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00Mary Anne Staniszewski noted in her article, “Installations for Good Design and Good Taste,” in 01i00The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art, 02i00that the Museum of Modern Art’s 01i00Machine Art 02i00show and the 01i00Useful Objects 02i00were successful exhibitions. One of the reasons was that the installation itself was stunning.  In addition, visitors could enjoy the show very easily and comfortably as the author noted, “the reviewers took delight in the fact that visitors could touch, move, and even sit in the exhibits.” Since those objects were cheap and useful, the audience might have wanted to take advantage of the show to purchase products that attracted them. 02br
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00However, did these facts really make the show “gorgeous” as the author remarked? First of all, when Modern designers were fascinated that machinery work could be simple but beautiful, It might have been interesting to see it in a museum. Nowadays, no one will go to an exhibition to see mass-produce household products or “useful objects.” The time is long past when “low-priced, machine-made, mass-produced household articles” were so amazing and novel that they should be exhibited in a gallery. Surprisingly, this is not merely a concept of the day. Henry McBride, one of critics at that time,  remarked, “The only art in the present show is that contributed by Philip Johnson.” Some critics found Johnson’s exhibition technique for the show satisfying, but they did not consider objects exhibited worth being presented at a museum. 02br
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00Second, the exhibition might have been a good fair for sales but no more than that. The author mentioned that the audience did not follow museum codes of behavior in that they were trying the products and checking the prices. This is the way consumers behave in department stores or supermarkets. What did the audience at the exhibition consider the show to be? Undoubtedly, manufacturers asked to exhibit their products at the museum (the author did not mention if the museum accepted their requests). If the show was a success in terms of practical business, it could have been held in a department store instead of a museum. 02br
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0Mary Anne Staniszewski says in her column, “Installations for Good Design and Good Taste,” that the Museum of Modern Art’s 01i 00Machine Art 02i 00and 01i 00Useful Objects 02i 00shows were "successful" exhibitions. 00" In addition, visitors could enjoy the show very easily and comfortably. ” 02br 02br 00However, one might ask if these facts really make the show “gorgeous," as the author claims.

  • 0Mary Anne Staniszewski says in her column, “Installations for Good Design and Good Taste,” that the Museum of Modern Art’s 01i 00Machine Art 02i 00and 01i 00Useful Objects 02i 00shows were "successful" exhibitions.
  • 00" In addition, visitors could enjoy the show very easily and comfortably.
  • ” 02br 02br 00However, one might ask if these facts really make the show “gorgeous," as the author claims.
  • First of all, when Modern designers first became fascinated by simple machinery that could do workwork and be beautiful, it might have been interesting to see in a museum.
  • ” The time is long past when “low-priced, machine-made, mass-produced household articles” are so amazing and novel that they should be exhibited in a gallery.
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0Mary Anne Staniszewski says in her column, “Installations for Good Design and Good Taste,” that the Museum of Modern Art’s 01i00Machine Art 02i00and 01i00Useful Objects 02i00shows were "successful" exhibitions. 00One of the reasons, she claims in the article, 01i00The Power of Display: A History of Ex hibition Installations at the Mus
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