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| Date: | 2013-08-05 |
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| Article Title: | Frist Center Presents: Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles |
| Article: | This unique exhibition showcases an array of Art Deco automobiles from some of the most renowned car collections in the United States. Inspired by the Frist Center’s historic Art Deco building, this exhibition features spectacular automobiles and motorcycles from the 1930s and ‘40s that exemplify the classic elegance, luxurious materials, and iconography of motion that characterizes vehicles influenced by the Art Deco style. Fascination with automobiles transcends age, gender, and environment. While today automotive manufacturers often strive for economy and efficiency, there was a time when elegance reigned. Influenced by the Art Deco movement that began in Paris in the early 1920s and propelled to prominence with the success of the International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925, automakers embraced the sleek new streamlined forms and aircraft-inspired materials, creating memorable automobiles that still thrill all who see them. The exhibition features 18 automobiles and two motorcycles from some of the most important collectors and collections in the United States. Throughout the run of Sensuous Steel, Nashville's Lane Motor Museum and the Frist Center will offer reciprocal admission discounts when ticket stubs are presented. Just bring your ticket stub from whichever museum you visit first to the other museum, and receive a discount (half-price discount at the Frist Center, and $3 discount at Lane Motor Museum). Same-day and advance tickets may be purchased on site at the Frist Center. Frist Center Members may reserve tickets by calling 615.744.3248 24-hours in advance of admission time. Out-of-town guests may purchase advance tickets through www.nowplayingnashville.com. Hotel packages are available through the Nashville Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.visitmusiccity.com/sensuoussteel. |
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