Monday, December 2
6:00pm
Center for Architecture
New York, NY
A conversation with Flavin Judd, Artistic Director of Judd Foundation; Benjamin Paulin, Co-Founder of Paulin, Paulin, Paulin; and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Curator of Contemporary Design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Judd Foundation presents a conversation with Flavin Judd, Artistic Director of Judd Foundation; Benjamin Paulin, Co-Founder of Paulin, Paulin, Paulin; and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Curator of Contemporary Design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. They will discuss the work of Pierre Paulin (1927–2009), a pioneering furniture and interior designer known for his visionary use of modern materials and production techniques. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Pierre Paulin: Action House.
Benjamin Paulin is Co-Founder of Paulin, Paulin, Paulin. Paulin, Paulin, Paulin is a family business that circulates, develops and preserves the works of Pierre Paulin. It aims to offer a heightened panorama of the designer’s oeuvre to bring to light the amazing modernity of a creator who was constantly researching new concepts and ideas.
Alexandra Cunningham Cameron is the Curator of Contemporary Design and Hintz Secretarial Scholar at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Her career has spanned criticism, publishing, public art and consulting across sectors, and she has served as editor in chief of independent arts journal The Miami Rail and creative director of the Design Miami/ fairs. Cameron has organized a broad range of programs including international events, commissions and award-winning exhibitions with artists, designers and architects such as Willi Smith, Duro Olowu, SITE, Terrol Dew Johnson, Aranda\Lasch, Yona Friedman, Dozie Kanu, Philippe Malouin, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Jamilah Sabur. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Financial Times and PIN-UP in addition to catalogues, journals, and monographs.
