Catherine Opie, The Modernist, 2017
Artist: Catherine Opie (born 1961, Sandusky, OH; lives and works in Los Angeles). Materials: Photo series and film (21:44 mins) comprising 852 black-and-white photographs. Description: “We are uncertain about the ambiguous identity of the protagonist, who is played by Opie’s artist friend, Stosh, aka Pig Pen. At the beginning of the film, we watch him […]
Dorit Margreiter, Original Condition, 2006
Artist: Dorit Margreiter (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna, Austria). Materials: Newspaper clippings on cardboard in 12 parts. Description: “Original Condition, of which Margreiter made three series in 2006, comprises small-format real estate advertisements for family homes and mansions designed by renowned male architects, among them Victor Gruen, Frank Lloyd Wright, […]
Veronika Kellndorfer, Pierre Koenig, 2008
Artist: Veronika Kellndorfer (born 1962 in Munich, Germany; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Material: Single panel silk-screen print on glass Description: “First through painting and then through photography, Kellndorfer has introduced a body of work whose focuses on the ephemeral nature of architecture and space. Her new body of work, featured in the main gallery […]
Veronika Kellndorfer, Silver Lake, Lautner 2, 2008
Artist: Veronika Kellndorfer (born 1962 in Munich, Germany; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Material: Single panel silk-screen print on glass Description: “First through painting and then through photography, Kellndorfer has introduced a body of work whose focuses on the ephemeral nature of architecture and space. Her new body of work, featured in the main […]
Xavier Veilhan, “Architectones,” 2012-14
Artist: Xavier Veilhan (born 1963 in Lyon, France; lives and works in Paris, France). Materials: Mixed media installation. Description: “The site-specific exhibition follows installments at two icons of French concrete culture, Le Corbusier’s Unité d’ Habitation and the L’église Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio, as well as Konstantin Melnikov’s seminal but […]
Dorit Margreiter, 10104 Angelino View Drive, 2004
Artist: Dorit Margreiter (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Materials: 16 mm film, color; 6 min 56 sec. Description: A film based on John Lautner’s Sheats-Goldstein Residence (1963), documenting its movable features. The house was used in many movies as hub for villains. Basic impulses and desires are expressed in modernist […]
Alex Hartley, Case Study House #21 (Bailey House), 2003
Artist: Alex Hartley (born 1963 in West Byfleet, England; lives and works in London, England and Devon, England). Description: A photograph of Pierre Koenig’s Bailey House as taken from the foliage surrounding the structure. “Alex Hartley investigates modern architecture and the ways in which it is conceived and presented. The artist challenges preconceptions by subverting […]
Dorit Margreiter, Case Study House #22, 2001
Artist: Dorit Margreiter (born 1967 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Description: Installation of works that deals with Pierre Koenig’s architectural icon in three interviews and a film, the totality of which exposes the tension between formalism and political aims in his work. “Margreiter’s photo of Case Study House #22 is not only […]
Sam Durant, “Abandoned Houses” series, 1994-96
Artist: Sam Durant (born 1961 in Seattle, USA; lives and works in Los Angeles, USA). Materials: Collage on photocopy; all approximately 19.05 x 25.4 cm. Documentation: Seen above: Modern Moon and Beer Bong (both 1994). Description: Collages of black-and-white pictures that derive their humor from their mechanistic perfection. Beer Bong shows Julius Schulman’s photographs of Pierre Koenig’s architecture […]
Sam Durant, Abandoned Houses #1 – #6, 1994-95
Artist: Sam Durant (born 1961 in Seattle, USA; lives and works in Los Angeles, USA). Materials: Foam core, cardboard, Plexiglass, tape, spray enamel, wood, and metal; various sizes. Documentation: Seen above: Abandoned House #4, 64.8 x 104.14 x 11.43 cm. Description: An installation from 1996 for Roger Merians Gallery in New York. Consisted of six sculptures […]
