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Book Review| June 01 2020 Review: Designs for Different Futures Designs for Different Futures: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: October 22, 2019–March 8, 2020. K. Johnson Bowles K. Johnson Bowles K. Johnson Bowles is an artist, art critic, and founder and principal consultant at Gordian Knot Consulting. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2020) 47 (2): 64–70. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2020.472012 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation K. Johnson Bowles; Review: Designs for Different Futures. Afterimage 1 June 2020; 47 (2): 64–70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2020.472012 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search A collaboration by three major art museums, Designs for Different Futures was an exceptional and unexpected offering. If one wished to experience a typical blockbuster exhibition featuring famous works of fine art assembled to woo and wow the masses, one would have had to seek elsewhere. Nor should one have expected this exhibition to be an optimistic huckster vehicle nostalgically or ironically reimagining past world's fairs and international expositions. This radical departure from the frequent lineup of rare, valuable, and famous art enabled museum-goers to experience designs (and concepts) they have not encountered prior, while being challenged intellectually and emotionally. Authorship of the works also challenge preconceptions: artists? designers? manufacturers? a collective body? It depends on the piece. The gasps heard in this exhibition weren't prompted by seeing a Monet in person for the first time. The sounds were provoked by the insights gleaned and the fear instilled when contemplating... You do not currently have access to this content.
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