Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future.

It’s been three years since the traveling exhibit Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future kicked off in Helsinki, and the tour has finally made it to New York. This retrospective takes an in-depth look at Eero Saarinen, the architect and designer whose work brought international attention to mid-twentieth-century America. While you may know that Saarinen designed the TWA Terminal at JFK (shown above), the St. Louis Gateway Arch, and the Tulip™ and Womb™ chairs, you might be surprised to know the full scale of Saarinen’s career. The “potent expressions of national power” that Saarinen designed introduced modern architecture to mainstream America. The impact of which continues to shape architectural practices today. For Nicolai Ouroussoff’s review in The New York Times, click here. The exhibit is at the Museum of the City of New York through January 31, 2010.

Image: TWA Terminal, New York International (now John F. Kennedy International) Airport, New York, circa 1962. Photographer Balthazar Korab. 

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[warrior]

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[Henry Conversano]

For Ms Eva Zeisel;
Happy Birthday Belatedly.
Many years ago 55+- I was a student at Pratt Institute.
Your class in ceramics was a favorite of mine. One session i was "struggling" with some obstinate clay ,and was sighing, evidently loudly. You passed by and said to the class "Stop!". All attention was focused on us and I waited somewhat bewildered. I didn't have a clue what your meaning was.
You looked at me and saind "Sigh as you have been doing." I did and you said " I want to hear more of.
that, Total emotional immersion in your work." That experience and lesson has stayed with me. It was a great lesson about the power and joy of empathic connection.
Thank you for that and so much more!

A note; After that incident the class was sighing so much work was impossible. ( a joke)

With much admiration and love,

Henry Conversano

[Henry Conversano]

For Ms Eva Zeisel;
Happy Birthday Belatedly.
Many years ago 55+- I was a student at Pratt Institute.
Your class in ceramics was a favorite of mine. One session i was "struggling" with some obstinate clay ,and was sighing, evidently loudly. You passed by and said to the class "Stop!". All attention was focused on us and I waited somewhat bewildered. I didn't have a clue what your meaning was.
You looked at me and saind "Sigh as you have been doing." I did and you said " I want to hear more of.
that, Total emotional immersion in your work." That experience and lesson has stayed with me. It was a great lesson about the power and joy of empathic connection.
Thank you for that and so much more!

A note; After that incident the class was sighing so much work was impossible. ( a joke)

With much admiration and love,

Henry Conversano