Recognized internationally for his unique glass sculptures and large - scale works for public spaces, Howard Ben Tré makes reference to
historical architectural forms, industrial shapes and Read More»
Not exact matches
The New Republican style School Hall (1912)
forms part of the museum which is a cultural,
historical and
architectural commentary on the heritage of Oudtshoorn.
How to Build a House Museum invites visitors to tour the house museum in its many possible
forms: as an
architectural monument,
historical representation, or site of freedom.
His table - size constructions, based on
architectural, art
historical and cinematic sources are made of simple materials, pared down to essential
forms, and frequently emptied of extraneous detail.
Casebere's table - size constructions, based on
architectural, art
historical and cinematic sources are made of simple materials, pared down to essential
forms, and frequently emptied of extraneous detail.
Abstract geometrical
forms seem to dissolve the
historical references and translate them into complex spacial concepts: wall drawings and
architectural interventions are fragmented continuations of the paintings, sculptures and drawings in the exhibitions space.
Renée Green's (b. 1959) exhibition Within Living Memory is a meditation spurred by inhabiting an
architectural icon — Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center — while exploring the
historical and institutional legacies of modernism's other
forms, including cinema, visual art, poetry, music, and literature.
The work takes the
form of an
architectural intervention including sculptural floor objects and it combines elements of
historical research around the first human journey into outer space as well as participatory conversations with more than 90inhabitants in Hangzhou, among them students of the China Academy of Art of Hangzhou where the artist is presently a visiting artist.
Incorporating the dynamic visual vocabulary of maps, urban planning grids, and
architectural forms, alternating between
historical narratives and fictional landscapes, Julie Mehretu's beautifully layered paintings and drawings combine abstract
forms with the familiar, pairing the Roman Coliseum with floor plans from international airports, Le Corbusier's unbuilt megacity with blueprints from Zaha Hadid and Tadao Ando, and dashing it all together with a color field full of abstract geometry.