Nashville exhibit of Art Deco autos and motorcycles [View all]

Wow -- what beauties! True works of art.

New Nashville exhibit showcases designs of art deco automobiles and motorcyclesBy Larry Printz
THE (HAMPTON ROADS, VA.) VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Saturday August 10, 2013 5:19 AM

If you’ve seen Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance in the 1936 film Swing Time or spent the night at a hotel in South Beach, or visited the Empire State Building, you’ve seen it: art deco design.

Its streamlining influenced every aspect of American life in the 1930s, from architecture and appliances to railroad cars and even automobiles. But while art deco successfully sold washing machines, radios and houses, it didn’t prove overly popular with auto buyers. Cars that radically embraced the new look failed to sell, even though they influenced car design for decades.

It’s that legacy that’s examined in an exhibit, “Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles” at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, Tenn. The exhibit is scheduled to run through Sept. 15....

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More pics from the show at: http://www.sportscardigest.com/sensuous-steel-art-deco-automobiles-photo-gallery/
Also
http://fristcenter.org/calendar-exhibitions/detail/sensuous-steel
http://www.visitmusiccity.com/sensuoussteel
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/automotive-design/go-automotive-design-sensuous-steel-art-deco-automobiles