Björn Meyer - Ebrecht's painting's use
modernist architecture and design as a starting point, using basic geometric form as an alphabet with which to render these utilitarian and utopian forms into idiosyncratic compositions.
He merged his nonsense word with Bauhaus, the name of
the Modernist architecture and design school, to come up with Merzbau, the name he gave to a sprawling site - specific installation he began creating in his parents» Hannover home in 1927.
«Robert Orchardson's work draws upon elements like
modernist architecture and design, utopian texts, or details from science fiction films.
Sadie Murdoch is an artist who has compellingly pursued her fascination with
modernist architecture and design and how it is represented.
Martin Boyce, whose work explores the visual language of
modernist architecture and design, has been nominated for this year's Turner prize.
Modernism: On and Off the Grid, curated by Niko Vicario, brings together works engaged with the legacy of
Modernist architecture and design.
These three artists embed forms associated with
modernist architecture and design as well as Minimalism into their sculptures and works on paper.
Not exact matches
His passion for
architecture and all aspects of
design has resulted in the recent completion of his
modernist home which contains a unique collection of mid-century modern furniture, Italian glass
and modern art.
Barcelona's
modernist architecture, much of it
designed by Antoni Gaudi, is world famous
and some appear to be sculptures rather than buildings.
Palm Springs itself can feel like a museum of
Modernist architecture, so it makes perfect aesthetic sense that the California desert city has welcomed the Palm Springs Art Museum's new
Architecture and Design Center.
A jewel of
modernist architecture in Barcelona, the building was
designed by the influential Catalan architect, Lluís Domenech i Montaner,
and the name Casa Fuster translates into the House of the Carpenter.
Enhanced by elements of surrealism
and abstraction, her oeuvre responds to past forms of conceptualism, current art trends, interior
design,
and modernist architecture.
Thirty years after graduating from the School of Art +
Design, Julie presents a new series of works that reflect on how the
modernist architecture of the campus
and its utopian ideals influenced her artistic practice.
Mika Tajima employs sculpture, painting, video, music,
and performance, often drawing on contradictions in
modernist design and architecture to consider how the performing subject (e. g., speaker, dancer, designer, factory worker, musician, filmmaker) is constructed in spaces in which material objects outline action
and engagement.
Robert Orchardson's work draws on a range of sources from
modernist architecture and futuristic
design, including utopian manifestos, stage sets
and details from science fiction films.
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.
[67] Many aspects of
modernist design still persist within the mainstream of contemporary
architecture, though previous dogmatism has given way to a more playful use of decoration, historical quotation,
and spatial drama.
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.
New works conceived for this exhibition consider how the formal
designs of
modernist architecture and planning,
and the aggressive, deeply politicized modernization of Newark, have impacted the everyday lives of residents
and their communities.
«Italian Futurism, 1909 - 1944: Reconstructing the Universe» aims to examine paintings
and sculptures that have long been recognized as
modernist masterpieces alongside works of
architecture,
design and pure public spectacle that fueled the dream of a total Futurist art.
Engaging with the history
and mission of The Arts Club itself, the two - part installation will bring together McElheny's film The Light Club of Vizcaya: A Women's Picture (2012)
and a new site - specific installation titled The Club for Modern Fashions (2013), a constructed glass pavilion into which performers
and guests are invited during the lunch hour, Tuesdays through Fridays, dressed in vintage attire from the 1920s to the 1970s — decades that signify the height of a
modernist imperative across the cultures of fashion,
design,
and architecture.
Mika Tajima employs sculpture, painting, video, music,
and performance, often drawing on contradictions in
modernist design and architecture to consider how the performing subject (e. g. speaker, factory worker, musician, filmmaker) is constructed in spaces in which material objects outline action
and engagement.
It featured a number of local talents, including Bjoern Meyer - Ebrecht, whose severe geometric wooden sculptures / book stands were crowned with vintage German
modernist paperbacks that harkened back to a period when much of the world still believed in the power of art,
architecture,
and design to usher in utopias.
One of the final buildings
designed by prolific
modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 — 1969), the 1968 Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin has long fascinated art
and architecture lovers alike.
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.
References can also be seen in this collection from Mid-Century
modernist art,
design,
architecture and ceramics.
Designed by architects Smith & Thompson, the critically acclaimed
modernist - inspired structure of glass
and Cor - ten steel is included in a number of books about contemporary
architecture,
and has attracted attention from all over the world.
Located in the heart of Chelsea, the gallery's three story
modernist - inspired structure
designed by architects Smith & Thompson boasts one of the few outdoor sculpture gardens in New York City,
and is included in a number of books about contemporary
architecture.
The
modernist philosophy with which the building was
designed emphasizes the link between art,
architecture,
and everyday life.
As a new blockbuster exhibition of
modernist art,
architecture and design opens at the V&A, we present a G2 special celebrating the Modern movement.
Tapping into the vocabulary
and history of
modernist design and architecture Boyce recreates its essential components
and structures
and transforms them into what he calls «unstable landscapes» in which social exchange might occur.
, where sculptor Michael Craig - Martin is showing new work that celebrates
modernist design and architecture
b. 1969 Haarlem, Netherlands Born 1969, Haarlem, Netherlands / Lives
and works in Los Angeles, California,
and Amsterdam, Netherlands Lara Schnitger applies domestic arts, such as sewing
and quilting, to a brand of sculpture - making that merges
design with
modernist architecture.
New York City's Museum of Modern Art, located in Midtown Manhattan
and established in 1929, is widely considered as the world's most influential modern
and contemporary art museum, crucially important in developing
and collecting
modernist artworks, including painting, sculpture, photography, prints, books, films,
architecture and design.
For a new body of work he has turned his attention to iconic
modernist architecture of the 20th century, paying homage to the
design and architectural achievements of Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gerrit Rietveld,
and Mies van der Rohe.
The house's clean
and cantilevered
design draws heavily on
modernist architecture.
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.
You want / need the glazed ceramics that reflect the organic
architecture of the
modernist era, have a penchant for sleek candle holders,
and classic tubular
designs.
The rest of his career was devoted to promoting the
Modernist style of
architecture in the U.S., resulting in rigorously modern buildings such as the Farnsworth House
and the Seagram Building,
designed with Philip Johnson.