Curatorial Director
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution
2 East 91st Street
New York NY 10128
bloeminkb@si.edu
Research Interests
21st Century International Design,New Technology & Robotics, Contemporary Pan-Pacific Design, Contemporary Art, FLorine Stettheimer, the Harlem Renaissance, contemporary African-American art, International Contemporary Photography internationally, Minimalist art and design, Winslow Homer and 19th C. American Art.
Current Research Projects
Design by 20th-21st C. Minimalist Artists; Winslow Homer as epitomizing idealized American Identity, contemporary revival of Rococo, Contemporary Chinese and Pan-Pacific Design, Innovative American Design 2003-6, Yinka Shonibare and Disapora.
Current or Projected Exhibits
Design is not Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread (CHNDM fall 2004), Yinka Shonibare Selects from the CHNDM Collections (October 2005), Tord Boontje (September, 2005), Matali Crasset (spring, 2006), Designing an American Identity (February, 2006), Contemporary Chinese Design (2007-8)
Recent Publications
Design is not Art (Merrell Publishers)Comic Release (DAP press)
Singular Women (Univ. CA press)
Women in the Decorative Arts (univ. Ontario press)
Florine Stettheimer (Yale University Press)
Women and Dada (UC CA Press)
Michael Lucero (Hudson Hills Press)
James Croak (Hudson Hills Press)
Updated -12/01/04
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