Sentences with phrase «modernist architecture»
Modernist architecture refers to a style of building design that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is characterized by simplicity, functionality, and the use of new materials like steel, concrete, and glass. Modernist architecture often has clean lines, lack of ornamentation, and open floor plans. Full definition
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.
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The installation establishes a spatial and conceptual dialogue with the transparency and reflection of the iconic modernist architecture.
As one of the most innovative thinkers of her generation she has opened the field of mainstream modernist architecture to global experiences and issues previously overlooked in the discipline.
He captures the sunny, laid - back personality of this region by portraying modernist architecture, street food culture and strong Mexican influences, and his work is filled with plenty of character.
It is a garden for meditation and reflection surrounded by rather heavy modernist architecture.
Their projects find inspiration in sources ranging from Spanish painting to Greek modernist architecture to French new - wave film.
They also belong to a region, at a time when the optimism of modernist architecture or the 1960s alike had faded.
The International Center for Photography is currently presenting a large exhibition of Latin American photography, the Museum of Modern Art has devoted its main exhibition space to Brazil's Lygia Clark, and the Bronx Museum of the Arts is looking at the legacy of modernist architecture in Latin American cities.
The photographs were taken at the Illinois Institute of Technology campus — which Welling first visited and photographed in 1987 — and the Lake Shore Drive Apartments, both of which were designed by Mies van der Rohe and are closely associated with modernist architecture of the 1950s.
The Irish artist imagines a speculative live / work environment drawing influence from Modernist architecture and science fiction, both of which imagine the future as a utopian space of fantastic social and political potential.
A founding member of Anarchitecture, a group that criticized the excesses of architecture, Matta - Clark's work frequently critiqued the historical destruction caused by modernist architecture as an outgrowth of capitalism.
Drawing on modernist architecture, Israeli Kibbutzim, the plays of Bertolt Brecht, and Constructivist set design as influences, Meromi will create a series of sculptural environments that are continually altered through off - hours «rehearsals» that will take place in the gallery.
Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, is a mix of Soviet modernist architecture and beautiful medieval buildings.
She makes photographs and video projections in her studio that evoke an experience of movement through modernist architecture.
Opie's narrative is specific to Los Angeles as it focuses on L.A.'s rich history of modernist architecture as well as the recent onslaught of political and natural disasters, such as fires and floods that have dominated the news.
This year's favourite, Noble, is best known for his creation «Nobson Newtown» - «an exercise in self - portraiture via town planning» which features drawings depicting a fictional city of classic modernist architecture where the buildings spell out words.
Her detailed, low - relief work focuses on mid-20th century Modernist architecture and involves the careful layering of materials such as card, Perspex, fabric, thread and pillow stuffing.
Although I have many explored modernist architecture in my work since 2014, I'm interested in architectural history, and how buildings are constantly reimagined and repurposed with the hope of creating better living conditions.
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.
In the Dutch Pavilion, this argument is taken up more directly in two films by Wendelien van Oldenborgh that use modernist architecture as a framework to think about inclusivity and erasure in postwar, postcolonial Dutch society (Prologue: Squat / Anti-Squat, 2016, and Cinema Olanda, 2017).
Twenty years ago this month, visitors streamed to a Brentwood mountaintop to see the brand new Getty Center, featuring breathtaking vistas, sky - lit galleries, dramatic modernist architecture by Richard Meier, and the always - changing Central Garden, created by artist Robert Irwin.
In Hopf's work contrasting elements of a pristine modernist architecture and the free - flowing, anarchic force of water merge in the space of the film.
Instead, it's an elaborate puzzle or optimistic historical and ideological Russian doll that situates one form of Modernist architecture within another via a contemporary performative twist.
«The title of the exhibition references the name given to the style of modernist architecture conceived by Barragán and the artist Mathias Goéritz, who, frustrated by the cold functionalism of modernism, embraced space, colour and light to create buildings that engendered warmth, meditation, and reflection,» said Sean Kelly Gallery, which will show the images later this month.
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.
While recognizing that beauty takes many forms, it is cautious about the capacity of starkly modernist architecture, art, and design to convey rumors of angels in a disenchanted world.
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.
Our flights will take you to this special part of Spain, where iconic modernist architecture blends with outlandish Catalan Gothic style to create a surreal yet beautiful environment.
The airy modernist architecture boasts vaulted ceilings, handcrafted doors, craftsman cabinetry, and elegant wood detailing throughout.
For more Modernist architecture, be sure to visit the Can Prunera, a beautiful home - turned - museum displaying beautiful spiral staircases, lamps, glass partitioning and woodwork.
Conveniently situated within Barcelona's modern Eixample district, along the bustling Passieg de Gracia, Casa Mila or La Pedrera as it is also known showcases some truly exceptional modernist architecture.
It's worth visiting Gdynia on a weekend trip to Gdansk, it's only half an hour away by train and you can see modernist architecture, maritime attractions or go hiking in the local Nature Reserve.
When, influenced by Joseph Beuys, he mocks modernist architecture, it explodes.
He carnivalizes modernist architecture by infusing ideas inherited from «Le Corbusier».
In Quinn's more recent works, the mysterious and intriguing scenarios that nestled within the grand landscapes reminiscent of artists like Claude Lorrain and Jacob Ruisdael have emerged to centre stage where references to European history, mythology and Modernist architecture jostle for attention alongside artistic and literary references and homages to filmmakers such as Jean - Luc Godard and Andrei Tarkovsky.
In 1997 Tiravanija began an engagement with modernist architecture when he installed in the Museum of Modern Art's sculpture garden Untitled: 1997 (Glass House), a child - size version of Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949).
The London - based artist creates detailed pieces which reference Bauhaus modernist architecture and, through multiple layers of brightly coloured paper, address what she calls, «aesthetic modes of multiplicity» — the way in which her works experiment with different stages of construction.
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.
28th November 2012 — 11th January 2013 Tonight Timothy Taylor Gallery is presenting its second solo exhibition by British artist Lucy Williams, known for redefining the concept of collage through her intricate, mixed media bas - reliefs of unpopulated mid-century Modernist architecture.
Our panel discuss her often overlooked contribution to Nordic Modernist architecture — considered by some to be the greatest omission in design history.
Museum Ludwig pays homage to Werner Mantz — one of the most prominent photographers of Neues Bauen modernist architecture in the 1920s.
«In Montparnasse,» it continued, «we see social housing in pracice, the epitome of the modern urban envirnonment and a wistful reminder of how the reality of Modernist architecture parted ways with its socially - minded ideology... Gursky is able to achieve a powerful sense of both alienation and individuality, which leaves us feeling the prime symptom of the modern world: the fear of being alone.»
Ornament is Crime is a visual celebration of modernist architecture showcasing a spectacular selection of buildings from the most important architectural movement in modern history.
The book identifies modernist architecture's most important elements, from its linear shapes to industrial materials, and explores how this trailblazing style continues to thrive today.
This series pays homage to the «sleeping districts» of Moscow, the plattenbau constructions of East Berlin, the Warsaw Ghetto estates and the panelák blocks in Prague — all areas of Europe that enjoyed extensive modernist architecture and shaped the post-war continent's urban landscape.
From 2012 - 2013, I went on several visits to South Africa and Namibia, when I first came across post-colonial modernist architecture on the seafront.