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May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Exhibition

Howard Carter
English, born 1939
Sunflower, 1962
Cotton; screenprint
Gift of Richard L. Simmons 98.150.14

Magnifying Nature: 1960s Printed Textiles

Saturday, March 5, 2011—Sunday, August 21, 2011
Robert and Marlyss White Gallery (281)
Free Exhibition

In the 1960s, top textile design firms such as Heal's of England and Marimekko of Finland sold the most daring, lively and trend-setting patterns. Designers Lucienne Day, Howard Carter, Maija Isola and Marjatta Metsovaara abstracted motifs from the natural world in their bold graphic designs, and employed energetic colors that were infused with youthful energy. "Magnifying Nature" explores these gigantic patterns through a selection of screen-printed textiles from the MIA's collection and examples of clothing from the Goldstein Museum of Design at the University of Minnesota.