Illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman will be appearing in person on Sunday, April 10 from 2 to 4 pm at The Pop Up Store Called Milton in the new exhibition at The Jewish Museum, Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World). She will be selling Einstein pins, Proust posters, bouncing balls from Argentina, shoes, and other ephemera of daily life. Proceeds from sales will be donated to charity.
This first major museum survey of the work of illustrator, author and designer Maira Kalman features a selection spanning thirty years of 100 original paintings, drawings, and sketches shown along with the many ways Kalman's work has entered contemporary culture - in books and magazines, and on commercial products, from clothing to watches. Less widely seen works in photography, embroidery, textiles, and performance are also included. Kalman illuminates contemporary life with a profound sense of joy and unique sense of humor. As a context for this survey, Kalman has created a special installation to reveal some source material she has gathered as collector, walker, traveler, reader and maker of lists. Furnished with chairs, ladders and "many tables of many things," this installation offers a view of how she sees the world, both in and outside the studio. The exhibition is on view from March 11 through July 31, 2011. Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
