The type used for this museum contains script, serif, and "old" appearing fontfaces. Here is what the site states for the exhibition: Permanent Exhibitions-The Marshall Steam Museum features a variety of exhibits highlighting the evolution of 1) Steam technology in America as well as the 2) Marshall family’s legacy.
Second, is the Le May museum in Tacoma Washington, on the West Coast of the U.S. The logo contains a typeface that (also) contains serifs, however the appearance of the font face is more contemporary, than what is used for Auburn Height's logo. The collection of automobiles are from 1906-1994. It is 165,000 square feet, and 3.5 acres. This museum is more contemporary than the Auburn Heights Preserve. This museum showcases America's 'love' of the driving experience. I like this museum for the aspect that the exhibition catalog would meld well with the aesthetic of the museum.
The museum has events, student tours, community appreciation, concerts, ect. It lists the exhibitions as: Ferrari in America; British Invasion; Indy Cars; and more. The general theme for this museum is cars, cars, and more about cars.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Surrealist Drawing
ReplyDeleteThe Los Angeles County Museum Of Art holds over 100,000 works of art. Everything from ancient artwork to current works. The works are split among the numerous buildings into different departments, such as region, time period, mediums, ect.
Browsing through their current and previous exhibitions, one caught my eye. It was the "Drawing Surrealism" exhibition. I love surrealist artwork, so I was drawn to this article. The exhibition was a very large one, with 200 works, from 90 different artists. Artists explored many different approaches and even mediums to re-create their surrealist ideas.
Another cool thing I noticed, was that there was a book on the exhibition for sale on the website! The Type on the book cover was very simple. A stylized, sans-serif face. I would love to take a look at the contents of the 244 page, full color book!
Another notable use of type, one of the artists created a piece for exhibition viewers to take home with them. It was "The Songs of Malador, which is (I think) a writing of surrealist ideas. She adapts this writing into her own piece, printed on newsprint. She illustrates the typography, and supports it with her own surrealist drawings. I thought that this was a really cool Idea for an Exhibition.
http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/drawing-surrealism