East, West And Design All Mingle
LEAD: THE growing influence of Eastern design on the West and Western design on the East is the subject of an exhibition, 'The Archeology of the Present: East Meets West in Design,' on view from Sunday through Feb. 3 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
THE growing influence of Eastern design on the West and Western design on the East is the subject of an exhibition, 'The Archeology of the Present: East Meets West in Design,' on view from Sunday through Feb. 3 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
On display will be 75 works by 42 artists, the winners of a competition sponsored by East Meets West Cultural International, a nonprofit corporation. 'The world is changing so rapidly that in 10 or 20 years, we might not be able to recognize where products were designed,' said Anneke van Waesberghe, East Meets West's president and founder.
Objects on view will include this frosted glass sake bottle and V. Lorenzo Porcelli's floor lamp with rice paper shade. The exhibition is free. Tours will run hourly from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. daily. For information, call 212-245-2822. A catalogue is available for $35.
On Tuesday there will be a seminar on East-West design featuring William Grenwald, the former executive director of the American Crafts Museum. Reservations are available through 212-686-6070.
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