The Way We Live Now presents the work of 13 artists examining the interplay
between modernist architecture and contemporary art through site - specific installations and existing works.
Not exact matches
As perfect as indies get, this intimate drama — set in an Indiana town known for its striking
modernist architecture — showcased the year's most exquisite flirtation,
between two intellectuals (John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson) stuck at life's turning points.
More a study of what remains of Habitat Puerto Rico than a romanticized aggrandizement of this
modernist ruin, Hardtt continues his investigations into the relationships
between ideology,
architecture and the environment that characterize his practice.
The relevance of Howey's subject, wrote gallery director Sheila Moore in a news release, is «the interesting parallel
between abstract art and
modernist and mid-century
architecture.
While Meckseper's earlier vitrine works commented on contemporary consumer culture using the shop window as an example and focus point for civic unrest and protest in our late capitalist society, her current works allude to the political dimension of early
modernist display
architecture and design
between World War I and II in Weimar Germany.
Between January 18th and March 1st, artist Rob Voerman will transform Upstream Gallery into one big art installation inspired by the ideology behind
modernist architecture.
Sam Jacob on traditions of hygiene in
modernist architecture; Michael Soi on the Kenya Pavilion controversy; Lucas Ospina on altering power relations
between artists and the market; Laura Oldfield Ford on a psychogeographic walk from East Ham High Street to Bethnal Green; Maria Lind in defence of commissioning new work; Laura McLean - Ferris on Lauren Bakst's recent performance; Jonathan Grossmalerman on how to paint death.
As such, the new show displays photographic, painterly and sculptural elements, which continue to document the battle
between nature and artificial developments,, questioning the way
modernist architecture attempts to situate itself within the landscape.
Reminiscent of office cubicles, barriers, waiting areas and processes of renovation, they operate as semi-autonomous abstractions and reiterate Gillick's interest in the legacy of «applied modernism», the two way movement
between utilitarian design and
modernist art and
architecture.
The dialogue
between work and location, while seemingly jarring, invites a sense of unease to coexist with the traditional prettiness of
modernist architecture.
For Metzel, the «Platte» («pre-fab»; literally: slab) is not only an architectural construction practice and material culture of the former East Bloc, but also a promise of Western postwar
Modernist architecture, and similarly it highlights the discrepancy
between ideal and reality.
The
modernist philosophy with which the building was designed emphasizes the link
between art,
architecture, and everyday life.
From the interiors of
modernist architecture for which she is best known, she now has moved on to photographing works that are located
between architecture and sculpture.
I was also struck by the formal parallels
between this very pure kind of painting and the
Modernist architecture going on at the same time.
His take on the tension
between corporate
architecture and collectivity encapsulates the relationship
between form and the political drive of the
modernist enterprise that underlies this exhibition's thesis.
Combining associations of health, hygiene cleanliness (and easy - to - cleanness) modernity and machine like precision of operation, they were to have a major influence on
modernist architecture and furniture design
between the wars.