EXHIBITIONS LISTINGS
Tia Blassingame
EXHIBITIONS LISTINGS
New York
Marimekko:
Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture: Bard Graduate Center
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Through
February 15, 2004
The Marimekko
exhibit, presented by the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative
Arts, Design, and Culture, chronicles the design company’s successful fashion
career and hitherto little known architectural contributions from its inception
to present day. Founded as textile-printing company in 1951 by textile
designer, Armi Ratia and her husband,
Marimekko brought a unique look to fashion with their boldly patterned textiles
and expressively colored and shaped clothing pieces.
Superstudio:
Life Without Objects, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 W. 14 Street, 2nd Floor
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Through
January 31, 2004
This
showcase of the avant-garde Italian design firm, Superstudio, is a joint
presentation by Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Artists Space and Storefront for Art
and Architecture. Contemporaries of Archizoom and Gruppo 9999, the five radical
architecture grads founded their firm in 1966 Florence and sought to create
futurist visions that expressed their disillusionment with modernism.
Big
& Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century, Museum of the
City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave.
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Through
January 19, 2004
The need
for energy-efficient and large-scale urban development is featured in this
exhibit. In this new century, big structures, including skyscrapers, are being designed to
use renewable resources and to consume a reduced amount of energy.
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> New York’s dependency on energy was highlighted
during the recent blackout. Moreover, Big and Green examines 21st century
sustainable architecture in New York City.
National
Rowhouse
Redux: Washington Architects Renew City Living, National Building Museum,
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Through
January 18, 2004
In this
7th biennial exhibit sponsored by the National Building Museum and the
Washington chapter of American Institute of Architects (AIA/DC), architects
re-envision the urban rowhouse. Utilizing two existing capital area sites,
architects prepared innovative, modest and cost-effective design proposals.
These designs suggest how contemporary treatments can co-exist with the
surrounding fabric of traditional rowhouses.
Museums for a New
Millennium, Miami Art Museum, 101 West Flagler Street
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Through January 4, 2004
Miami Art
Museum documents the increased interest in art museums’ designs at the
beginning of the 21st century. Twenty-five museum projects of the last decade
are portrayed in drawings, photographs and models. The exhibit includes such
icons as the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao by Frank O. Gehry and Richard Meier’s
design of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
From Blueprints to Buildings, Balboa Park, San Diego,
California
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Through February 15,
2004
The San
Diego Historical Society’s “From Blueprints to Buildings” exhibit traces the
area’s diverse architectural history as well as influential architects: Irving
Gill, William Templeton Johnson who are known for their signature styles.
Artifacts from early indigenous structures to drawings and models of modern
iconic buildings portray the various architectural styles and typologies. Items
from the SDHS’s own collection, like drawings, models, photographs, souvenirs
and artifacts, chronicle San Diego’s architectural heritage.
Frank
O. Gehry: Works in Progress, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,
California
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Through
January 26, 2004
This
exhibition of Frank O. Gehry’s works in progress showcases his design process
by tracking the development of twelve projects from conception
to completion.
International
Counterpoint:
The Architecture of Daniel Libeskind, The Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany
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Through
December 14, 2003
Fifteen projects by Daniel Libeskind are featured through photographs,
film, models, and sketches. Interactive media installations of the Ground Zero
project are introduced to a German audience. His lesser-known projects are
presented alongside his recent more famous designs representing his
architectural dexterity and vision.
Approach
the Future: The Asymptote Experience, NAI: Netherlands Architecture Institute,
Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Through
January 18, 2004
Lise
Anne Couture and Hani Rashid of Asymptote, a New York architectural art and
design firm, have exhibited their designs since 1989. Designed by
Asymptote, the 10,000 square ft installation consists of a suspended grid that
divides the gallery into smaller spaces. On display are completed and
unrealized projects as well as virtual reality environments that Asymptote
designed and implemented for the Guggenheim Museum and the Virtual
Trading Floor and Advanced Operations Center of the NYSE.
Living
in Motion: Design and Architecture for Flexible Dwelling, Dublin, Ireland
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Now
to January 2, 2004
With a display containing folding screens, modular furniture
and moveable structures by Gerrit Rietveld, Eileen Gray, Phillipe Starck and
Isami Nogushi, the Living in Motion exhibit examines work that depicts attempts
by designers and architects to adapt domestic space. This show represents
one of the largest exhibits of modern design ever held in Ireland.
