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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (6870)	9/23/2003 12:06:46 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

Postrel has, in fact, put her finger on important aspects of modern art, which shifted its focus from the narrative or iconic to the exploration of design, the purely aesthetic. Part of that transition had to do with a fascination with how to make the modern world more congenial, rather than dreary or kitschy. From the beginning, modern artists designed furniture, lamps, and other mass- produced items, or provided inspiration to the actual designers. Frank Lloyd Wright was fascinated with total design, and so were the men associated with the Bauhaus. I would guess that art deco and art nouveau were the first modern styles to substantially affect consumer objects, especially upscale items like fancy furniture, modern appliances, and so forth. The Museum of Modern Art had a regular exhibit of design objects, like toasters, radios, and dining sets, and often extended such exhibitions when treating of a period or school. Of course, the ultimate question mark about the relationship between designed utilitarian objects and art was drawn by Marcel Duchamp when he famously exhibited a commode as an art object. It was a scandal, but in many ways, he was right: it was an example of an abstract sculpture, and rather attractive............