“The Way We Live Now, Modernist Ideologies at Work”, 2015
Curator: James Voorhies (lives and works in U.S.) Description: Modern architecture had high aspirations—no less than a radical change in the structure of society, or so was the hope of modernist architects. Figures such as Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Adolf Loos pursued ideals of progress, rationality, and purity in their architecture, design, […]
Goshka Macuga, Deutsches Volk – deutsche Arbeit, 2008
Artist: Goshka Macuga (born 1967 in Poland; lives and works in London, England). Material: Glass and steel. Description: “Goshka Macuga was one of the 4 nominees for the Turner Price 2008. She presented these 3 installations called Haus der Frau 1, Haus der Frau 2 and Deutsches Volk – deutsche Arbeit, beside other work. They […]
Goshka Macuga, Haus der Frau I and II, 2008
Artist: Goshka Macuga (born 1967 in Poland; lives and works in London, England). Material: Glass, steel. Description: “There was the even more conceptual work of Goshka Macuga, who trawled the Tate’s photo archive as per her usual curatorial shtick, framing an exhibition that represented ideas of others. Her thematic glue was the work of Lilly […]
Simon Starling, Exposition, 2004
Artist: Simon Starling (born 1967 in Epsom, England; lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark). Description: An installation with three platinum prints, three lamps, and three stands with bag weights. It references Lily Reich’s exhibition design for Barcelona Pavilion from 1929. It includes platinum metals used in the photo printing process between the 1860s and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
