Sentences with phrase «of modernist architecture»

They also belong to a region, at a time when the optimism of modernist architecture or the 1960s alike had faded.

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.

SuperPuesto is a temporary pavilion by Terence Gower commissioned by The Bronx Museum of the Arts in collaboration with the Andrew Freedman Home for Beyond the Supersquare, the first U.S. museum exhibition to examine the complicated legacies of modernist architecture in Latin America and the Caribbean through the perspectives of 30 contemporary artists.

SuperPuesto was commissioned for Beyond the Supersquare, the first U.S. museum exhibition to examine the complicated legacies of modernist architecture in Latin America and the Caribbean through the perspectives of 30 contemporary artists.

The work of Alexander Apóstol will be featured in «Condemned to be modern» which includes the works of 21 artists, who have responded critically to the history of modernist architecture in Latin America.

The house, located at Ladera Circle in Palm Springs is a great example of modernist architecture, built with a mixture of glass and stonework in a circular arrangement over three levels.

In the latter, Rose presented two videos that explored human perception through gauzy shots of modernist architecture (Philip Johnson's Glass House), apocalyptic hail storms, and history - laden landscapes.

You are best known for your paintings of modernist architecture, yet the prototype collages on your wall right now are mash - ups of Picasso paintings with your own nudes.

Peake's project is anything but a rumination on the perceived failure of Modernist architecture.

He draws from the domestic and industrial landscapes of Los Angeles, and often includes fragments of modernist architecture and references to popular culture.

The first is a gated summer resort in Alexandria called Maamoura built by the state shortly after Gamal Abdel Nasser came to power to accommodate the new elite of the «rebranded» (post-1952) Egypt, a significant yet painfully understudied monument of modernist architecture in Egypt.

Monika Sosnowska (Polish, born 1972 in Ryki, Poland) is a sculptor of space, blending minimalism, conceptualism, Constructivism, and elements of modernist architecture into dystopian three - dimensional propositions.

She states: «against the backdrop of the modernist architecture of the city I see the voice as a means to infiltrate spaces, like a ghost in the machine, and return experience to a human scale.»

Kahn's icon of modernist architecture will itself be in top form, having undergone a thorough restoration over the course of the last year.

«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.

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, color and light to create buildings that engendered warmth, meditation, and reflection.

After all, one might never be able to convince Prince Charles of the merits of modernist architecture, but developers who are prepared to communicate at an early stage can reap the benefits of simply taking the time to talk.

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.

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.

More than a sketch of an inventory of a collection built in 15 years, the curator of the exhibition and director of MuMa, Annette Haudiquet, has chosen to group creations that seem to belong to the register of fiction rather than that of the «objective» topographic recording of a given territory or of a valorization of this modernist architecture, thus paying a tribute to the inspiring city - port.

... In the context of the large building of an architectural firm, the clichés about work appear in parallel with the clichés of modernist architecture.

This modular stack — reminiscent of Modernist architecture in cast concrete — is subverted by its own lightweight material and candy - floss hue, which also carries a jarring bodily subtext.

Other recent projects by Zimmerman include Observatory / Projector (Metropolis), a mashup model of modernist architecture which projects a constellation of glowing abstract form on the ceiling and walls around it.

They were cut apart and reconfigured, in a kind of very formalized way that made it look more like a kind of modernist architecture....

«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.»

Martin Boyce, whose work explores the visual language of modernist architecture and design, has been nominated for this year's Turner prize.

The dialogue between work and location, while seemingly jarring, invites a sense of unease to coexist with the traditional prettiness of modernist architecture.

Robert Venturi published Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture in 1966 as a critique of modernist architecture, primarily as it had developed since World War II, and particularly during the 1950s.

Ornament is Crime is also interspersed with classic song lyrics, literary excerpts and insightful quotes from some of the leading figures of modernist architecture, adding depth and context to the featured images.

Offering a fresh reappraisal of modernist architecture, the survey can alternatively be seen in both the iconic structures of the modernist canon and in the portfolios of some of the best contemporary architects of this century, including Arne Jacobsen, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, and Walter Gropius, and contemporary architects such as Snøhetta, David Adjaye, Sou Fujimoto, Tadao Ando, and John Pawson.

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.

Inspired by Adolf Loos, one of the great founders of modernist architecture, Ornament is Crime takes its name from Loos» provocative attack on the highly ornamental designs of the early twentieth century.

With her sculptures, she investigates the historical and political resonance of materials and the physical relationships between objects and bodies, drawing from sources including archaeological artifacts, car mechanics and the cultural symbolism of Modernist architecture.

Her breakthrough works were readable as vividly colored tributes to the extreme geometries of modernist architecture.

Ruff's varied work ranges from his early (now seminal) large - scale portraits of German citizens, to studies of modernist architecture, to digitally modified pornographic images appropriated from the Internet.

Clement Greenberg asserted that «decoration is the specter that haunts modernist painting,» unwittingly echoing Le Corbusier's view that it is the enemy of modernist architecture, and Scaria likewise offers a minimalist (dare one say puritan?)

Miami Marine Stadium inspires this tale of modernist architecture and Biscayne Bay, of speedboats and rock stars, of skateboarding, street art and a storm named...

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.

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.

Resubmitted into a modular system that highlights variation within a standardized system I stage a queering by way of dissent: the rigidity of the grid countered by the fluidity of the arc; the obdurate facade of the Minimalist object re-inscribed with the mechanics of its interior; the austere surface of Modernist architecture subverted through color and finish; the passivity of the pedestal announcing itself as proper furniture.

Beyond the Supersquare is the first U.S. museum exhibition to examine the complicated legacies of modernist architecture in Latin America and the Caribbean through the perspectives of 30 contemporary artists.

It has a strong sense of romance and unity, which is only pleasantly interrupted by some interesting examples of Modernist architecture.

a new show from artist - duo Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj uncovers an alternative and deeply mysterious history of modernist architecture

The film is spliced with familiar shots of modernist architecture.

The Puerto Rican - born painter Enoc Perez is best known for his «brushless» paintings of modernist architecture.

Monika Sosnowska examines the promises and failures of modernist architecture.

Street scenes worthy of Lee Friedlander or Saul Leiter abut shopwindows out of late Walker Evans and figures plausibly displaced from Robert Frank's The Americans; there are hints of the New Topographics in the fragments of modernist architecture and a truck stop's desert vista.