Curator of Design and Architecture at MOCA
Curator of Design and Architecture at the Museum of Contemporary Art and curator of "Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture," which runs November 19, 2006 - March 5, 2007
PROFILE
Brooke Hodge
Guest
FROM Brooke Hodge
Design and Architecture
An LA Landmark Gets a Facelift Next month MOCA will open " Skin and Bones ," a fascinating look at the "parallel practices" in contemporary architecture and fashion. Meantime, drawing inspiration from Japanese designers, LACMA mounts " Breaking the Mode ," an exhibit of iconoclastic clothing that has challenged convention. Plus, LA's Griffith Observatory gets a facelift, and actor-director Peter Weller on his favorite building in Los Angeles.
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