Mladen Bizumic, Fiji Biennale Pavilions, 2003
Artist: Mladen Bizumic (born 1976 in Belgrade, Serbia; lives and works in Berlin, Germany). Description: “Fiji Biennale Pavilions is an exhibition that proposes an imagined, fantastical relationship between the South Pacific’s Fiji Islands and contemporary art. It presents a formal proposal for an international contemporary art biennale to be held in Fiji, a destination associated […]
John Angelo Benson, “Corrupted Classics Collection” Series, 2003-04
Artist: John Angelo Benson (born 1971 in London, England; lives and works in London). Description: A series of reformatted staples of modernist furniture, but with their practical components replaced by uncomfortable and dangerous elements. Le Corbusier’s Grand Confort chair, for example, is made of straw. “On the border between art and design, Benson upholds the […]
Liz Glynn, On the Museum’s Ruin (Morris Hunt–Corbusier–Piano), 2011
Artist: Liz Glynn (born 1981 in Boston, MA, USA; lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA). Materials: Mixed media. Description: “Glynn’s work uses objects and actions to explore the ambition of empire and the ‘pleasure of ruin,’ often incorporating themes of growth, possibility, and decay. “Glynn was intrigued by the materials that resulted from […]
Laura Lima, “Wheelchairs” series, 2011-14
Artist: Laura Lima (born 1971 in Minas Gerais, Brazil; lives ad works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Materials: Knoll Saarinen Arm Chair, Eames Lounge Chair, Red and Blue Rietveld, Le Corbusier lc1 armchair, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Chair; each placed on wheelchairs. Description: “The seats of five wheelchairs have been replaced by five […]
Seher Shah, Radiant Lines, 2012
Artist: Seher Shah (born 1975 in Karachi, Pakistan; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA). Materials: Collages on paper; Archival digital prints; Graphite on paper; Graphite and gouache on paper. Description: “The show takes its title from Le Corbusier’s concept of La Ville Radieuse, The Radiant City, a concept he developed from the 1930ʼs onwards […]
Amie Siegel, Provenance, 2013
Artist: Amie Siegel (born 1974 in Chicago, IL, USA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA). Materials: HD video, color, sound; 40 minutes. Description: “A film work of cinematic scale, Provenance traces in reverse the global trade in furniture from the Indian city of Chandigarh. Conceived in the 1950s by architects Le Corbusier and Pierre […]
Amie Siegel, Double Negative, 2013
Artist: Amie Siegel (born 1974 in Chicago, IL, USA; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA). Materials: Two synchronized 16mm films, HD color video. Description: “Double Negative (2015) proposes ruptures between original and remake, artifact and copy, collection and preservation. Two 16mm films simultaneously project images of Le Corbusier’s iconic white Villa Savoye outside Paris, […]
Nicole Wermers, “Untitled (Chairs)” series, 2014-15
Artist: Nicole Wermers (born 1971 in Emsdetten, Germany; lives and works in London, England). Materials: Vintage fur, steel tubing, upholstery, silk, and velvet; variable dimensions. Description: “‘Untitled Chairs’ (2014-15), is a series of unique dining chair and fur coat assemblages where the individual garments are seamlessly and permanently sewn around a chair’s form creating an entirely […]
“Architecture without Shadow,” 2000
Curator: Gloria Moure (born 1946 in Barcelona, Spain; lives and works in Barcelona). Description: An exhibition of photography that was shown between the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville and Centre de Cultura Contemporània in Barcelona in 2000. “When architecture goes beyond the strict limits of construction it becomes a poetic catalyst, charged with […]
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Architecture, 1997
Artist: Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1947 in Tokyo, Japan; lives and works in New York, USA and Tokyo). Documentation: Guggenheim, New York (1997); Fagus Shoe Last Factory, Gropius (1998) Description: A photographic series of blurry shots of famous modernist architecture. “‘Sugimoto traveled around the world to photograph landmarks of modern architecture—not to document them, but to bring […]
