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During a passage to India, the author was struck by the sacred cows that crossed his path. An assortment of paint, vegetable wreaths and varying sizes of cloth decoration, the way they are adorned is often confined to a very limited area or a particular village and can change radically only a short distance away. This striking custom is illustrated in a series of clear(...)
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During a passage to India, the author was struck by the sacred cows that crossed his path. An assortment of paint, vegetable wreaths and varying sizes of cloth decoration, the way they are adorned is often confined to a very limited area or a particular village and can change radically only a short distance away. This striking custom is illustrated in a series of clear(...)
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Un Sedicesimo 18 : Toni Meneguzzo
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During a passage to India, the author was struck by the sacred cows that crossed his path. An assortment of paint, vegetable wreaths and varying sizes of cloth decoration, the way they are adorned is often confined to a very limited area or a particular village and can change radically only a short distance away. This striking custom is illustrated in a series of clear and direct photographs against a neutral background.
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During a passage to India, the author was struck by the sacred cows that crossed his path. An assortment of paint, vegetable wreaths and varying sizes of cloth decoration, the way they are adorned is often confined to a very limited area or a particular village and can change radically only a short distance away. This striking custom is illustrated in a series of clear and direct photographs against a neutral background.
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General Idea was founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson as a generic identity to free the artists "from the tyranny of individual genius." Under the leadership of their fictitious muse Miss General Idea, and inspired by William Burroughs' conception of the "image virus," the collective interrogated media image culture through now legendary(...)
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General Idea was founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson as a generic identity to free the artists "from the tyranny of individual genius." Under the leadership of their fictitious muse Miss General Idea, and inspired by William Burroughs' conception of the "image virus," the collective interrogated media image culture through now legendary(...)
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General idea: haute culture, a retrospective, 1969-1994
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General Idea was founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson as a generic identity to free the artists "from the tyranny of individual genius." Under the leadership of their fictitious muse Miss General Idea, and inspired by William Burroughs' conception of the "image virus," the collective interrogated media image culture through now legendary projects like File magazine, as well as paintings, installations, sculptures, mail art, photographs, videos, ephemera, TV programs and even a beauty pageant. General Idea came to an end in 1994, when Partz and Zontal died of AIDS. Today General Idea can be seen to anticipate the later art collectives of the 1970s as well as aspects of Relational Aesthetics in the 1990s. This volume presents an overview of the Canadian collective''s bold mingling of reality and fiction and their frequently transgressive, parodic incursions upon both art and society. Including newly commissioned essays and reprinted texts, this volume is richly illustrated with documents and reproductions of the most significant projects realized by General Idea between 1969 and 1994. Exhibited at ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 2011.
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General Idea was founded in Toronto in 1969 by Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal and AA Bronson as a generic identity to free the artists "from the tyranny of individual genius." Under the leadership of their fictitious muse Miss General Idea, and inspired by William Burroughs' conception of the "image virus," the collective interrogated media image culture through now legendary projects like File magazine, as well as paintings, installations, sculptures, mail art, photographs, videos, ephemera, TV programs and even a beauty pageant. General Idea came to an end in 1994, when Partz and Zontal died of AIDS. Today General Idea can be seen to anticipate the later art collectives of the 1970s as well as aspects of Relational Aesthetics in the 1990s. This volume presents an overview of the Canadian collective''s bold mingling of reality and fiction and their frequently transgressive, parodic incursions upon both art and society. Including newly commissioned essays and reprinted texts, this volume is richly illustrated with documents and reproductions of the most significant projects realized by General Idea between 1969 and 1994. Exhibited at ARC/Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto in 2011.
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Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose - and, if at all possible, cure - the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch,(...)
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Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose - and, if at all possible, cure - the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch,(...)
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Critical theory: a very short introduction
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Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose - and, if at all possible, cure - the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations.
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Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose - and, if at all possible, cure - the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations.
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Dale Chihuly has been credited with elevating blown glass from delicate decorative object to groundbreaking fine art. Through the Looking Glass focuses on the artist's pieces and installations in relation to the spaces that generate, shape and surround them. The text, a mix of critical exegesis and Chihuly's own commentary (much of it solicited specifically for this(...)
