2021’ at Fuller Craft Museum

Well the Missus and I trundled down to Brockton yesterday to catch the current exhibitions at the Fuller Craft Museum and say, they were swell. Let’s start with Glass Lifeforms 2021 (through April 24). Glass Lifeforms 2021 features contemporary artworks inspired by Harvard University’s acclaimed collections of plant and invertebrate models produced in the 19th and 20th centuries by Czech glass…

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The Kohl Gate by Albert Paley at the Cleveland Botanical Garden

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Albert Paley, Andirons, pair, USA, 1992,

Formed and fabricated steel with a blackened finish,

15¼ h × 11½ w × 18 d in39 × 29 × 46 cm,

Courtesy; Rago Arts

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The most common question we get asked is “Why is the Vignelli Center at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY?”  So we’re sharing stories from the archives about the Vignelli-RIT connection!

in 1987, RIT hosted a symposium called “80′s Style” and Massimo Vignelli was invited to be one of the speakers. We are thrilled that the Vignellis saved all this information about the symposium (even a few vintage brochures about RIT!) You can even see Massimo’s notes here on style:

“People Say: I like that style i don’t like that style. Style is permanent Style is transitory to have a lot of style not to have a lot of style...at all. Fashion is fun - style is dull... live in style. life-style stylish style of the ‘80s”

“The speakers, focusing on style in architecture, art, design and the crafts, include Ettore Sottsass, Jr. (Italian architect and designer), Edward Lucie Smith (British author and critic), Massimo Vignelli (designer), Wendell Castle (furniture artist), and Albert Paley (sculptor).”

Read the whole RIT News & Events article here: https://digitalarchive.rit.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1850/20224/NandE_Vol18Num13_1987_Mar12_Complete.pdf?sequence=1

During the symposium the College of Art and Design’s Bevier Gallery featured an exhibition of Albert Paley and Wendell Castle’s work, both were Artist-in-Residence at RIT at the time. 

The whole symposium was recorded and the videotapes are preserved in the RIT Archives!  https://twcarchivesspace.rit.edu/repositories/2/resources/572 

We’ll be sharing more stories about the Vignelli-RIT connection. Stay tuned!

ICYMI, you can see our previous posts on the #VignelliConnection here: https://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/vignelliconnection

‘80′s Style symposium documentation, 1987 Box 593, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York