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049 _aCARIBET
050 _aN8217.B85
_bR48 2008
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245 0 0 _aRevisiting the Glass House :
_bcontemporary art and modern architecture. /
_cedited by Jessica Hough, Mónica Ramírez-Montagut ; essays by David Auburn ... [et al.].
_htxt
264 _aLondon :
_bYale University Press,
_c2008.
300 _aix, 134 p.
_eill. ;
_c27 cm.
_fbook
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediaded
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
_bnc
500 _aCatalog of an exhibition at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Mar. 9-July 27, 2008; the Yale School of Architecture, Architecture Gallery, Feb. 11- May 9, 2008; and the Mills College Art Museum, Jan. 14-Mar. 22, 2009.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aContents : IX Ackmoledgments -- 001 Introduction Jessica Hough -- 007 The myths of Modern Architectures Mónica Ramírez -- 029 Architectural Photography A Modern Portrait in the Making Joseph Rosa -- 041 The World We Were Promised Modern Architecture and the Movies David Auburn -- 047 Artists’ Plates Jessica Hough and Mónica Ramírez Montagut -- 048 Alexander Apóstol -- 052 Daniel Arsham -- 056 Gordon Cheung -- 060 David Diao -- 066 Peter Doig -- 070 Angela Dufresne -- 074 Christine Erhard -- 078 Cyprien Gaillard -- 082 Terrence Gower -- 086 Angelina Gualdoni -- 090 Jim Isermann -- 094 Natasha Kissell -- 098 Luisa Lambri -- 102 Iñigo Manglano Ovalle -- 106 Dorit Margreiter -- 108 Russell Nachman -- 112 Enoc Perez -- 116 Hiroshi Sugimoto -- 120 David Thorpe -- 124 Lucy Williams -- 128 Contributors -- 129 List of Plates -- 132 Index -- 133 Photography Credits --
520 _aIn recent years there has been an enormous interest among emerging and established artists in architecture of the modern period. Revisiting the Glass House explores the ways in which contemporary artists incorporate images of modern buildings in their work as a means to explore the utopian potential of architecture and to provide an antidote to the cynicism of our time. The book features painting, photography, video art, and other two-dimensional work by twenty two artists from around the world whose engagement with architecture has more to do with ideas and ideals than with structure. The artists reimagine the iconic designs of architects such as Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier, placing their buildings in unlikely locations and repurposing them for a new generation. Through the works of these artists, contributing essayists examine the recent nostalgia for modern architecture and its potential for instigating social change --
590 _aWorldwide, Apr/13/2011, 2011-980.
650 0 _aArchitecture, Domestic, in art
_vExhibitions.
_9196940
_2Local
650 0 _aArt, Modern
_y21st century
_xThemes, motives
_vExhibitions.
_2Local
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_aArchitecture, Modern
_y20th century.
_vExhibitions.
_2Local
650 0 _aBuildings in art
_vExhibitions.
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_c27
_hN8217.B85
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_mR48 2008
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