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 […]
Stefan Brüggemann, The World Trapped in the Self (Mirrors for Windows), 2011
Artist: Stefan Brüggemann (Born 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in London, England and Mexico City, Mexico). Materials: Mixed media installation. Description: “Stefan Brüggemann—facing up to the intimidating challenge of showing in Barcelona’s Mies van der Rohe Pavilion—follows the famous maxims less is more and the God is in the details. In order […]
Christian Andersson, From Lucy With Love, 2011
Artist: Christian Andersson (born 1973 in Stockholm, Sweden; lives and works in Malmö, Sweden). Materials: Mixed media installation. Description: From Lucy With Love invites visitors to a limbo between modern utopia and a surrealist dream in the form of a monumental sculpture. In the middle of the exhibition space is a sort of incomplete timeline, […]
Domenèc, Existenzminimum, 2002
Artist: Domenèc (born 1962 in Mataró, Spain; lives and works in Mataró). Description: A recreation of the monument to Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht built by Mies in 1926 and destroyed by the Nazis in 1935 as a humble hut. The title refers to the key concept of the second CIAM conference in 1929 about […]
Dirk Brömmel, Villa Tugendhat, 2002
Artist: Dirk Brömmel (born 1968 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany; lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany). Description: “The known German artist Dirk Brömmel is going to organize a personal photographic exhibition devoted to the Villa Tugendhat of Mies Van der Rohe. The residence was designed from the known architect between 1928-1930 in Brno in the Czech […]
Monika Sosnowska, Tower, 2014
Artist: Monika Sosnowska (born 1972 in Ryki, Poland; lives and works in Warsaw). Materials: Steel, paint. Description: “With Tower […] Sosnowska takes on the International Style. Measuring approximately 110 feet in length, this sprawling work is inspired specifically by the design principles of German-born architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the 20th century’s Ur- Modernist, and […]
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 […]
François P. Boué, New Ark, 2001
Artist: François P. Boué (lives and works in New York). Materials: Digital video; approximately ten minutes. Description: “François Boué (New York) has been producing short 8-mm films on modern architecture for several years, often edited in-camera. New Ark (2001) is made up of a series of short pans and static shots that show the architecture […]
Pia Rønicke, Outside the Living Room, 2000
Artist: Pia Rønicke (born 1974 in Roskilde, Denmark; lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark). Materials: DVD-video, color, sound; 9 min 10 sec. Description: “The film is an investigation of the garden, an attempt to reconcile nature with urbanism. Rønicke’s strange visions include Manhattan skyscrapers, surrounded by dense forest, and rice fields on top of Mies van […]
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Le Baiser/The Kiss, 2000
Artist: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (born 1961 in Madrid, Spain; lives and works in Chicago, USA). Materials: Multi-channel video installation and projection, CD audio recording, and mixed media; dimensions variable. Description: A 12-minute video of a window cleaner attending to the Mies Farnsworth House (1951) with an oblivious girl in the house’s interior. Several of Manglano-Ovalle’s other works […]
