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 […]
Dionisio González, Le Corbusier: The Last Project, 2013
Artist: Dionisio González (born 1965 in Gijon, Spain; lives and works in Seville, Spain). Materials: Digital photographs. Description: “‘This exhibition intends to show a work of restitution of omitted vestiges’, explains González. It is therefore an archival task ‘based on processing the object so that it does not become corrupted by oblivion and may be […]
Laure Tixier, Plaid House # VI, 2008
Artist: Laure Tixier (born 1972 in Chamalières, France; lives and works in Paris, France). Materials: Felt Description: “Created for Mudam Luxembourg in collaboration with the Musée du Feutre in Mouzon (France), the nine structures that make up the series Plaid Houses are based on a series of drawings conceived by the artist as a range […]
Alison Moffett, Domino House, le Corbusier, 2008
Artist: Alison Moffett (born 1979 in Knoxville, USA; lives and works in London, England). Materials: Graphite and ink on paper. Description: “[The artist] drew iconic modernist houses on the moon—as journeying to the moon represented this same sort of futurist, Utopian view. But at the same time in history, there was the making of […]
Sherrie Levine, Salubra no. 2, 2009
Artist: Sherrie Levine (born 1947 in Hazleton, USA; lives and works in New York City and Santa Fe, USA). Materials: Acrylic on mahogany Description: “Inspired by the color charts Le Corbusier conceived for Swiss wallpaper company Salubra in 1931, Sherrie Levine’s Salubra 2 is a tour de force of contemporary conceptual art. For the architect […]
Pedro Reyes, Baby Marx Stage Design, 2009
Artist: Pedro Reyes (born 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico). Materials: Mixed media installation Description: “The action takes place in a library. It is a mid-century functionalistic building notable for its post-war austerity. If you look closely you may recognize some features which have been borrowed from famous architectural […]
Ulla von Brandenburg, Singspiel, 2009
Artist: Ulla von Brandenburg (born 1974 in Karlsruhe, Germany; lives and works in Paris, France). Materials: Black and white 16mm film; sound; 14 min 34 sec. Description: “Ulla von Brandenburg’s Singspiel (“song-play”) was filmed in one single shot at Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, following actors in a deceptive track through the house. In each space, a […]
Catalina Niculescu, Cité Radieuse (Episode 1), 2009-2010
Artist: Catalina Niculescu (born 1978 in Bucharest, Romania; lives and works in London, England). Materials: HD video; 4 episodes, 21 mins each. Description: “Catalina Niculescu’s film looks at the resonance of the interiors and exteriors of the Cité Radieuse, the renown building complex designed in Marseille, Southern France, by architect Le Corbusier. The artist performs […]
Felipe Arturo, Casa Domino, 2010
Artist: Felipe Arturo (born 1979 in Bogotá, Colombia; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal and Bogotá, Colombia). Materials: Reinforced concrete. Description:
Pierre Bismuth, Complexe des villas / Bâtiment Le Corbusier (maquette), 2010
Artist: Pierre Bismuth (born 1963 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; lives and works in Brussels, Belgium). Materials: Wood, cardboard wood, and paint; Ink on polyacetate. Description: “Pierre Bismuth performs the impossible synthesis between the two faces of Le Corbusier: from the villas blanches to housing projects, with a sense of humor and economy of means that are […]
