Thursday, April 29, 2010
10.354 ROBERT VENTURI
Labels:
ARCHITECTURE,
CULTURE,
POSTMODERNISM,
PRITZKER,
ROBERT VENTURI
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
10.353 JACKSON POLLOCK
Labels:
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM,
ABSTRACT PAINTING,
ART,
CULTURE,
DRIP,
JACKSON POLLOCK,
PAINTING
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
10.352 PABLO PICASSO
Labels:
ART,
CULTURE,
DRAUGHTSMAN,
PABLO PICASSO,
PAINTING,
SCULPTURE
Friday, April 23, 2010
10.351 PIPILOTTI RIST
Labels:
ART,
CULTURE,
PIPILOTTI RIST,
VIDEO,
VIDEO ART
Thursday, April 22, 2010
SANTIAGO SIERRA
SANTIAGO SIERRA. SPANISH ARTIST. HE LIVES IN MEXICO CITY. SIERRA'S WORK REFLECTS HIS VIEWS ON CAPITALISM, LABOR, AND EXPLOITATION. FOR INSTANCE, HE PAID A GROUP OF WORKERS TO MOVE A HEAVY ROCK FROM A POINT A TO A POINT B AND VICE VERSA. ON ANOTHER OCCASION HE PAID DRUG-ADDICTED PROSTITUTES FROM BRAZIL IN THEIR DRUG OF CHOICE TO LET THEM HAVE A LINE TATTOOED ACROSS THEIR BACKS. HE ALSO CAUSED CONTROVERSY BY COVERING TEN IRAQI IMMIGRANTS IN INSULATING POLYURETHANE FOAM AND WAITING FOR IT TO HARDEN. ANOTHER OF HIS WELL KNOWN PROJECTS IS A ROOM OF MUD IN HANOVER, GERMANY, COMMEMORATING THE JOB-CREATION MEASURE ORIGIN OF THE MASCHSEE. IN 2006, HE PROVOKED CONTROVERSY WITH HIS INSTALLATION "245 CUBIC METRES", A GAS CHAMBER CREATED INSIDE A FORMER SYNAGOGUE IN PULHEIM, GERMANY. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.
Labels:
ART,
CAPITALISM,
CULTURE,
EXPLOITATION,
LABOR,
SANTIAGO SIERRA
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
10.349 ANDRÉ MASSON
Labels:
ANDRÉ MASSON,
ART,
AUTOMATIC DRAWING,
CULTURE
Monday, April 19, 2010
10.347 MANUEL CASTELLS
Labels:
CULTURE,
INFORMATION SOCIETY,
MANUEL CASTELLS,
SOCIOLOGY
Friday, April 16, 2010
10.346 JÜRGEN HABERMAS
Labels:
CULTURE,
JÜRGEN HABERMAS,
PHILOSOPHY,
PUBLIC SPHERE,
SOCIOLOGY
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
10.345 RACHEL WHITEREAD
Labels:
ART,
CULTURE,
RACHEL WHITEREAD,
SCULPTURE,
TURNER
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
10.344 JACQUES HERZOG
Labels:
ARCHITECTURE,
CULTURE,
JACQUES HERZOG,
PRITZKER
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
10.342 ANDY WARHOL
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
10.341 MARCEL DUCHAMP
Monday, April 5, 2010
10.340 RYUE NISHIZAWA
Labels:
ARCHITECTURE,
CULTURE,
PRITZKER,
RYUE NISHIZAWA
Friday, April 2, 2010
10.339 UGO RONDINONE
Thursday, April 1, 2010
10.338 KAZUJO SEJIMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL4EA4EA0F9F3FD494&v=p189Fxs4lmw&feature=player_embedded
KAZUJO SEJIMA. JAPANESE ARCHITECT. AFTER STUDYING AT JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND WORKING IN THE OFFICE OF TOYO ITO, IN 1987 SHE FOUNDED KAZUYO SEJIMA AND ASSOCIATES. IN 1995 SHE FOUNDED THE TOKYO-BASED FIRM SANAA (SEJIMA AND NISHIZAWA AND ASSOCIATES) TOGETHER WITH HER FORMER EMPLOYEE RYUE NISHIZAWA. SEJIMA HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHITECTURE SECTOR FOR THE VENICE BIENNALE, FOR WHICH SHE WILL CURATE THE 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD IN 2010. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION. PRITZKER PRIZE 2010, SECOND WOMEN TO WIN THE PRITZKER SINCE 1979. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.
Labels:
ARCHITECTURE,
CULTURE,
KAZUJO SEJIMA,
PRITZKER
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