Sentences with phrase «criticism of contemporary architecture»

Another interpretation of this choice revolves around the criticism of contemporary architecture and its eccentric, over-designed, pretentious facades and expensive, exotic materials.

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And the Pulitzer Goes To... — Phillip Kennicott, the Washington Post journalist who pens the paper's column on art and architecture, has been awarded this year's Pulitzer award for criticism based on his articles on the Kevin Roche exhibition at the National Building Museum, photography at the Corocoran Gallery, and representations of the first family in contemporary images, stating that he was «especially happy to win at a time when arts criticism is not doing well.»

The key subject of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis of comprehensive phenomenon of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems of value judgment on today's market - led cultural phenomenon and cultural movement, and the role of curator as a cultural translator and mediator between the two; and exploration of alternatives for ecological health of increasingly globalized art and culture.

The full program will feature Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Hairy Who Artists; Diego Perrone, Eugenio Re Rebaudengo, Letizia Ragaglia and Ilaria Bonacossa on contemporary art in Italy; Matthieu Poirier and Daniel Buren on the intersections of art and architecture; Dan Cameron, Anthony Elms and Irene Hofmann on the difference between American and European international exhibition models in «Biennale Biennial;» a discussion on contemporary photography with curator and author of Photography is Magic, Charlotte Cotton, in conversation with various artists through the Aperture Foundation; the impact of contemporary design criticism and its discourse featuring Alice Twemlow among others; and Thelma Golden, Solveig Øvstebø and Franklin Sirmans in conversation with Jacob Proctor on the global influence of museum collections and exhibitions.