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Art Museum to present Glaser exhibits

Galleries to feature works of legendary graphic designer/illustrator.

The 黑料视频 Art Museum is hosting two exhibitions on graphic designer Milton Glaser. The 黑料视频 Art Museum is hosting two exhibitions on graphic designer Milton Glaser.
The 黑料视频 Art Museum is hosting two exhibitions on graphic designer Milton Glaser. "Modulated Patterns" and "The Piero Project" run through May 20. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen.

The 黑料视频 Art Museum鈥檚 spring exhibitions will highlight one of the world鈥檚 greatest graphic designers and illustrators.

鈥淢ilton Glaser: Modulated Patterns鈥 opens Friday, March 31, in the Main Gallery and will feature sketches, prints and printed designs. A complementary exhibition of watercolors, 鈥淭he Piero Project,鈥 will be on display at the museum鈥檚 Susan M. Reifer 鈥65 and Stanley J. Reifer 鈥64 Mezzanine Gallery. The exhibitions run through May 20.

鈥淢ilton is one of those artists/illustrators/graphic designers who are omnipresent,鈥 said curator Blazo Kovacevic, an assistant professor of art and art design. 鈥淗e is like a Renaissance man. There is no start and no end to what he does.鈥

Glaser, the first graphic designer to receive the National Medal of the Arts, is best known for designing the I Love New York logo and the iconic poster of Bob Dylan featured on the singer鈥檚 1967 鈥淕reatest Hits鈥 album. Glaser also founded Push Pin Studios, New York magazine, and redesigned the packaging, signage and store patterns at Grand Union supermarkets.

The 鈥淢odulated Patterns鈥 exhibition will not focus on Glaser鈥檚 鈥済reatest hits.鈥 Instead, it will showcase Glaser鈥檚 work with patterns and perception in a series of landscapes and images that honor artists such as Paul C茅zanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Gustav Klimt. 鈥淭he Piero Project,鈥 meanwhile, features 37 artistic interpretations of the paintings of Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca.

The idea for the exhibitions came two years ago, when a friend and collaborator of Glaser 鈥 graphic designer/illustrator Mirko Ilic 鈥 had his own exhibition at the Art Museum. Ilic suggested a Glaser show, leading Kovacevic and Art Museum Director Diane Butler to visit Glaser鈥檚 New York City studio to gauge his interest.

鈥淗e was very warm and welcoming,鈥 said Kovacevic, who had also curated Ilic鈥檚 show. 鈥淲e started talking and he suggested that he would like to see his prints (displayed) on a larger scale. He was interested in seeing his prints in a different light.鈥

For Kovacevic, the visit was similar to meeting artist/sculptor Dennis Oppenheim.

鈥淚 thought they would be so full of their own greatness,鈥 Kovacevic said. 鈥淣ever. Milton was so modest. He was more into listening, processing and telling something wonderfully appropriate. He was accommodating and supportive in every step.鈥

Glaser even had Kovacevic, photographer Marc Newton and Tom McDonough, associate professor of art, return to his studio for an interview and a portrait. Glaser鈥檚 talk with McDonough is featured in a catalog that can be purchased at the exhibitions.

鈥淚t offers glimpses into how Milton Glaser works, what he thinks and what he can offer as such a pivotal figure in graphic design,鈥 Kovacevic said of the interview. 鈥淢ilton loved the catalog and said he will use copies for his archive. That鈥檚 meaningful for all of us in this project.鈥

As curator, Kovacevic said he wanted to do more than hang Glaser鈥檚 works in the gallery: He was interested in displaying what Glaser believes represents him best as he nears his 90th birthday.

鈥淚 wanted to push the effect of the large scale to the limit,鈥 Kovacevic said. 鈥淲e constructed one of his prints in order to get an immersive installation using anamorphic illusion. 鈥 It鈥檚 a bold, experimental way of dealing with his intention.鈥

The exhibitions will also include cases in the museum鈥檚 entryway that feature Glaser鈥檚 sketches that he used to produce and inspire the prints inside the gallery.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an educational dimension,鈥 Kovacevic said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 important as one of the (museum鈥檚) goals. We are going to show that Milton Glaser is not only an artist and designer, but someone who is deeply involved in education.鈥

A talk by Steven Brower at 5 p.m. April 27 at the museum will also provide further insight into Glaser鈥檚 work. Brower teaches graphic design/illustration at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., and was an associate at The Push Pin Group.

鈥淢ilton Glaser is someone I believe that every university, every school and every museum should cherish and have students learn about,鈥 Kovacevic said.