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Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985is a groundbreaking exhibition and accompanying book about design dialogues between California and Mexico. Its four main themes—Spanish Colonial Inspiration, Pre-Hispanic Revivals, Folk Art and Craft Traditions, and Modernism—explore how modern and anti-modern design movements defined both locales throughout the twentieth century. Half of the show’s more

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Talk: Mesoamerica in Midcentury California: Revivals and Reinvention

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Pre-Hispanic revivals—from the Aztec, Maya, and other civilizations—were popular in California during the 1920s and 1930s in the design of theaters, hotels, furnishings, and jewelry, but such engagements with the Mesoamerican past had other fascinating manifestations from the 1950s to the 1970s. This panel will explore the new ways artists used pre-Hispanic imagery to mark

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West of Modernism: California Graphic Design, 1975–1995

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

The late 20th century was a transformational period for graphic design. Questioning the increasingly rigid rules of modernism, designers pressed for greater autonomy in their work. At the same time, dizzying advances in technology upended existing design and production processes. Far from the established New York design world, California became a haven for avant-garde designers,

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