Empire
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Octagonal gallery
articles
Empire
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power, empire, Desert Storm, Victory Day, jet aircraft, bomber, flight, stealth, Lockheed, Boeing, helicopter, Washington DC, Washington Monument, Pentagon, Mall, Lincoln Memorial, grassy knoll, White House, Fed, dome, Senate, Arlington Memorial Bridge, Capitol, Treasury Building, Jefferson Memorial, World War II Memorial, reflecting pool
23 July 2009
Let us assure you
articles
Figuring Territory
31 October 2022
Capital in Motion and the Reproduction of Empire
Sebastián López Cardozo on the territorial fixations of capital. Illustrations by Cécile Ngọc Sương Perdu
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Figuring Territory
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Animal Passages
Figuring Territory
30 January 2023
Animal Passages
Phoebe Springstubb on how the migration of fur seals defined the inside and outside of empire
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Empire Tower
AP096.D19
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File documents an unexecuted office tower in Vancouver, British Columbia. Material was produced between 1962 and 1965. File contains a photograph and its negative.
[1962-1965]
Empire Tower
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AP096.D19
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File documents an unexecuted office tower in Vancouver, British Columbia. Material was produced between 1962 and 1965. File contains a photograph and its negative.
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[1962-1965]
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The Empire of Signs
ARCH153612
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essay by Roland Barthes (originally published in 1970) rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine due to copyright difficulties; translated from French to English by Richard Howard
1980?-1981
The Empire of Signs
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essay by Roland Barthes (originally published in 1970) rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine due to copyright difficulties; translated from French to English by Richard Howard
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1980?-1981
DR1974:0002:030:053
interior design
between 1800 and 1846
interior design
PH1984:0075
1931
DR1974:0002:030:055:001-002
interior design
between 1800 and 1846
Elevation for an Empire style interior decorative scheme; Elevation for an Empire style sideboard or desk
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interior design
photographs
PH1982:0305
photographs