Cold War Confrontations: U.S. Exhibitions and Their Role in the Cultural Cold War

Masey, Jack, and Morgan, Conway Lloyd

ISBN 10: 3037781238 / ISBN 13: 9783037781234

Published by Lars Muller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland, 2008

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Cloth, 423 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Jack [Masey], with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy of the first printing, spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** CONTENTS: A warm welcome to the Cold War: Marshall Plan traveling caravans, Western Europe, 1948-1951; Atoms for India: "Atomics" Exhibition, United States Pavilion, Indian Industries Fair, New Delhi, India, 1955; A splendid pleasure dome: United States Pavilion, Jeshyn International Fair, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1956; Walls in Berlin: United States Exhibitions, George C. Marshall House, West Berlin, 1957-1959; Atomic Europe: United States Pavilion, Universal and International Exposition, Brussels, Belgium, 1958; High noon at Sokolniki Park: American National Exhibition, Moscow, USSR, 1959; Traveling hopefully: American National Exhibitions, USSR, 1961-1965; Montreal magnifique: United States Pavilion, Canadian World Exhibition, Montreal, Canada, 1967; Kimonos and moon rock: United States Pavilion, Japan World Exposition, Osaka, Japan, 1970; After the fair: Opportunities lost and found, 1981 to present. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cold War Confrontations: U.S. Exhibitions and Their Role in the Cultural Cold War
• Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers, Baden, Switzerland
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037781238
• ISBN 13: 9783037781234
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: SIGNED
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture::History
  • Patronage::State & Government
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES
  • XXL::Extra Extra Large

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Synopsis

World's Fairs and International Exhibitions have always had a political as well as a commercial and cultural context. This was particularly true during the Cold War when America and the Soviet Union, while laying claim to the same cultural values, used architecture and design to represent their opposing political ideologies at expos and exhibitions in hopes of influencing international fairgoers. Jack Masey served with the United States Information Agency from 1951 to 1979, for many years as Director of Design. He commissioned numerous American architects and designers including R. Buckminster Fuller, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Peter Blake, Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar to design the US presence at major world Expos including Expo '67 in Montreal and Expo '70 in Osaka. This important new book draws on Masey's recollections, recently declassified documents, unpublished memoirs and photographs, interviews with surviving members of U.S. design teams, and others, to detail the significant role played by architects and designers in shaping America's image during the cultural Cold War. AUTHOR: Conway Lloyd Morgan is an internationally published writer on architecture and design. He is also senior lecturer at Newport School of Art Media and Design. Jack Masey is an exhibition and museum designer and head of MetaForm Design International in New York City. 200 illustrations