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Dale Chihuly has been credited with elevating blown glass from delicate decorative object to groundbreaking fine art. Through the Looking Glass focuses on the artist's pieces and installations in relation to the spaces that generate, shape and surround them. The text, a mix of critical exegesis and Chihuly's own commentary (much of it solicited specifically for this(...)
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Chihuly: Through the looking glass
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Dale Chihuly has been credited with elevating blown glass from delicate decorative object to groundbreaking fine art. Through the Looking Glass focuses on the artist's pieces and installations in relation to the spaces that generate, shape and surround them. The text, a mix of critical exegesis and Chihuly's own commentary (much of it solicited specifically for this book), provides a new entrée into the work, mind, and creative process of one of America's most critically and popularly acclaimed artists.
Chihuly: Through the looking glass
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Dale Chihuly has been credited with elevating blown glass from delicate decorative object to groundbreaking fine art. Through the Looking Glass focuses on the artist's pieces and installations in relation to the spaces that generate, shape and surround them. The text, a mix of critical exegesis and Chihuly's own commentary (much of it solicited specifically for this book), provides a new entrée into the work, mind, and creative process of one of America's most critically and popularly acclaimed artists.
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Kissing architecture
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Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy between architecture and new types of art--particularly multimedia installations that take place in and on the surfaces of buildings--and to capture the sensual charge that is being(...)
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Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy between architecture and new types of art--particularly multimedia installations that take place in and on the surfaces of buildings--and to capture the sensual charge that is being(...)
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Kissing architecture
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Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy between architecture and new types of art--particularly multimedia installations that take place in and on the surfaces of buildings--and to capture the sensual charge that is being designed and built into architectural surfaces and interior spaces today.
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Kissing Architecture explores the mutual attraction between architecture and other forms of contemporary art. Sylvia Lavin develops the concept of "kissing" to describe the growing intimacy between architecture and new types of art--particularly multimedia installations that take place in and on the surfaces of buildings--and to capture the sensual charge that is being designed and built into architectural surfaces and interior spaces today.
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Counter Space examines the twentieth-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks--ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, mass-produced for German public housing estates in the aftermath of World War I, to an electric(...)
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Counter Space examines the twentieth-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks--ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, mass-produced for German public housing estates in the aftermath of World War I, to an electric(...)
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January 2011
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Counter space: Design and the modern kitchen
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Counter Space examines the twentieth-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks--ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, mass-produced for German public housing estates in the aftermath of World War I, to an electric tea kettle, heat-resistant glass wares, and colorful plastics, such as Tupperware and Japanese artificial food. With an introductory essay by Juliet Kinchin, Curator in MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, this volume is a lively exploration of the kitchen as a barometer of changing technology, aesthetics, and ideologies.
Counter space: Design and the modern kitchen
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Counter Space examines the twentieth-century transformation of the kitchen through the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, featuring a wide variety of design objects, architectural plans, posters, archival photographs and artworks--ranging from the iconic Frankfurt Kitchen, mass-produced for German public housing estates in the aftermath of World War I, to an electric tea kettle, heat-resistant glass wares, and colorful plastics, such as Tupperware and Japanese artificial food. With an introductory essay by Juliet Kinchin, Curator in MoMA's Department of Architecture and Design, this volume is a lively exploration of the kitchen as a barometer of changing technology, aesthetics, and ideologies.
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the(...)
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the(...)
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Beyond Shelter: architecture and human dignity
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the experience of the eco-refugee. Beyond Shelter is a call to action. It features 20 generously illustrated reports from the field, written by the founders of some of the world's most provocative architecture and engineering firms (Arup, Estudio Teddy Cruz, Urban Think Tank); and leaders of such prominent organizations as the Red Cross, UN-Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund.
Beyond Shelter: architecture and human dignity
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In the last decade, 200 million people have been affected by natural disasters and hazards, most in the developing world, where billions of dollars in aid are absorbed annually by climatic and geologic crises. Those in the developed world are not immune, as extreme temperatures, intense heat waves, increased flooding and droughts expose vast numbers of people to the experience of the eco-refugee. Beyond Shelter is a call to action. It features 20 generously illustrated reports from the field, written by the founders of some of the world's most provocative architecture and engineering firms (Arup, Estudio Teddy Cruz, Urban Think Tank); and leaders of such prominent organizations as the Red Cross, UN-Habitat and the World Wildlife Fund.
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May 2011
May 2011
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Architects' sketchbooks
Architects' sketchbooks
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The resurgence of drawing is not merely a retrograde trend, but an affirmation of the continued importance of sketching as part of the design process. Architects' Sketchbooks presents pages from the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use drawing to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. Sketches(...)
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The resurgence of drawing is not merely a retrograde trend, but an affirmation of the continued importance of sketching as part of the design process. Architects' Sketchbooks presents pages from the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use drawing to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. Sketches(...)
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Architects' sketchbooks
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The resurgence of drawing is not merely a retrograde trend, but an affirmation of the continued importance of sketching as part of the design process. Architects' Sketchbooks presents pages from the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use drawing to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. Sketches from some 85 architects and studios are featured, including Will Alsop, Architects Atelier Ryo Abe, Shigeru Ban, Elemental, Thom Faulders, Norman Foster, Carlos Jiménez, Alessandro Mendini and Office dA. Their works range from simple line drawings and clear perspectives to more abstract, artistic compositions, from quick freehand to measured mapping, from spontaneous squiggles on scrap paper to careful drawings on art paper. Accompanying texts by editor Will Jones include comments by the architects and profile how they use sketches to help evolve their initial inspirations and concepts into more developed ideas, revealing the artistry behind the built world.
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The resurgence of drawing is not merely a retrograde trend, but an affirmation of the continued importance of sketching as part of the design process. Architects' Sketchbooks presents pages from the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use drawing to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. Sketches from some 85 architects and studios are featured, including Will Alsop, Architects Atelier Ryo Abe, Shigeru Ban, Elemental, Thom Faulders, Norman Foster, Carlos Jiménez, Alessandro Mendini and Office dA. Their works range from simple line drawings and clear perspectives to more abstract, artistic compositions, from quick freehand to measured mapping, from spontaneous squiggles on scrap paper to careful drawings on art paper. Accompanying texts by editor Will Jones include comments by the architects and profile how they use sketches to help evolve their initial inspirations and concepts into more developed ideas, revealing the artistry behind the built world.
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D’où vient le sens de la ville? Pourquoi et en quoi les villes diffèrent-elles les unes des autres? Comment naissent les significations urbaines? Et qu’est-ce que la ville, par delà la mince surface de notre temps présent? Pourquoi la ville s’oppose-t-elle à la nature? Comment la ville des architectes, la ville des poètes, la ville de la publicité, la ville des(...)
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D’où vient le sens de la ville? Pourquoi et en quoi les villes diffèrent-elles les unes des autres? Comment naissent les significations urbaines? Et qu’est-ce que la ville, par delà la mince surface de notre temps présent? Pourquoi la ville s’oppose-t-elle à la nature? Comment la ville des architectes, la ville des poètes, la ville de la publicité, la ville des(...)
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La ville phénomène de représentation
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D’où vient le sens de la ville? Pourquoi et en quoi les villes diffèrent-elles les unes des autres? Comment naissent les significations urbaines? Et qu’est-ce que la ville, par delà la mince surface de notre temps présent? Pourquoi la ville s’oppose-t-elle à la nature? Comment la ville des architectes, la ville des poètes, la ville de la publicité, la ville des aménagistes, la ville des chroniqueurs se comparent-elles? Quels sont les liens qui unissent la ville d’aujourd’hui à celle d’autrefois? Cet ouvrage propose quelques perspectives à propos de ces questions. Sous les horizons variés des sciences humaines et des lettres, on y aborde la ville comme un phénomène de représentation, c’est-à-dire comme un artefact culturel logé quelque part entre notre propre conscience et les idéaux de ceux qui l’ont imaginée, de ceux qui l’habitent et de ceux qui l’explorent. Les divers textes réunis dans ces pages s’attardent donc à exposer des approches et des contextes spéculatifs afin de recadrer les questionnements sur la genèse des espaces urbains et sur les relations, d’une part entre les villes et l’identité collective. Pour penser, comprendre et expliquer la ville sous ces dimensions, l’on aborde d’abord quelques considérations épistémologiques, pour interpeller ensuite la ville engendrée par le projet architectural et urbain. Suit l’examen, entre mythe et réalité, de la ville comme idéal variable, voire antinomique dès que l’on considère l’opposition historique entre milieux naturels et urbanisés. L’ouvrage se clôt enfin sur l’invention de la ville comme processus d’investissement de sens des paysages construits.
La ville phénomène de représentation
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D’où vient le sens de la ville? Pourquoi et en quoi les villes diffèrent-elles les unes des autres? Comment naissent les significations urbaines? Et qu’est-ce que la ville, par delà la mince surface de notre temps présent? Pourquoi la ville s’oppose-t-elle à la nature? Comment la ville des architectes, la ville des poètes, la ville de la publicité, la ville des aménagistes, la ville des chroniqueurs se comparent-elles? Quels sont les liens qui unissent la ville d’aujourd’hui à celle d’autrefois? Cet ouvrage propose quelques perspectives à propos de ces questions. Sous les horizons variés des sciences humaines et des lettres, on y aborde la ville comme un phénomène de représentation, c’est-à-dire comme un artefact culturel logé quelque part entre notre propre conscience et les idéaux de ceux qui l’ont imaginée, de ceux qui l’habitent et de ceux qui l’explorent. Les divers textes réunis dans ces pages s’attardent donc à exposer des approches et des contextes spéculatifs afin de recadrer les questionnements sur la genèse des espaces urbains et sur les relations, d’une part entre les villes et l’identité collective. Pour penser, comprendre et expliquer la ville sous ces dimensions, l’on aborde d’abord quelques considérations épistémologiques, pour interpeller ensuite la ville engendrée par le projet architectural et urbain. Suit l’examen, entre mythe et réalité, de la ville comme idéal variable, voire antinomique dès que l’on considère l’opposition historique entre milieux naturels et urbanisés. L’ouvrage se clôt enfin sur l’invention de la ville comme processus d’investissement de sens des paysages construits.
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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James Welling : glass house
James Welling : glass house
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Over the course of three years, from 2006 to 2009, James Welling (born 1951) photographed the Glass House, the architectural landmark estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds: using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in(...)
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Over the course of three years, from 2006 to 2009, James Welling (born 1951) photographed the Glass House, the architectural landmark estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds: using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in(...)
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James Welling : glass house
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Over the course of three years, from 2006 to 2009, James Welling (born 1951) photographed the Glass House, the architectural landmark estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds: using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in front of the lens, he created tinted veils and distortions that transformed the image at the moment of exposure, endowing it with swells of glowing color. As Welling described it in an interview with Artforum, the use of filters enabled his project to become "a laboratory for ideas about transparency, reflectivity and color." The 45 images presented here, which invite the viewer to draw associations between the camera's lens and the glass surfaces of the house itself, oscillate before our very eyes between photographic abstraction - a recurrent preoccupation for Welling - and depictions of architecture. With this body of work, Welling has located a wholly new approach to, and blend of, both genres.
James Welling : glass house
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Over the course of three years, from 2006 to 2009, James Welling (born 1951) photographed the Glass House, the architectural landmark estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds: using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in front of the lens, he created tinted veils and distortions that transformed the image at the moment of exposure, endowing it with swells of glowing color. As Welling described it in an interview with Artforum, the use of filters enabled his project to become "a laboratory for ideas about transparency, reflectivity and color." The 45 images presented here, which invite the viewer to draw associations between the camera's lens and the glass surfaces of the house itself, oscillate before our very eyes between photographic abstraction - a recurrent preoccupation for Welling - and depictions of architecture. With this body of work, Welling has located a wholly new approach to, and blend of, both genres.
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