[VAL] Airstream Show St. Louis - 2 more days

[Terry Tyler <tylerbears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Airstream!

An Architectural History of a Land Yacht

  Sure, everyone recognizes an Airstream when they see it: that shiny, 
bullet-shape "land yacht," the American Dream on wheels. But the 
Airstream trailer is more than just midcentury kitsch.

This modest exhibition traces the history of the Airstream from its 
1931 Art Deco design to its state-of-the-art aluminum alloy 
construction to the life of its colorful founder Wally Byam all the way 
up to contemporary designers Christopher Deam and Nic Bailey, who have 
proposed contemporary reworkings of the interior.

"Building Dreams Is Our Business," a short company film, plays 
alongside photos of Airstreams on classic family vacations -- to the 
lake and the forest, to Moscow, Egypt and beyond. What a trip!

Through August 20 at the Sheldon Art Galleries, 3648 Washington 
Boulevard; 314-533-9900. Gallery hours noon-8 p.m. Tue. and Thu., 
noon-5 p.m. Wed. and Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat.