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Graphic Arts Galore Check out these shows at The Wolfsonian-FIU Words by Meg Floryan The Wolfsonian–FIU is about to dazzle with color and graphics! This October 6th, they're presenting cutting-edge Austrian design of past and present with the opening of two splashy new shows—JULIUS KLINGER: POSTERS FOR A MODERN AGE, a celebration of the pioneering graphic artist, and DOUBLE VISION, a Klinger- inspired contemporary installation by design firm Seite Zwei. JULIUS KLINGER: POSTERS FOR A MODERN AGE Recognized as one of the leading graphic artists of the modern age, Austrian designer Julius Klinger (1876–1942) transformed commercial visual culture through his innovative advertising posters, book and magazine illustrations, mass promotional campaigns, ornamental and typographical design, and brand development. Associated with both the Vienna Secession and Jugendstil at the turn of the twentieth century, Klinger became famous as a poster designer in Germany, eventually returning to Austria to found a studio at the outbreak of the First World War. He would stay in Vienna, with two short visits to the United States, until his deportation to a Minsk extermination camp, where he died in 1942. Klinger's artistic reputation was built on the strength and range of his designs, which often shared a signature style characterized by graphic simplicity and directness—whether in the form of illustrations, graphic ornament, or his most famous posters. An advocate of "Americanismus," and the progressive attitudes towards modern business and media coming from across the Atlantic, he understood the power of modern trademarks and logos to give identity to major businesses and manufacturers, and was a leading figure in shaping the look of major brands. Through Klinger's life and examples of his work drawn from The Wolfsonian's collection, this exhibition explores issues of identity—personal, corporate, and national—as well as the impact of cultural displacement on the history of design, and the role of commercial art in the modern city. Poster, Münchener Faschings-Redoute [Munich Carnival Masked Ball], 1914, Julius Klinger (Austrian, 1876–1942), designer Hollerbaum und Schmidt, Berlin, printer, Offset lithograph

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