Jorge Pardo among 2010 MacArthur fellows
Artist-designer-architect Jorge Pardo has been named a 2010 MacArthur fellow, a distinction that comes with a $500,000 grant, reports Jori Finkel for the Los Angeles Times.
Pardo become known in the ‘90’s for his work that blurred the distinctions between art and design, craft and commodity. In 1998 he opened his home at 4166 Sea View Lane in Los Angeles as an “art work,” an exhibition presented by MOCA, before moving in to the house. Two year later he covered the lobby and bookstore of the Dia Center for the Arts in New York in glossy, colorful tiles to make a kind of “painting” out of the building’s interior. In 2007, LACMA director Michael Govan had Pardo design LACMA’s pre-Columbian galleries, and he produced a series of undulating wood cabinets to display the artifacts.
To see the full list of this year’s MacArthur fellows click here.
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| Jorge Pardo. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times. |
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