Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Octagonal gallery
28 February 2008 to 25 May 2008
Utopia's Ghost: Postmodernism Reconsidered
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Through the work of internationally renowned architects, this exhibition reveals the presence of utopian modernist ideas thought to have been discarded with the advent of the postmodern era. According to the exhibition’s lead curator Reinhold Martin, much of the architectural production of the last half-century has been haunted by the ghosts of modernist utopias: “The(...)
Octagonal gallery
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Excerpts from "Remembering postmodernism: trends in recent Canadian art" related to Melvin Charney
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File containing excerpts from "Remembering postmodernism: trends in recent Canadian art", by Mark A. Cheetham with Linda Hutcheon, which makes references to Melvin Charney and his works. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1991 "REMEMBERING POSTMODERNISM" CHEETHAM
1991
Excerpts from "Remembering postmodernism: trends in recent Canadian art" related to Melvin Charney
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DR2012:0012:086:003
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File containing excerpts from "Remembering postmodernism: trends in recent Canadian art", by Mark A. Cheetham with Linda Hutcheon, which makes references to Melvin Charney and his works. Original folder inscribed in graphite: 1991 "REMEMBERING POSTMODERNISM" CHEETHAM
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1991
Looking beyond the North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
21 February 2019, 6:30pm
Meanwhile, in London: With Léa-Catherine Szacka
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Looking beyond the North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
14 March 2019, 6:30pm
Meanwhile, in Warsaw: With Kuba Snopek
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Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
4 April 2019, 6:30pm
Meanwhile, in Paris: With Pierre Chabard
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Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
7 February 2019, 6:30pm
Meanwhile, in Frankfurt: With André Bideau
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Looking beyond North America, the series Meanwhile, in… considers the role of changed contexts in shaping postmodernisms elsewhere, by assembling case studies from other countries, with other cultural concerns and other contingencies.
Paul-Desmarais Theater
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postmodernism, postmodern, architecture itself, sylvia lavin, peter eisenman
7 November 2018 to 7 April 2019
Main galleries Keyword(s):
postmodernism, postmodern, architecture itself, sylvia lavin, peter eisenman
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Where the Building Is Now
A history of references
17 November 2017
A history of references
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Poking Holes in Modern Space
postmodern, postmodernism, meanwhile in Japan, Hiroshi Hara, Mikio Wakabayashi, Kayoko Ota
16 April 2020
Poking Holes in Modern Space
Mikio Wakabayashi on the thoughts and actions of Hiroshi Hara
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postmodern, postmodernism, meanwhile in Japan, Itsuko Hasegawa, Kozo Kadowaki, Shonandai Cultural Centre
6 December 2020
An Architect Who Works With Citizens
Kozo Kadowaki on the Shonandai Cultural Centre by Itsuko Hasegawa
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