Paul Rand: Modernist Design
in Context

Presented by Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Exhibition: Thursday, October 16 – December 13, 2008

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Opening Reception: Thursday, October 16, 5pm – 7 pm

Center for Art Design and Visual Culture
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle, Fine Arts Building
Baltimore, MD 21250
410-455-3188 / TTY: 410-455-3233
*Free Parking in Lot 8 during the Opening Reception
www.umbc.edu

Lecture: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6pm – 8:30 pm

Baltimore Museum of Art
Meyerhoff Auditorium
10 Art Museum Drive
443-573-1700 / TDD: 410-396-4930
www.artbma.org

Lecturer: Chris Pullman, Vice President for Visual Communications, WGBH Television.

Panelists: Antonio Alcala, Principal, Studio A; Ken Hiebert, Professor Emeritus, University of the Arts; Gerald Gross, Editor and President of Gerald Gross Associates, LLC; and Adam Gross, Principal, Ayers|Saint|Gross.

The Lecture and Panel Discussion is sponsored in partnership with American Institute of Architects (AIA) Baltimore, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and is part of Architecture Week, 2008.

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Organized by UMBC's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, this seminal exhibition illuminates Rand's role as a major figure at the epicenter of twentieth-century design. Original work, photographic reproductions, and a contextual timeline demonstrate the breadth of the great American designer's output over a sixty year career. The exhibition examines his impact on modern communication practice and theory as well as his continuing influence on American visual culture today.

The exhibition features posters, advertisements, books and book cover design, identity systems for corporations and institutions such as IBM, UPS, ABC, Westinghouse, NeXT Computer, Cummins, Morningstar, Yale University Press and UCLA Extension. The exhibition also showcases children's books he illustrated, the film “Conversations with Paul Rand” and some surprises.

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The exhibition is curated by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, Professor and Chair, Department of Visual Arts, UMBC and author of Paul Rand: Modernist Design.

Lenders to the exhibition include Yale University's Sterling Library and several private collections.

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