Drive-in House, Horizontal Section.
Courtesy The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive of The Cooper Union
01.22.08 through 02.12.08
Two Journeys: Works by Michael Webb
Presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, the exhibition is dedicated to the 26 first-year students in Professor Webb’s studio. Webb views this exhibition as an opportunity for the students to learn about him and his work. Organized linearly, the exhibition can be read like a book, and it concerns two themes: a train of thought deriving from the Reyner Banham article A Home is not a House (1965), and a study of linear perspective projection.
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, 2nd Floor
7 East 7th Street
Commode 6 tiroirs, 2005, Bronze, 42 1/8 x 44 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches, Edition of 8.
Courtesy Barry Friedman Ltd.
02.21.08 through 03.15.08
Ingrid Donat: New Work
An exhibition of work by contemporary French sculptor Ingrid Donat will feature limited edition, cast bronze furniture. Donat’s aesthetic combines tribal, classical, and Modern sources, recalling the stylistic influences of colonial Africa, Central and South America, and Oceania on French artists and designers of the 1920s and 1930s. Architects and designers, such as Peter Marino Architect, Robert Couturier and Juan Montoya, seek out her work to use in residences internationally.
Barry Friedman Ltd.
515 West 26th Street
The State of New York, aerial survey of the floor of the New York State Pavilion from the World’s Fair of 1964–65, work in progress, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 12 October 2006.
Anthony Auerbach, courtesy Queens Museum of Art
01.27.08 through 05.04.08
Anthony Auerbach, Empire State Pavilion
Auerbach’s installation reflects on the Texaco Road Map of New York State from the World’s Fair 1964/65. Between a surveyor’s office and a peep show, the viewer is invited to decipher the material preserved in the artist’s photographic archive. Three works configure the material in different ways, including a fake projection of the interior of the Philip Johnson-designed NYS Pavilion showing the survey in process. In addition, an untitled video projection shows the antique city-states and former colonial capitals: Mycenae, Troy, Athens, Rome, London, Paris, and Berlin, to name a few. Shown in conjunction with Back on the Map: Revisiting the New York State Pavilion at the 1964/65 World’s Fair.
Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens