VISITING ARTIST: Paola Antonelli

This lecture was interesting because most of the audience was an older crowd of men and women. It really made me understand how important this woman must have been. 


Paola Antonelli's lecture was titled The Design Exhibitionist. She came to speak at VCU because of the work she is known for doing at the MOMA in New York. Her lecture was very different because she was showing us elements of design instead of the artists we are usually used to seeing. She has a history in teaching fashion classes but she was trained in architectural design.


She spoke alot about design in today's world. One interesting idea she talked about was called "an organic path" which is basically her way of saying go with the flow, love your work and love what you do. She also emphasized an idea of leaving things open ended to keep the audience wondering about the art and design. She spoke of "lard and honey; " which was her way of expressing the idea of brings odd things together that really shouldnt be together that end up somehow working perfectly together. Lard and Honey was something she said had that effect.