Birth of the Cool

I saw a commercial for "The Birth of the Cool" exhibit at the Oakland Museum. It looks pretty awesome and right up my alley.

"Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury—opening May 17 at the Oakland Museum of California—looks at the painting, architecture, furniture design, decorative and graphic arts, film, and music that launched mid-century modernism in the United States, and established Los Angeles as a major American cultural center. The exhibition continues through August 17, 2008."I will hopefully be able to check it out before it ends in August. They also have "Cool Remixed: Bay Area Urban Art and Culture Now," and "Family Explorations: California Cool."