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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

( Architecture and Art )

‘Men Seldom Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses’
Alexis Smith, 1985
Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann

In an attempt to forget about wall streets 700 Billion Dollar bail out plan, and the recent presidential debates, I turned off the news, hopped in the car with a friend, and headed for San Diego. Our destination, the Museum [...]

The Jacobsen Residence

Photos: Romi Cortier
The Jacobsen Residence, created by architect John Lautner in 1947, was recently open to the public for touring through the Hammer Museum, as part of the Lautner exhibition ‘Between Earth and Heaven’. Built as an architectural prototype, this structure has 3 tapered steel truss columns which support a hexagonal steel and [...]

French Wallpaper

( Art )

Lot 1152
22in x 11in

Lot 1154
23in x 15in

Lot 1157
11in x 12in
1930

Lot 1158
21in x 13in
1936
Bonhams and Butterfields is hosting one of my favorite auctions that happens only twice a year, The 20th Century Decorative Arts auction, with a focus on contemporary studio works.
Featured above are 4 prototypes for wallpaper designs, created by The Societe Francaise [...]

more from the easel…

( Art )

‘View-203M’
16 X 20
Oil on Canvas
Photo: Romi Cortier
In the spirit of Mondrian and Geometric Abstraction, which seems to be making a comeback, I created an image that’s a distillation of my home’s view in Palm Springs. These lean lines represent the San Jacinto Mountain Range, palm trees, a corrugated metal wall, and the pool. [...]

To live and dream in a Mondrian Home

Playa Vista’s Mondrian Town Homes
Photo: Romi Cortier

Gerritt Rietveld’s 1924 Schroder-Schrader House

Gerritt Rietvelds original Red Blue Chair

Rietveld furniture reproductions: Rietveld by Rietveld
Piet Mondrian’s bold geometric abstraction was the jumping off point for these town homes built in the new Playa Vista Development by Lee Homes, in the restored Riparian Corridor below the Playa Vista Bluffs. [...]

New Textures in Architecture

Photos: Romi Cortier
This shopping center at 639 N. Larchmont Blvd was recently renovated by the renowned architectural firm Rios Clementi Hale Studios. With the new Larchmont/Melrose Lofts to the north, and another new loft complex to the south, the north end of Larchmont is fast becoming a modern destination spot, which is a beautiful counterpoint [...]