Astronaut Dave Bowman (played by Keir Dullea), in 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
© Photofest NYC
John French
Fashion Photograph, 1960
© V&A Images
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Cold War Modern: Design 1945–1970
LITHUANIA
VILNIUS • National Gallery of Art • 3 October - 6 December 2009
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The National Gallery of Art, Vilnius presents the Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition Cold War Modern: Design 1945–1970. Curated by David Crowley and Jane Pavitt for the V&A, and arriving in Vilnius from MART, Roverretto, the exhibition shows a wide range of art, architecture, design, and fashion objects, and films, that represent the material apotheosis of the Cold War years from the cessation of the Second World War in 1945 until the turn in the Vietnam War in 1970. The period also encapsulates the apex of the 'space race' at a moment when the moon landing (1969) is also marking a decadal anniversary (the spacesuit first worn by Neil Armstrong is in the exhibition as is the Sputnik model). And it is the spirit of competition between geo-political blocs – of political/territorial influence, in space, in war memorial architecture, in lifestyle, in consumer goods design, at world fairs – that embodies the exhibition.
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