Palm Springs Art Museum Presents 'Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture

PALM DESERT, CA - From the Palm Springs Art Museum: Palm Springs Art Museum is proud to present Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture – an unprecedented exploration of the surprising but compelling synergy in the visionary building and design of two midcentury modern masters. Opening Saturday, September 9 at the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, this innovative exhibition uses 3-D models, drawings, objects and photographs to convey Frey and Bo Bardi’s shared belief in architecture as a way to connect people, nature, building, and living. Organized by the Palm Springs Art Museum with an installation design by Bestor Architecture, it will remain on view through Sunday, January 7, 2018.

“The parallel odysseys of Frey and Bo Bardi represent the emergence of Southern California and São Paulo as architectural laboratories of the mid-20th century,” said Elizabeth Armstrong, Palm Springs Art Museum’s JoAnn McGrath Executive Director. “Although they never met during their lifetimes, this exhibition illustrates how they each embraced the social and environmental contexts specific to their adoptive homes.”

Four designs provide the starting point for the exhibition: the glass-walled homes built for the architects themselves in Palm Springs (Frey II) and São Paulo (Casa de vidro); as well a Bo Bardi’s Cirell House and Frey’s Aluminaire House, the latter of which will be reassembled in a planned downtown park across from the Palm Springs Art Museum. An illustrated catalogue of the exhibition will be available for purchase at both the main museum and A + D Center.

The exhibition is co-curated by Daniell Cornell, Palm Springs Art Museum Director of Art, and internationally known Bo Bardi scholar Zeuler R. Lima.

“Both Frey and Bo Bardi were interested in re-imagining architecture via the transformation of the modern house,” said Cornell. “Presented here together for the first time, these structures convey departure points for understanding the evolving concept of Living Architecture. As Frey and Bo Bardi embraced modern technologies, they responded to the climate and terrain of their respective environments, and the people whose lives were shaped by those conditions.”

Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture is being presented as part of Pacific
Standard Time: LA/LA (PST: LA/LA), a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and
Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles. Supported by grants from the Getty Foundation, Pacific
Standard Time: LA/LA takes place from September 2017 through January 2018 at more than 70
cultural institutions across Southern California, from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, and from San
Diego to Santa Barbara. PST: LA/LA is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of
America.

Major support for this exhibition and publication is provided through grants from the Getty Foundation.
Additional funding for Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture is provided by the
National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. Roswitha Kima Smale, Simon K. Chiu, Palm Springs Art Museum
Architecture and Design Council, Atelier 4 - Fine Art Logistics, and Arper.

Support is also provided by Palm Springs Art Museum Exhibition Season Sponsors: Carol & Jim Egan, David Kaplan & Glenn Ostergaard, Dorothy C. Meyerman, Marion & Bob Rosenthal, and the Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Charitable Foundation.

For information about Palm Springs Art Museum hours, locations, exhibitions, admission prices, membership opportunities and ongoing exhibitions, please visit https://www.psmuseum.org or call (760) 322-4800.

About Palm Springs Art Museum
Palm Springs Art Museum is the largest cultural institution in the Coachella Valley and includes three locations in Palm Springs and Palm Desert. The flagship building is located in downtown Palm Springs and features compelling art exhibitions, a vast permanent collection, and the 428-seat Annenberg
Theater, all in a 150,000 square foot, architecturally-significant building. Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, features exhibitions and programming that explore the rich topics of architecture and design. Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is an 8,400 square foot, Silver LEED-certified building named The Galen that presents rotating exhibitions
and special collections. It is surrounded by the four-acre Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden featuring important sculpture works. Admission to the Palm Desert location is free, generously underwritten by Helene V. Galen. For more information, call 760-322-4800, visit psmuseum.org.

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