ADG Perspective

March-April 2019

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M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 1 9 | P E R S P E C T I V E 2 9 R E S O U R C E S C O N T I N U E D F R O M P A G E 2 6 Looking at Jerry Lewis: The Nutty Professor Storyboards Through March 3, 2019 Few stars from the golden age of the Hollywood studio system valued looking— and being looked at—more than Jerry Lewis (1926–2017) did. Having amassed years of stage experience before he emerged as a major film actor and director, he made acknowledging his audience an essential aspect of the "comedy of looks" that characterized his work. And in no other Lewis film is the experience of being seen so central as in The Nutty Professor (1963), in which he treats his audience as a main character. M O M A - N E W Y O R K The Value of Good Design February 10–May 27, 2019 Featuring objects from domestic furnishings and appliances to ceramics, glass, electronics, transport design, sporting goods, toys and graphics, The Value of Good Design explores the democratizing potential of design, beginning with MoMA's Good Design initiatives from the late 1930s through the 1950s, which championed well-designed, affordable contemporary products. The concept of Good Design also took hold well beyond the museum, with governments on both sides of the Cold War divide embracing it as a vital tool of social and economic reconstruction and technological advancement in the years following World War II. Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography July 2–September 22, 2019 On July 20, 1969, half a billion viewers around the world watched as the first images of American astronauts on the moon were beamed back to the earth. The result of decades of technical innovation, this thrilling moment in the history of images radically expanded the limits of human vision. Celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography will survey visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present. In addition to photographs, the show will feature a selection of related drawings, prints, paintings, films, astronomical instruments and space-flown cameras. M E T - N E W Y O R K

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