The Nasher Sculpture Center brings art world speakers for conversations or lectures about sculptural themes. Learn about the ever-expanding definition of sculpture and the thought-process behind some of today’s most innovative contemporary artwork, architecture and design.
Complimentary Wine Reception with reservation. Seating is limited. Please call 214.242.5133 for reservations.
March 13: 1 pm
Free with admission
Adam Silverman, Studio Director, Heath Ceramics Los Angeles and Nader Tehrani, Principal, Office dA Inc.
About Adam Silverman & Nader Tehrani
After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Architecture, Art and Design, Adam Silverman moved to Los Angeles in 1988 as a licensed architect and later co-founded the hipster clothing line, Xlarge. Becoming “less and less enchanted with the clothing business,” he turned his attention to his love of 25 years, pottery.
In 2002 Silverman decided to work exclusively in clay and founded Atwater Pottery. Silverman’s organic ceramic pieces fuse ancient pottery techniques with a modern edge.
Today he serves as studio director of Heath Ceramics Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries and featured in numerous publications from The New York Times to GQ.
Nader Tehrani received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he befriended Silverman. He continued his education at Harvard Graduate School of Design, receiving a Masters of Architecture in Urban Design in 1991.
Nader Tehrani now heads the internationally renowned architecture firm Office dA in Boston, which has completed projects from California to China that range in scale from furniture to urban design, including BP Helios House (a sustainable gas station in Los Angeles), the RISD Library, Tongxian Arts Center in Beijing, and the Elemental community project in Chile, among others. In addition to his professional practice, Tehrani is a professor of architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Office dA has received numerous international awards including the National Design Award for Architecture.