Art with a Capital A

[David Coulter]

#6302

I took the kids to the Museum of Modern Art in NY yesterday and in an exhibit called Born out of Necessity is hanging a 1960 Bear Kodiak Special Bow, circa 1960, attributed to designer Bill Stewart. Certainly not to many of you need to travel to New York to see a Kodiak, but it was nice to see those beautiful lines recognized on that wall.

[Wexbow]

#50174

Weird coincidence David, I just read yesterday in Fred’s biography about displaying the Bear Kodiak at the MMA in NY. Cool 8)

[David Coulter]

#50305

Neat. It was funny. As we were walking around, my son said, Dad, there’s something you’d be interested in. They also had a leatherman style multi-tool and a 51 Willy’s, not to mention the Bell 47 that hangs near the stairway.

[Don Thomas]

#51665

When a traditional bow makes it to MOMA, we have arrived! (No compounds, I presume.) Don

[David Coulter]

#51684

Didn’t see a compound there, although you might find plenty of critics to argue that they, too, have their beauty. Just not on this site. One thing I always liked about MoMA is that they show lots of simple designs that are beautiful as well as functional. One item I had argument with was a beautifully designed, black, plastic handled potato peeler. Handsome enough that I bought one, but the thing is almost worthless as a tool. The old steel cheapos work way better..

[Don Thomas]

#52807

I would certainly accept a non-functional potato peeler as a fair price for having a Bear recurve in MoMA!

[Bunyan Morris]

#59081

One of the things I try to instill in my high school art students is the fact that beauty can be found in functional items. The MOMA certainly uses exhibits to teach the concept that form follows function.

I try to teach my students that good design can be found in unexpected places such as a kitchen drawer or in this case in the curve of a traditional bow. It is wonderful that a functional work of art such as a Bear Bow is hanging in a well respected museum.

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